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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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One Vision, One Future: Why Africa's Health Financing Is a Global Reset

May 27, 2026
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The Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Shows Why Preparedness Cannot Wait

May 25, 2026
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Beyond Emergency Response: Strengthening Nigeria’s Health Communication Infrastructure

May 23, 2026
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Drug Shortage at Jere PHC in Kaduna Leaves Patients with Chronic Illnesses Without Medication

May 22, 2026
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Lessons from the 2026 HFN Conference on Innovation, Financing and Universal Health Coverage

May 20, 2026
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How Insecurity is Reshaping Food Security and Deepening Malnutrition in Nigeria

By | May 11, 2026

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Precious Ajayi (Lead writers) Nigeria recorded an estimated 14,000 cases of armed violence between 2018 and 2024. During this period, the share of the population facing food insecurity rose from 47% to 75%. While the escalating wave of violent attacks is severely undermining Nigeria’s internal security, it is also taking a […]

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The System Eats Our People: A Poem of Grief and Rage

By | May 11, 2026

A poem by Dr. Ebere Okereke – Inspired by Kwesi Brew’s “The Sea Eats Our Land” Dr Ebere Okereke wrote this poem in the wake of several deaths close to her, each painful and, in important ways, avoidable. They did not arise from one isolated failure. They reflected a chain of neglect, weak infrastructure, delayed […]

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Curated Conversations: Dr Pavel Ursu on Nigeria’s Primary Health Care Reform, Financing, and UHC

By | May 11, 2026

Ibukun Oguntola and Chinwendu Iroegbu (Lead writers) In this latest edition of Nigeria Health Watch’s Curated Conversations, the Country Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) Nigeria, Dr Pavel Ursu, discusses what it takes to transform Nigeria’s primary health care (PHC) system from vision into reality. His conversation with Nigeria Health Watch comes at a […]

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Nigeria Must Not Let Child Nutrition Become a Budget Casualty in 2026

By | May 11, 2026

Favour Ani and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers) In a stabilisation ward (a specialised treatment unit for severe malnutrition) in northern Nigeria, a child with severe acute malnutrition needs immediate action, not sympathy. That child needs swift screening, clear referral pathways, readily available therapeutic food, and health workers who are not forced to ration care. […]

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At Birth and at Risk: The Rising Threat of AMR in Nigeria’s Neonatal Wards

By | May 11, 2026

Anwuli Nwankwo and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead writers) Every year in Nigeria, thousands of newborns die from infections that should have been preventable, yet the microbes responsible have become resistant to treatment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of microorganisms to withstand medicines designed to treat them, is emerging as one of the most serious threats to neonatal survival in Nigeria. The problem is […]

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