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The Pandemic Agreement is Signed: Will it Deliver Justice for Africa?
11 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Pandemic Agreement is Signed: Will it Deliver Justice for Africa?

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) The final Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) negotiations must be the true test of global equity in health. Sometimes, it is...

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Nigeria’s Shifting Health Insurance Landscape: Why Faster Progress Cannot Wait
08 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria’s Shifting Health Insurance Landscape: Why Faster Progress Cannot Wait

Olaoluwa Olatunde (Lead Writer) During my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2021, while I was posted to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) office...

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Digital Tools in Community Health: Ethiopia’s Example for Nigeria
06 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Digital Tools in Community Health: Ethiopia’s Example for Nigeria

Sonia Biose (Lead Writer) “Before I became a Community Health Worker, women in my village often gave birth at home without any medical help. Today,...

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Community Health Watch Reports Spur PHC Action in Niger State
05 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Community Health Watch Reports Spur PHC Action in Niger State

Nigeria Health Watch’s Community Health Watch reports in Niger state have not only revealed gaps in the Primary Health Care (PHC) system but also ignited...

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Africa Needs a Rethink on Global Health Funding – Here’s What Must Change
05 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Africa Needs a Rethink on Global Health Funding – Here’s What Must Change

Dr Ebere Okereke and Dr Magda Robalo (Guest Writers) Last week, the world’s global health leaders gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for the 78th World Health...

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AbbaCare Insurance Brings Healthcare Solutions Within Reach of Kano’s Sickle Cell Patients
02 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
AbbaCare Insurance Brings Healthcare Solutions Within Reach of Kano’s Sickle Cell Patients

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Nusaiba Idris Muhammad, 23, lives with her low-income family in Shagari Quarters, Kano. She battles with the life-threatening symptoms of Sickle...

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NHEA 2025 Announces PharmAccess SafeCare Award Categories; Unveils Nominees
02 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
NHEA 2025 Announces PharmAccess SafeCare Award Categories; Unveils Nominees

The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) has announced the PharmAccess Foundation SafeCare Award categories as part of the upcoming NHEA 2025, making a decade of...

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Ending Period Poverty in Nigeria: The Role Men Must Now Play
30 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Ending Period Poverty in Nigeria: The Role Men Must Now Play

Precious Ajayi and Favour Ani (Lead Writers) For Hannah, a 13-year-old student in Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1), the arrival of her monthly period is...

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Shango PHC: No Beds, No Light, No Hope
30 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Shango PHC: No Beds, No Light, No Hope

Fatima Muhammad, a 40-year-old mother of eight, recalled the night she pleaded with staff to keep the Shango Primary Health Care (PHC) facility open past...

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Women’s Health is a Human Right That Must Be Fought and Won
28 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Women’s Health is a Human Right That Must Be Fought and Won

Onyinye Oranezi and Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead Writers)As you are reading this, Amina is in a remote village in Borno State, giving birth to her...

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Scaling Heat-Stable Uterotonics to Prevent Maternal Deaths in Nigeria
23 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Scaling Heat-Stable Uterotonics to Prevent Maternal Deaths in Nigeria

Adanna Opara (Lead Writer) Every day, countless mothers around the world lose their lives to postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), a devastating reality that remains a widespread...

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Kuku Health Post Plagued by Absence of Essential Services
22 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Kuku Health Post Plagued by Absence of Essential Services

Every week, dozens of women walk long distances to the Kuku Health Post in Kano State, only to leave without the services they desperately need....

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