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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Aug 27, 2026
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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

Aug 26, 2026
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

Aug 24, 2026
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Nigeria’s Malaria Burden Is Uneven: Why One-Size-Fits-All Interventions Fall Short

Aug 22, 2026
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How Furanni Is Helping Badiyya Make Healthier Choices During Pregnancy

Aug 20, 2026
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Increasing Access: ASHIA Cracks the Code on Health Insurance for Anambra’s Informal Sector

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 11, 2025

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) Men in oil-stained overalls, shouting vehicle conductors and market women rushing to catch a Keke — a commercial tricycle. Nothing about this chaos at Caeli Park in Awka suggests that health insurance is being quietly rolled out. But that is exactly what is happening. Sunday Nwankwo, a taxi driver, was not feeling himself […]

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A Network of People Living with HIV Fighting Stigma in Plateau State

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 4, 2025

Dorcas Daniel Tyena (Lead writer) About 80% of new HIV infections in Nigeria are sexually transmitted from unprotected consensual intercouse. While some are diagnosed with the virus at birth, others, like Rose Gyang, 45, contracted it through rape. Nine years ago, Zadchlo International Foundation (ZIF), a nonprofit organisation working to improve the quality of life […]

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Enugu’s Type 2 Primary Healthcare Centres Bring Quality Healthcare Closer to Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 28, 2025

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) “The goal of citing Primary Health Centres is that people should not have to walk for more than 5 kilometres to access them,” — World Health Organization recommendation. Beneath the shade of a mango tree, a group of women in Otuku, a small community in Enugu East Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu […]

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Lafiya Sisters Expand Contraceptive Access for Women in Hard-to-Reach Jigawa Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 22, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Ikhlas Yusuf Yaqub, a full-time midwife at Dutse General Hospital, still finds time to volunteer with Lafiya Nigeria, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) working to increase the uptake of family planning commodities in Jigawa State to reduce maternal mortality. Since 2022, she has been a member of the Lafiya Sisters, a […]

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Home Gardens Enrich Diets in Nigeria’s Rural Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 15, 2025

This article was co-authored by Nigeria Health Watch and Sahel Consulting as part of our ongoing advocacy efforts to promote community-based nutrition interventions in Nigeria We all need to eat year-round, so why not keep a home garden going throughout the year? In Doruwa Babuje, a quiet community nestled in the hills of Bokkos Local […]

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