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Can Nigeria Take Ownership of Its HIV Funding and Response as Donor Funding Continues to Contract?

Aug 15, 2026
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Revitalised Amina Sambo PHC Restores Hope in Kinkinau

Aug 13, 2026
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Nigeria Health Watch to Spotlight Nigeria’s Data-Driven Approach to Malaria Control Ahead of World Mosquito Day

Aug 12, 2026
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Menstrual Health, School Attendance and the Girl Child

Aug 12, 2026
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Nigeria’s Lenacapavir Rollout Needs a Safe Pharmacy Delivery Pathway

Aug 08, 2026
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#BreakTheBias: Making Women’s Voices Matter in the Media

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 9, 2022

By Kemisola Agbaoye and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) Conquering gender bias is no easy feat as it is steeped in cultural and societal constructs that are difficult to break. In African society, social norms and gender stereotypes favour boys over girls in many aspects of their lives, further widening gender disparities and hampering social and […]

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Leveraging the Private Sector to Expand Access to Family Planning — Without Compromising Quality

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 7, 2022

By Iyadunni Olubode (Lead Writer) It has been a rough couple of years for maternal health. COVID-19 dealt a major blow to our health system, setting us back in our efforts to improve care quality and equity to help pregnant women survive and thrive.In order to sufficiently tackle our nation’s maternal health crisis, however, we […]

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Vision First: Shell, Joint Venture Partners Supporting Integration of Eye Care into Primary Health Care

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 2, 2022

By Beti Baiye and Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Vision plays a critical role in every facet of life therefore when a person’s vision is impaired, it significantly affects their quality of life. Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment and of these, at least 1 billion people have a vision impairment that […]

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Beyond a building: Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Primary Healthcare in Sauka Community

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 21, 2022

Water, electricity and good roads are some of the basic amenities every community needs to thrive, while health and education are the foundations of a productive society. Communities that lack these services often experience challenges as their absence slows down development. Indigenous communities in the Federal Capital Territory are amongst the most underserved in terms […]

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Beji Primary Health Centre: Leveraging the Basic Health Care Provision Fund to Improve Service Delivery

By Bashar Abubakar | February 14, 2022

“We received one million naira from October 2020 to February 2022”, said Halima Musa, the officer in charge of Beji Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Bosso Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. Proudly pointing out the facility’s solar-powered underground borehole and tank, Musa explained that a part of the funds was used to fix […]

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