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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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Patient surge at renovated Elizabeth Shaba PHC, yet facilities remain underutilised

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 24, 2024

Since its renovation and commissioning five months ago, the Elizabeth Shaba Comprehensive Healthcare Centre in Nyikangbe, Chanchaga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger state, has witnessed a significant surge in patient patronage. The facility, renovated by Hon. Aminu Yakubu Ladan, Chairman of the LGA, now boasts a modern laboratory building, an ultra scan machine, and […]

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It Is Time to Rein in Antimicrobial Resistance in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 21, 2024

Iruka N Okeke (Guest Writer) ‘Tunde [not real name], a small-scale building contractor diagnosed with prostate cancer, recently underwent surgery. He had educated his children, and they were employed, he owned his home, and made a decent income. Unlike most Nigerians ‘Tunde could afford to schedule the excision of his cancer at a reasonably comfortable […]

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Sharada PHC: Making a Difference Through Community Engagement 

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 20, 2024

For residents like Rafi’atu Ibrahim, Safiya Saleh, and Saudat Sa’id, Sharada Primary Healthcare (PHC) in Kano State is more than just a medical facility but a sanctuary for support. Rafi’atu, who is a mother of three, said she has found a sense of belonging and comfort at the facility. “The officer in charge of the […]

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Protecting the Future: Kano’s Global Shapers Educate Schoolgirls on HPV and Its Vaccine

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 20, 2024

Mahdi Garba [Lead writer] When Radeeyah Nasir is not at her job as a registrar in the obstetrics and gynaecology unit of Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital, Kano, she is part of a team of volunteers raising awareness about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), among secondary school students in states across Nigeria’s northwest. “There are […]

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The Future is Now: Youth Climate Action for a Sustainable World

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 17, 2024

Ohanu Dabri Olohije and Prudence Enema (Lead Writers) How do you explain to a child that there is no food due to decreased crop yields? Or that higher temperatures and increased rainfall could disrupt their education? Young children today will grow up on a planet where extreme weather events occur more frequently than in the […]

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