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Nigeria Has a Lead Elimination Policy. Communities Need to See It Working

Jul 29, 2026
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Jul 28, 2026
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Nigeria’s Agricultural Commitments Must Deliver Better Nutrition

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What the Andes Hantavirus Outbreak Reveals About Global Attention to Lassa Fever

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Nigeria’s Food Crisis is the Human Cost of Inaction

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 10, 2024

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead Writer) Nigeria has witnessed a 40% increase in malnutrition rates in the last year according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This sharp escalation is a stark reminder for the government to take immediate action and provide vital support to families struggling to cope with food insecurity. For many years, Nigeria has […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 9 August 2024

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 9, 2024

Health minister seeks stronger public health capabilities to combat pandemics. WHO to convene emergency meeting on Mpox. Nigeria facing 200m yearly immunisation funding gap. TB prevalence: Nigeria ranks 6th globally, 1st in Africa. FG inaugurates committee to reduce maternal and child deaths. Malnutrition surging in Nigeria’s Bauchi state, aid group says. Five years after,17 states […]

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Nigeria’s Vaccine Financing: Self-Sufficiency is No Longer a Choice, But a Necessity

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 8, 2024

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) In 2021, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) Framework for Action, calling for 60% of vaccines required by Africans to be made in Africa by 2040 — which is up to 1.7 billion doses annually. Currently, Africa produces only 0.1% of the […]

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Gurjiya PHC: Birds Disrupt Healthcare Delivery

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 6, 2024

A certain species of birds has invaded the Gurjiya Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Garko, Kano state, rendering it non-conducive for healthcare delivery. The birds, mostly known as “Birbiri” in the local dialect (Hausa), have occupied the PHC’s roofing, becoming a menace with their incessant noise and droppings on the roof and inside the facility, […]

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Mutuelle de Santé: Rwanda’s Blueprint For Universal Health Coverage

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 5, 2024

Aimable Twahirwa (Lead Writer) Daphrose Mukanyangezi, a farmer from Nyamasheke, a district in south-western Rwanda, used to live in constant fear of falling ill. She was particularly worried about the crippling cost of hospital care for her elephantiasis, a condition she has been battling for years, and which threatened her already limited financial resources. However, […]

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