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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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Top Ten News Items on Health, 12 July 2024

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 12, 2024

UNICEF, editors’ guild vow to tackle malnutrition, polio. Nigerian scientists develop easy-to-use cholera test to prevent outbreaks. Population Day: Physician calls for increased budgetary allocation, advocacy for family planning. Nigeria launches toolkit to fight high rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Hepatitis kills 3500 people every day WHO. Monkeypox Remains Global Health Threat, Says WHO. HIV: […]

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Economic Strains and Contraceptive Barriers are Putting Reproductive Rights at Risk in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 10, 2024

Almost everyone of reproductive age (about 4.3 billion people) will not have access to at least one essential reproductive health intervention over the course of their lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Nigeria, over 14 million women already lack access to modern family planning methods in 2024 according to Guttmacher, indicating a […]

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A Kenyan Nurse is Driving Quality Healthcare Access Through Online Petitions

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 8, 2024

Jackson Okata [Lead Writer] In the heart of Kibera, Kenya’s largest urban informal settlement, Shega Fatuma, a mother of two, balances her family responsibilities. While her husband works as a casual labourer at a nearby market, Fatuma manages the household with care. To plan her family’s future, she relies on the convenient family planning services […]

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Why it is Essential to Support Nigerian Researchers and Journalists in Science Communication

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 6, 2024

By Abdullahi Tsanni, Emma Weitkamp, and Mahmoud Maina (Guest Writers) In October 2019, the African Science Literacy Network (ASLN) conducted a survey during a training event on science communication for scientists and journalists in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The study published in late 2023, explored communication activities carried out by Nigerian health researchers and journalists, their […]

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Building Evidence to Combat Sexual Violence and Unsafe Abortions in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 5, 2024

At this very moment, somewhere around the world, a woman or girl is experiencing some form of sexual violence. This devastating infringement on human rights can have dire consequences on the health and well-being of these women and girls regardless of their age and socio-economic backgrounds.Such health consequences can be acute, chronic and sometimes deadly […]

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