Prologue We are putting up this post as a result of increasing demand for information on this disease. As of today, the 7th of August...

There have been many calls for universal health coverage recently. Nigeria is one of the signatories to the universal health coverage plan which states that...

Medical missions have grown in relevance in Nigeria over the past 20 years. This is largely as a consequence of the failure of the health...

A Nigeria Health Watch team attended a public hearing of 10 health sector bills by the House of Representatives, joint committee on health on Wednesday...

The last few years have seen an increasing number of African professionals who have studied and worked abroad returning to work in Africa, partly driven...

There has always been something different about the Federal Road Safety Corps when compared to all the other uniformed forces on our roads in Nigeria....

14 June 2014 was the “World Blood Donor Day”. Members of the NHW team recently visited the Nigerian National Blood Transfusion Service and subsequently joined...

Did you hear that smoking in public places is now banned in Lagos? According to a recent poll conducted by NOIPolls, nine out of ten...

A tribute by the Nigeria Health Watch team to Professor Dora Nkem Akunyili, a rare symbol of courage and public service. “Segun, my conscience can...

We have offered our Tuesday blog this week to Florida Uzoaru, an independent public health consultant. She reflects on some tough questions about the advocacy role of civil...

This blog post is the result of the first of a series of joint polls by the NOIPolls team and the EpiAFRIC team. NOI Polls is...

This thought-provoking piece was contributed by Ifeanyi Nsofor who has just joined the NHW team. Pls share it with every one you know….its worth thinking...