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Three Months After Speaking Out, Indabo Residents Still Await Improved PHC Services
18 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Three Months After Speaking Out, Indabo Residents Still Await Improved PHC Services

Hadiza Musa Three months after residents raised concerns about poor healthcare services during a town hall meeting, many of the same challenges continue to affect...

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Nigeria Cannot Prevent the Next Outbreak if It Cannot Diagnose It
17 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Cannot Prevent the Next Outbreak if It Cannot Diagnose It

Shalom David and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writers) In late 2013, Ebola began spreading in Guinea, but the outbreak went undetected for more than three months....

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Africa’s Precision Medicine Future Depends on Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems
04 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Africa’s Precision Medicine Future Depends on Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems

Olatunde Olaoluwa and Prudence Enema (Lead writers) Precision medicine will not deliver equity for Africa if Africa remains underrepresented in the evidence that shapes it....

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Community-Owned Hand-Pump Wells Are Bringing Safer Water Closer to Villages in Rural Kaduna
18 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Community-Owned Hand-Pump Wells Are Bringing Safer Water Closer to Villages in Rural Kaduna

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) For years, residents of Mararaba Kajuru, a small community in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, relied on local...

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First Call, First Care: Why Nigeria Must Protect the Nurses Who Protect Us
16 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
First Call, First Care: Why Nigeria Must Protect the Nurses Who Protect Us

Damilola Ilori and Tosin Emejor (Lead writers) “Go and call Aunty Nurse.” In many Nigerian households, this phrase evokes both fear and relief. It is...

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Kagarko Villages in Kaduna Still Without Health Posts
14 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Kagarko Villages in Kaduna Still Without Health Posts

By Rabi Mustapha Every day, pregnant women in remote villages across Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, are left behind in the struggle...

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WHX in Lagos to highlight pathways for localising West Africa’s health supply chain
13 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
WHX in Lagos to highlight pathways for localising West Africa’s health supply chain

Lagos, Nigeria | 7 May 2026: West Africa’s in vitro diagnostics (IVD) market currently stands at US$0.988 billion in 2025 and is set to grow...

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In Nigeria and Tanzania, Simulation Training Is Changing How Birth Emergencies Are Managed
12 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
In Nigeria and Tanzania, Simulation Training Is Changing How Birth Emergencies Are Managed

Zuwena Khatib, Tzar Oluigbo and Mahdi Garba (Lead writers) On a Friday morning in Dawaki, Gombe State, Saleha, a mother of seven, was sitting outside...

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Beyond the Numbers: What Data and Community Voices Reveal About Maternal Deaths in Nigeria
11 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Beyond the Numbers: What Data and Community Voices Reveal About Maternal Deaths in Nigeria

Oladimeji Solomon Yemi and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers)Nigeria remains one of the countries with the highest number of maternal deaths globally, with a maternal mortality rate...

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When Water is Missing in Nigeria, Girls Miss School and Women Face Unsafe Childbirth
11 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
When Water is Missing in Nigeria, Girls Miss School and Women Face Unsafe Childbirth

Onyinye Oranezi (Lead writer) On a recent Saturday afternoon at a neighbourhood hair salon, a casual conversation with two secondary school girls revealed something telling....

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Curated Conversations: Professor Iruka Okeke on Discovery, Domestic Investment, and the Science Nigeria Must Build
11 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Curated Conversations: Professor Iruka Okeke on Discovery, Domestic Investment, and the Science Nigeria Must Build

Emeka Oguanuo (Lead writer) Health outcomes in Nigeria will only improve if the country invests more seriously in science and research. While the country has...

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Beyond “Women’s Business”: How Enugu and Ebonyi Are Reframing Family Planning as Shared Responsibility
11 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Beyond “Women’s Business”: How Enugu and Ebonyi Are Reframing Family Planning as Shared Responsibility

Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health investments a country can make to reduce preventable...

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