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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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Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa’s Displaced Children

By | January 30, 2023

By Thelma Chioma Abeku and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead Writers) At first glance, the buildings that house the classrooms of the Transitional Learning Centre, Wassa, appear to have been designed to blend them into the brown sun scorched terrain that surrounds the centre. However, the classrooms themselves were anything but ordinary, as the Nigeria Health Watch […]

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RICOM3: A Collaborative Effort to Reduce Maternal Deaths from Indirect Causes in Nigeria

By | January 23, 2023

By Michael Atima and Bunmi Oyebanji Obot (Lead Writers) It is a little-known fact that 5–10% of pregnancies in Nigeria are complicated by hypertension issues. Despite the significant burden of maternal mortality and morbidity (MMM), there hasn’t been sufficient focus on how noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) affect women of reproductive age and their risk factors. The Federal […]

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Society for Family Health: Leveraging Digital Platforms to Train Family Planning Service Providers

By | January 16, 2023

Mrs Gertrude Edom, the founder and chief executive officer of St Gertrude Maternity Centre located in Topland, a suburb in Enugu city, had just seen her last set of patients and was settling down to attend to her administrative tasks. Her clinical duties include maternal and child health, immunisation and family planning. She is one […]

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Jela’s Development Initiatives: Promoting Inclusiveness in Mental Health Interventions

By | December 26, 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) clearly states that complete emotional and mental well-being are critical components of good health care. Efforts to improve access to mental health services continue to generate global attention as an estimated one in eight people lived with a mental disorder before the COVID-19 pandemic. While mental health continues to gain […]

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For the Love of Children: Providing Low Cost Fortified Meals for Children in Kontagora Hospital

By | December 13, 2022

By Anibe Idajili (Lead Writer) On the last day of October 2022, four women from conflict-affected communities in Niger State arrived at Kontagora General Hospital. They were all carrying children who appeared to be severely malnourished. Kontagora General Hospital is in Kontagora town in north-west Niger State. The town is surrounded by smaller communities like […]

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