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How Tech-Enabled Emergency Financing Is Helping Nigerian Families Access Care
Mahdi Garba and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Nigeria’s population is projected to exceed 237.5 million by 2025. However, the country’s health financing system still leaves many households vulnerable at the point…
Bridging Nigeria’s Research–Industry Gap to Establish Local Premix Production for Food Fortification
Favour Solomon-Uwakwe and Maureen Moneke (Lead writers) At the Academia–Micronutrient Deficiency Control (MNDC) Committee Roundtable on “Advancing Sustainable Food Fortification in Nigeria: Bridging Research, Innovation and Local Premix Production for…
At Birth and at Risk: The Rising Threat of AMR in Nigeria’s Neonatal Wards
Anwuli Nwankwo and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead writers) Every year in Nigeria, thousands of newborns die from infections that should have been preventable, yet the microbes responsible have become resistant to treatment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of…
Nigeria Must Not Let Child Nutrition Become a Budget Casualty in 2026
Favour Ani and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers) In a stabilisation ward (a specialised treatment unit for severe malnutrition) in northern Nigeria, a child with severe acute malnutrition needs immediate…
Curated Conversations: Dr Pavel Ursu on Nigeria’s Primary Health Care Reform, Financing, and UHC
Ibukun Oguntola and Chinwendu Iroegbu (Lead writers) In this latest edition of Nigeria Health Watch’s Curated Conversations, the Country Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) Nigeria, Dr Pavel Ursu,…
Love, But Make It Safe: What Young Nigerians Told Us About Contraception and What Is Actually True
Onyinye Oranezi and Yasir Jamal Bakare (Lead writers) On Valentine’s Day, when conversations about intimacy and relationships are more visible, access to clear, stigma-free information remains important for informed health…
Beyond Coverage: Why Nigerian Women Need Health Information They Can Use
Prudence Enema and Kenneth Ibe (Lead writers) Health communication is more than sharing health behaviour, decision-making, and outcomes. For many Nigerian women, access to clear, timely, and understandable health information…
From Performance Incentives to State Priorities: Are Nigeria’s States Spending Enough on Health?
Solomon Yemi Oladimeji (Lead writer)In Nigeria’s federal health system, the question of who pays for healthcare is just as important as who delivers it. While national policies often dominate discussions…
Can Benin and Nigeria Turn Fragile River Blindness Gains into Irreversible Elimination?
Dr Adachi Ekeh, Dr Aishat Usman, Dr Achille Batonon, Dr Virgil Lokossou (Lead writers)In Grand-Popo, where rivers cut across landscapes without regard for immigration posts, leaders from Benin and Nigeria…
Rights. Justice. Action: Why Women’s Rights Must Be Defended as a Governance and Economic Policy in Nigeria
Asari Ndem (Lead writer) Rights are not real until they can be enforced, until a woman can report abuse without stigma, a survivor can access care and legal aid, and…