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Beyond Genotype Awareness: Nigeria Must Build a Sickle Cell Response That Serves Warriors

Jun 20, 2026
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Three Months After Speaking Out, Indabo Residents Still Await Improved PHC Services

Jun 18, 2026
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Nigeria Cannot Prevent the Next Outbreak if It Cannot Diagnose It

Jun 17, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Moji Makanjuola on Building Public Trust Through Health Journalism

Jun 16, 2026
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Beyond Awareness: Why Nigeria Must Fund a Period-Friendly Future

Jun 11, 2026
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Comprehensive PHC Lapai Sets the Standard for Quality Healthcare, But Needs More Backing

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 16, 2024

Amina Mohammed, a resident of Lapai and a mother of two, shared her positive experience with the recently renovated facility when Nigeria Health Watch reporter visited the Comprehensive Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Lapai Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. “When I came here to immunise my children, the staff were welcoming, and the […]

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Pandemic Preparedness in West Africa: Multiplayer Collaborative Solutions for a Changing Climate

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 13, 2024

Oluomachukwu Omeje (Lead Writer) The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as one of humanity’s most significant health threat, with significant impacts across Africa. Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall patterns are severely having an affect on human health, compounding risks to individuals and communities. Particularly concerning is climate change’s effect on vector-borne diseases; […]

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New Executive Order: Hope for Nigeria’s Health Sector Amid the Economic Challenges

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 9, 2024

Emeka Oguanuo and Alexander Chiejina (Lead Writers) In the midst of an economic crisis that undermines Nigerians’ access to quality healthcare, President Bola Tinubu’s landmark Executive Order, signed in June 2024 and operationalised in October, sets a bold course to improve healthcare affordability, expand access, and position the country as a global hub for health […]

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Kadani Residents Demand for Inclusive Healthcare Services

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 9, 2024

Residents of Kadani community of Kura Local Government Area, Kano, are growing increasingly desperate as they are confronted with an emerging threat: the complete absence of healthcare services and perceived systemic neglect of their community. Hauwa, a mother of two, expresses her disappointment, noting that despite attending antenatal care at the health post, the Fulanis […]

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Meet the Women Reshaping Nigeria’s Digital Health Sector: How an Internship Programme Became Gender-Transformative

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 8, 2024

By Chisom Ohazurume, Otse Ogorry, Caitlin Showalter, Jesse Hastings, Laura Osterndorf Aequalis and Laurence ClaussenDespite ongoing efforts to empower more African women to join the technology sector, and some promising recent signs of a surge of female-led businesses, the digital health sector in Nigeria, like the digital health sector globally, is still largely dominated by […]

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