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Solutions-focused reporting on what is working, how it works, and what it takes to sustain and scale impact. We examine policies, programmes, and community-led innovations that are improving health outcomes, and we explain the “how” behind performance, including design, leadership, financing, implementation, and accountability. These stories help practitioners and decision makers adapt proven approaches to new contexts.

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Kicking Down Barriers and Empowering Girls in Kaduna State

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 5, 2024

Football is more than just a game; it has the power to unite people across cultures, languages, and borders. But beyond that, it also has the power to bridge the gender equality gap. When Grace Iliya visited the Bakin-Kogi community in 2019 there was no public school or health-care facility. The community is located on the […]

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Building a Community Network for Health Misinformation Management

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 20, 2024

Abara Erim and Sunday Oko (Lead Writers) “I consumed large amounts of garlic or sometimes ingested excessive vitamins to prevent infection. Others also resorted to drinking substances like ‘agbo’ to prevent Coronavirus.”Smith Jow** during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic “The HPV Vaccine causes infertility, and it is a plan by the West to reduce the […]

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Investing in Economic Power by Women, With Women and For Women

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 5, 2024

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) Providing low-interest loans, especially for marginalised women and women in rural communities can go a long way in closing the gender economic gap. Here’s how. Bilkisu Luka, now 26, was registering for her Senior Secondary school classes at Government Secondary School Mubi, Adamawa State in October 2014 when the nearby Adamawa […]

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Nourishing Nigeria: Advancing Nutrition through Climate Resilience

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 29, 2024

Oladimeji Solomon Yemi (Lead Writer) Climate change poses a critical global crisis, impacting environments and threatening public health. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050, from undernutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, and heat stress alone. This calls for urgent collective action […]

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Building Stronger PHCs in Abuja Through a Private-Led Approach

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 22, 2024

Sunday Oko and Sonia Biose (Lead Writers) Improving Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in Nigeria and ensuring that they are better positioned to meet 80–90% of the health needs of the citizens will require a collaborative effort of government and individual stakeholders. In Ako community, just a few kilometres from Abuja City Gate, Favor Onoje […]

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