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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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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 Vivianne Ihekweazu | 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 Olaoluwa Olatunde | 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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Digital Tools in Community Health: Ethiopia’s Example for Nigeria

By Sonia Biose | June 6, 2025

Sonia Biose (Lead Writer) “Before I became a Community Health Worker, women in my village often gave birth at home without any medical help. Today, they call me first and I refer them to the health centres.” — Atsede (not real name), a Health Extension Worker (HEW). Across Ethiopia’s rural landscape, thousands of community health workers like […]

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