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Analytical and opinion-led pieces that examine the policy, governance, and political economy shifts shaping health in Nigeria, Africa, and globally. This category features evidence-informed arguments and critical reflections that interrogate assumptions, clarify trade-offs, and point to practical reforms. The goal is to strengthen advocacy and decision making by linking ideas to real system constraints and opportunities.

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Another Office or a Stronger System? The Institutional Test for Nigeria’s Digital Health Agenda

Jul 22, 2026
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Turning Livestock Waste into Fertiliser: Can a Kaduna Enterprise Cut Farm Costs and Support Better Nutrition?

Jul 20, 2026
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‘Where Does My Donated Blood Go?’ Tracing the Life-Saving Journey from Donor to Patient

Jul 19, 2026
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NIGERIA HEALTH WATCH LAUNCHES THE NIGERIA HEALTH WATCHERS NETWORK

Jul 17, 2026
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How a Philanthropic Donation Expanded Samaru PHC and Improved Access to Quality Care

Jul 16, 2026
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Open Letter to the Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members: Pass the Customs and Excise Tariffs (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 19, 2025

Nigeria Health Watch Dear Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members, Nigeria faces a “double burden of disease” where diseases such as HIV, malaria, and Lassa fever cause major illness and death and the rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are rapidly increasing. This has created growing pressure on a health system already […]

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Beyond Aid: How Health Data Is Becoming the New Currency of Global Power

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 18, 2025

Oladimeji Solomon Yemi (Lead writer)For decades, global health governance was shaped by aid flows, multilateral institutions, and shared norms of solidarity. Countries received funding, technical assistance, and essential commodities through systems anchored in organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), UK Foreign, […]

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Is the BHCPF Nigeria’s Best Bet for Achieving Universal Health Coverage- If It Is Properly Funded?

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 12, 2025

Sonia Biose and Sunday Oko (Lead writer)Every year on 12 December, the world pauses to reflect on one simple promise, that no one should be pushed into poverty because they are not well. However, as we mark Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, the theme, “Unaffordable health costs? We are sick of it!” is a clear […]

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Financing Health from Within: How Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar Taxes Can Support Africa’s Health Priorities

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 12, 2025

Christopher Bassey and Favour Solomon-Uwakwe (Lead writers) Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented funding crisis, driven in part by a sharp decline in external health aid, which has fallen by 70% between 2021 and 2025. This shortfall is made worse by a rapidly expanding debt burden in African countries. In 2025, African countries are […]

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Unpacking NCH 66: Nigeria’s UHC Priorities and the Gaps That Lie Ahead

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 2, 2025

Safiya Shuaibu Isa and Solomon Oladimeji (Lead writers) At the 66th National Council on Health (NCH), one message resonated clearly: health in Nigeria must be regarded as a right, not a privilege. This notion was strongly emphasised in the opening remarks by the Honourable Minister of State, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, who repositioned equity as […]

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