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Insightful analysis of the policies, politics, and power shaping health across Africa. This category features evidence-informed perspectives that interrogate assumptions, surface trade-offs, and propose actionable reforms, helping policymakers, practitioners, and advocates navigate complex health systems and drive more effective, context-aware decisions.

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NACA, Global Fund and Partners to Convene National Close-Out Meeting on COVID-19 Response Mechanism Investments in Nigeria

Jun 24, 2026
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NHEA 2026 TO HONOUR HEALTHCARE ICONS AS NIGERIA’S PREMIER HEALTHCARE AWARDS RETURNS TO EKO HOTEL ON JUNE 26

Jun 23, 2026
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Beyond the Counter: How CareHub Is Linking Pharmacy Customers to Primary Health Care in Lagos

Jun 22, 2026
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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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Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st December 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 1, 2023

Medical stakeholders meet to implement WHO’s 2030 rehabilitation agenda. World AIDS Day: Nigeria progressing towards ending AIDS as public health problem-NACA boss. Anambra govt intensifies fight against quack doctors. Child Malnutrition Rises By 160% In Northeastern Nigeria, Says FHI360. 2024 Budget must prioritize education, healthcare – Speaker Abbas. Mpox outbreak in DRC may spread — […]

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Can the ASLM Conference reinvigorate Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria?

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 14, 2016

Iruka Okeke is at the University of Ibadan. She writes this week about the progress made in the world of laboratory medicine in the last five years as portrayed in this year’s African Society for Laboratory Medicine Conference, and what Nigeria still needs to do if it will catch up with the rest of the […]

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Antibiotic Resistance in Nigeria: From Awareness to Action

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 16, 2016

Editor’s Note: Iruka N. Okeke is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a UK Medical Research Council African Research Leader.  She writes extensively on the need to grow microbiology research and practice in African countries. In this week’s Thought Leadership piece she writes about the need for action in the fight against […]

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Ten highlights from the 21st International Conference on AIDS

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 26, 2016

[dropcap]O[/dropcap] ver the last week, your Nigeria Health Watch team has been at the 21st International AIDS Conference, the largest conference on any global health or development issue globally. Many of the burning issues on HIV/AIDS discussed at the conference, which was back in Africa after 16 years, have significantly moved on from the dark […]

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Almost no Science from Nigeria at International Conference on AIDS

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 19, 2016

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]inally, the moment came – The 21st International Conference on AIDS kicked off in Durban, South Africa on the 18th of July, the birthday of Nelson Mandela. With the largest number of registered delegates at a health conference, it has been a refreshing and yet challenging start. The efficiency of the organisers, the warmth of […]

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