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Nigeria Must Turn Maternal Health Commitments into Functioning Care

Oct 14, 2026
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New Lassa Fever Evidence To Shape Vaccine Research And Outbreak Preparedness Across West Africa

Oct 12, 2026
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WHO Pandemic Hub sets ambitious goal to detect new outbreaks within 24 hours

Oct 12, 2026
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In Kenya, a Community Programme Supports Adolescent Mothers in Korogocho

Oct 12, 2026
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West African Health Organisation Supports Roundtable on Financing Lassa Fever Vaccine Development during the World Health Summit in Berlin (Germany)

Oct 10, 2026
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#Vote4HealthNaija: Turning Health Promises into Measurable Commitments Ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 Elections

By Yasir Bakare | September 12, 2026

Health continues to struggle to secure sufficient fiscal and political priority in Nigeria, and the gap between commitments, budget releases, and actual expenditure shows why. Nigeria’s 2026 federal budget allocated 3.7% to health, a figure far below the 15% budgetary target African leaders pledged under the 2001 Abuja Declaration. BudgIT’s 2025 State of States report […]

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Community Feedback Brings Water, Toilets, Medicines and Longer Services to Zubairiyya PHC

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 11, 2026

By Rahima Shehu Dokaji For years, access to quality healthcare at Zubairiyya Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Yakasai community, Kano, was affected by basic gaps that made care more difficult for residents. However, three months after the community raised these concerns during the first town hall meeting and scorecard assessment in April 2026, tangible improvements […]

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Nigeria’s Health Tax Reform Faces a Closing Window Before the 2027 Elections

By Christopher Bassey | September 10, 2026

In April 2026, the Senate passed the National Health Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which would double the statutory allocation to the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) from 1% to 2% of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The Bill has since received its first reading in the House of Representatives. Another measure looks at how health-related […]

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MCHTrack Is Helping Katsina Reach Women and Children Missing Immunisation and Antenatal Care

By Mahdi Garba | September 7, 2026

Before 45-year-old Hadiza Umar Danrimi starts her rounds in Katsina, she checks that her tablet is charged connected to the internet. The device, provided by the Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), has an application called Maternal and Child Health Track (MCHTrack). “I move from house to house to ask mothers if their […]

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Curated Conversations: Prof. Adaeze Oreh on Why the Future of Health Lies Beyond the Health Sector

By Emeka Oguanuo and Chinwendu Iroegbu | September 5, 2026

“The future of health is not in the health space alone,” says Professor Adaeze Oreh, family physician, public health strategist and immediate past Honourable Commissioner for Health, Rivers State, In a recent Nigeria Health Watch Curated Conversations interview, Prof. Oreh traced that conviction to her medical training at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), […]

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