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Weekend Closures Put Mende PHC Patients at Risk in Lagos

Jul 31, 2026
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Nigeria Has a Lead Elimination Policy. Communities Need to See It Working

Jul 29, 2026
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Logistics Marketplace calls on Nigeria’s logistics buyers to participate in survey for a new industry report

Jul 28, 2026
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Nigeria’s Agricultural Commitments Must Deliver Better Nutrition

Jul 27, 2026
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What the Andes Hantavirus Outbreak Reveals About Global Attention to Lassa Fever

Jul 25, 2026
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Nigeria Sponsors Resolution on Strengthening Health Financing Globally at the 78th World Health Assembly

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 14, 2025

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) The development of the health sector in Nigeria is widely regarded as primarily a health financing challenge, that is how does a society allocate its limited resources to achieve the best possible outcomes in health and health care? Consider the story of Grace, who runs a small food stall in Onitsha […]

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In Nigeria’s Water Tug of War, Cleanliness and Access Collide

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 13, 2025

Asari Ndem and Rejoice Daniel (Lead Writers) In the quiet, peri-urban community of Kuje in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, Amina Hassan, 34, wakes up at 4 a.m. each day to join a long queue to fetch water. Her water source? A shallow, visibly contaminated well which is the only option for her household of six […]

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How Bunkure Residents’ Voice Turned a Healthcare Problem into Collective Triumph

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 12, 2025

Following a town hall meeting held by Nigeria Health Watch in Bunkure, Kano State, underlying issues, including lack of drugs, poor health workers’ attitudes, and misuse of Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KSCHMA) health cards were uncovered. Bunkure PHC, a Level 2 facility in Kano State, serves thousands across nearby communities. Despite its critical […]

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The Pandemic Agreement is Signed: Will it Deliver Justice for Africa?

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 11, 2025

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) The final Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) negotiations must be the true test of global equity in health. Sometimes, it is not immediately obvious that history is being made, but this time, it was. Amid enthusiastic applause, the new Pandemic Agreement, a legal instrument, was finally adopted by 194 Member States […]

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Nigeria’s Shifting Health Insurance Landscape: Why Faster Progress Cannot Wait

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 8, 2025

Olaoluwa Olatunde (Lead Writer) During my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2021, while I was posted to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) office a prominent government hospital in Abuja, an elderly woman, old enough to be my grandmother, approached me. She held in her hands a diagnosis form from her doctor, she urgently […]

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