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Lessons from the 2026 HFN Conference on Innovation, Financing and Universal Health Coverage

By Onyedikachi Ewe | May 20, 2026

Nigeria’s journey towards universal health coverage (UHC) cannot be achieved by the government or the private sector alone. The more critical question is how Nigeria can bring both parties together within a more disciplined framework of funding, regulation, data, quality, innovation, and accountability. That was the central message from the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria’s (HFN) […]

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Community-Owned Hand-Pump Wells Are Bringing Safer Water Closer to Villages in Rural Kaduna

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 18, 2026

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) For years, residents of Mararaba Kajuru, a small community in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, relied on local streams and unprotected wells as their main water sources. “We got our water from local wells and nearby streams, which was very difficult, especially during the dry season. Sometimes, we […]

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First Call, First Care: Why Nigeria Must Protect the Nurses Who Protect Us

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 16, 2026

Damilola Ilori and Tosin Emejor (Lead writers) “Go and call Aunty Nurse.” In many Nigerian households, this phrase evokes both fear and relief. It is used when a child’s fever spikes, a pregnant woman senses something is wrong, a wound needs dressing, or an elderly parent has high blood pressure. For many Nigerians, the first […]

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Kagarko Villages in Kaduna Still Without Health Posts

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 14, 2026

By Rabi Mustapha Every day, pregnant women in remote villages across Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, are left behind in the struggle to access basic healthcare. For women in communities like Mararaban Babo, Taffa, and Chakwama, the journey to the nearest Iddah Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), which is 14 KM away, is […]

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The Walk Is Over: ECOWAS Must Now Deliver on Malaria Elimination and Maternal Survival

By Yasir Bakare | May 14, 2026

On 25 April 2026, Health Ministers from across West Africa joined a solidarity walk through Freetown, Sierra Leone, under the theme, “One Walk, One Vision: Malaria-Free West Africa.” The walk marked World Malaria Day 2026, but it also carried a deeper political message. It closed a week of technical and ministerial meetings during the 27th […]

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