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Nigeria’s Flood Season is Here. How Are We Protecting Children Before Disaster Strikes?

Aug 31, 2026
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Finding Ebola Earlier: Can Village-Based Surveillance Strengthen DRC’s Outbreak Response?

Aug 29, 2026
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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

Aug 28, 2026
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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Aug 27, 2026
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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

Aug 26, 2026
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Shaba Woshi Women Still Choose Traditional Birth Attendants Over Skilled Delivery

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 24, 2025

Many pregnant women continue to give birth at home in Baro ward, Agaie Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger state. This is not by personal choice but because their local health facility cannot meet their basic needs. The Shaba Woshi Primary Healthcare (PHC) facility is a Level 1 facility which serves nine surrounding communities spread […]

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Sparking Change: Youth Voices can Revolutionise Climate-Health Policy Advocacy

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 22, 2025

Anwuli Nwankwo and Christopher Bassey (Lead Writer) One hot night in March, I woke up drenched in sweat, my bed soaked, the heat in Abuja almost unbearable. Despite my windows being wide-open and my standing fan on full blast, I could not to fall back asleep. As I lay there, I could not help but […]

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Not Just a Woman’s Job: Why Men Matter in Nigeria’s Fight to Reduce Zero-Dose Children

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 21, 2025

Abara Erim (Lead Writer) When Chinedu (not his real name) walked into the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Afikpo, a community in Ebonyi State, holding his one-year-old son, the nurses looked up in surprise. “Where is your wife?” one of them asked. “She’s at the shop today,” he replied. “I said let me bring my […]

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Thousands of Residents in Jama’a Community Suffer from a Healthcare Void

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 17, 2025

Imagine a community with over 10,000 residents living without a single pharmacy or healthcare centre. In Jama’a, a community in Gezawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, this is their daily reality—one that has cost lives and deepened health inequalities. “For as long as I can remember, we have never had a health facility—not […]

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As the US Withdraws Funding, Professor Pate Steps In – What’s Next?

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 16, 2025

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) “Africa, we really need to change our mindset. Access to aid, we can begin to think of is a thing of the past. We have to focus on two things: attracting investment & mobilising our own domestic resources” — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General World Trade Organisation Recent shifts in the public health landscape […]

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