A guest post by Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu On 30 October 2025, news broke unexpectedly that Akin “Shuga” Tofowomo had passed away while undergoing surgery in...

Asari Ndem and Sunday Oko (Lead writers) When Ngozi (not her real name) turned 48, she noticed small changes she could not explain. Her sleep...

By Rahima Shehu Dokaji What does it take for a community to access lifesaving care? For the Dorawar Sallau community in Garun Malam Local Government Area...

PRETORIA – Climate change is driving economic losses in developing nations. It’s slowing progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and worsening threats such as infectious diseases,...

Vivianne Ihekweazu In 2001, when the late Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, championed the creation of the Global Fund, he is famously quoted as...

In 2024, a Community Health Watch report covered by Nigeria Health Watch revealed the absence of a functional paediatric ward at Marmara PHC, Kano State...

Ozumi Abdul (Lead writer) For Halima Shuaibu, a petty trader whose small stall of vegetables and household items is the sole lifeline for her four...

Chioma Nnamani (Lead Writer) Mpox has been devastating communities in West and Central Africa, howewer in 2024, four previously unaffected countries, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and...

Dr Emeka Kanebi (Lead writer)Global efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 continue. Goal 5, gender equality, is widely recognised...

Seven months ago when Nigeria Health Watch visited Yan Dadi Primary Health Centre, it stood as a symbol of neglect with unsafe wards, no clean water, and...

Olaoluwa Olatunde and Aderonke Popoola (Lead writers) Nigeria continues to bear a high burden of infectious diseases, including Lassa fever, malaria, and tuberculosis. However, clinical...

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Kabiru Tanko (not his real name) was among the inmates moved from the dilapidated Kurmawa Custodial Centre to the newly built...