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Beyond Awareness: Why Nigeria Must Fund a Period-Friendly Future

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NHEA 2025 Announces PharmAccess SafeCare Award Categories; Unveils Nominees

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 2, 2025

The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) has announced the PharmAccess Foundation SafeCare Award categories as part of the upcoming NHEA 2025, making a decade of strategic collaboration between NHEA and PharmAccess Foundation. This long-standing partnership continually beams a spotlight on healthcare facilities that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to quality improvement and performance on the internationally […]

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News Release: Global leaders reaffirm commitment to WHO with at least US$ 170 million raised at World Health Assembly 2025 pledging event

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 21, 2025

World leaders pledged at least an additional US$ 170 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) at a high-level pledging event Tuesday at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in Geneva. News Release: Global leaders reaffirm commitment to WHO with at least US$ 170 million raised at World Health Assembly 2025 pledging event. Amid rising global health challenges, […]

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Apply for the West Africa Solutions Journalism Fellowship

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 19, 2025

Are you a health journalist ready to use the solutions journalism framework to change the narrative on global health and development in West Africa? Nigeria Health Watch invites committed journalists across West Africa to apply for the West Africa Solutions Journalism Fellowship, a four-month programme designed to strengthen the practice of solutions-oriented health reporting in […]

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WAHO Expands Lassa Fever Coalition with new Regional Health Partners to Accelerate Vaccine Access in West Africa

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 15, 2025

Three leading West African health partners: Corona Management Systems, Nigeria Health Watch, and Bloom Public Health, have officially joined the Lassa Fever Coalition, an instrumental initiative by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) and supported by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness  Innovations (CEPI), to advance the fight against the deadly haemorrhagic Lassa Fever and accelerate […]

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Nigeria Health Watch to Host Webinar on Networked Approaches to Combatting Health Information Disorder

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 13, 2025

Abuja, Nigeria, May 12, 2025: Nigeria Health Watch will host a high-level webinar on Wednesday, May 15, 2025, titled; “Networked Approaches to Combatting Health Information Disorder,” as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the fight against misinformation and disinformation in health communication. As the world navigates an increasingly complex information landscape, health misinformation continues to […]

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