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One Million More Midwives: The Smartest Investment for Safer Births in a Shrinking Aid Landscape

May 11, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Isra Chaker on Reimagining Maternal Health Philanthropy and Saving Mothers’ Lives

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Beauty Without Burden: Why Nigeria Must Keep Lead Out of Cosmetics

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Development Partners, CSOs, Media Seek Legislative Intervention For Increased Public Investment in the Health Sector in 2023

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Nigeria’s health sector has been fraught with suboptimal public investment to sustain its development and achievement of key development objectives such as Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and other health components of the Sustainable Development Goals. Over the last years, appropriation to the health sector in the national budgets has consistently fallen shot of the Abuja […]

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Nigeria Health Watch announces #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards 2022. Nominations are now open!

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Nigeria Health Watch has announced the third edition of the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards ceremony to celebrate evidence-based and accurate reporting of epidemic preparedness in Nigeria is now open. Nominations close on Monday, January 2, 2023, and winners will be announced at an award ceremony on January 27, 2023. The #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards honours journalists who […]

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Primary Healthcare Financing Forum to discuss the role of states in PHC Financing in Nigeria

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Health Commissioners across the country under the auspices of the Nigeria Health Commissioners’ Forum will be holding a 2-day program tagged Primary Healthcare Financing Forum to discuss the role of states in PHC Financing in Nigeria. It will be held on the 5th and 6th of October, 2022 in Abuja as a hybrid event with […]

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Nigeria Health Watch to Host 8th Edition of Future of Health Conference on the Political Economy of Health

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The aim of the flagship conference is to provide a visible platform for critical stakeholders in healthcare, finance, politics, and other allied sectors to discuss the factors that influence Nigeria’s health policies; how political, social, and economic factors shape individual and population health outcomes; health service development within the economic and political context; and how […]

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Health Report: 18 Nigerian States Rank Poorly on Health Systems Indicators, Unable to Provide Adequate Primary Healthcare Services

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A new report released today by The ONE Campaign, in partnership with National Advocates for Health, Nigeria Health Watch, Public & Private Development Centre (PPDC), and other partners, reveals that health systems in 18 Nigerian states are weak, resulting in poor healthcare service delivery, especially in public facilities. The report which was released at stakeholder […]

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