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

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

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

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

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A Digital Data System is Making Vaccines Accessible to Children Across Kwara’s Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 13, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) A typical day in Babatunde Grace’s life begins with checking her smart tablet to see how many caregivers are expected to bring their children for routine immunisation but have failed to do so. If any are found, she will give them a phone call to understand the reason for their absence […]

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How the Five Cowries Art Base Education Initiative is Transforming Health Awareness in Ghari LGA

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 13, 2025

In Ghari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano, adolescent girls are embracing health awareness through the Five Cowries’ Furanni programme, a local initiative in collaboration with Nigeria Health Watch. The programme equips girls through a knowledge pathway with vital health, hygiene, and self-care knowledge, addressing long-standing misconceptions and barriers to healthcare access. In a previous […]

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Harnessing The Private Sector’s Power to Revitalise Primary Healthcare in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 8, 2025

Ibironke Dada, Uzodinma Osisiogu, and Njide Ndili (Guest Writers) Nigeria’s private healthcare sector can help rehabilitate the country’s dysfunctional primary healthcare centres (PHCs) — as the Access to Finance Scheme developed by PharmAccess has shown. PHCs are meant to be the initial entry point of care for individuals, families, and communities. However, in Nigeria, this system has […]

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Planting the Future: How a Nigerian University is Tackling Food Insecurity with Agricultural Innovation

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 6, 2025

Mohammed Dahiru Lawal (Guest Writer) Musa Gambo stood at the edge of his once-barren millet farm, watching rows of green crops sway gently in the dry Kano breeze. For years, his farmland yielded low harvests that could not sustain his family. “I was losing hope,” Gambo recalled, until his encounter with Bayero University Centre for […]

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Shaping a Healthier Future for Nigeria in 2025

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 2, 2025

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writer) 2025 makes it 17 years since we published our first editorial reflecting on issues relating to health and our health sector in Nigeria! We thank all of you for reading. Without you, there would be no need for Nigeria Health Watch. If asked about the top health news story in Nigeria’s […]

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