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Moving From Policy to Practice: Integrating Family Planning into Nigeria’s Maternal Health Response

Nov 09, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum on Building Africa’s Capacity to Respond to Epidemics

Nov 06, 2026
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Kwadon Residents Raise Concerns Over Lack of Ambulance for Emergency Maternal Referrals

Nov 06, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Dr Abasi Ene-Obong on Why Nigeria Must Own Its Genomic Future

Nov 04, 2026
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How Communities Connect Mothers to Skilled Care in The Gambia’s North Bank Region and Nigeria’s Jigawa State

Nov 02, 2026
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Black Market for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food is Putting Nigerian Children at Risk

By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim and Aaron Bawala | September 26, 2025

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Aaron Bawala (Lead writers) The shortage of life-saving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in health facilities across the northern part of Nigeria, where they are meant to be provided free of charge to malnourished children, has become deeply concerning. What makes this even more alarming is that these supplies, meant to save […]

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No Beds, No Care, Until Communities Demanded Better in Kano Municipal Council

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 25, 2025

Imagine arriving at a health centre in labour, only to hear the words: “No beds available.” For many women in Kano Municipal Council (KMC) of Kano State, this nightmare is not a rare occurrence but a painful reality. Each year, countless mothers face rejection at facilities meant to safeguard their lives, leaving them to wonder […]

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Enhancing Lassa Fever Medical Countermeasures in West Africa

By Hannah Ajayi | September 24, 2025

Hannah Ajayi (Lead writer) Lassa fever remains one of the most pressing public health threats in West Africa. According to the Africa CDC, the viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) infects between 100,000 and 300,000 people annually, with thousands of deaths recorded across the region. Nigeria and neighbouring countries bear the brunt of recurring outbreaks, with significant […]

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IntegratE Project Boosts Community Access to Family Planning Services in Kano

By Mahdi Garba | September 22, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) For more than five years, Dauda Musa has run a patent medicine shop in Rano Local Government Area (LGA), Kano. In 2023, after receiving formal training through the IntegratE project, he began offering family planning services, an example of how building the capacity of patent medicine vendors can improve access to […]

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From Palace to People: Traditional Leaders Drive Family Planning in Kano State

By Hadiza Mohammed and Mahdi Garba | September 21, 2025

Hadiza Mohammed and Mahdi Garba (Lead writers) In the Rano Emirate of Kano State, the phrase ‘family planning’ is still being fought against, as it is seen as an imposition of western ideologies on the conservative community. Years back, the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, received backlash from residents of the state after he […]

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