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By Nigeria Health Watch | August 10, 2025

Nigeria’s Fight Against AMR: Why Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Matter

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Yasir Jamal Bakare (Lead writers) An act as small as washing hands with soap and water, can stop microbes from travelling farther than we imagine. This was evident and encouraged during the COVID-19 pandemic, when this simple habit became a major frontline defence, helping to slow the spread of a virus […]

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Nigeria Set to Host Global Interministerial Conference on AMR: Time to Mobilise the Private Sector

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 12, 2025

Emeka Oguanuo and Christopher Bassey (Lead writers) Nigeria will make history as the first African country to host the Global Interministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), scheduled for June 29–30, 2026. Announcing this milestone and inaugurating the Ministerial Advisory Planning Committee , comprising Nigeria’s three ministries, Health, Livestock Development, and Environment, under the leadership of the […]

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Nigeria to Host 5th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in 2026

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 1, 2025

Nigeria will host the 5th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) on 29–30 June 2026 in Abuja. This marks the first time the conference will take place in Africa, a significant step for global AMR governance and multisectoral collaboration. Antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to global health, food security, and sustainable development, […]

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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2024: Nigeria’s Fight Against the “Superbugs”

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 23, 2024

Sonia Biose (Lead writer) “In the century since Alexander Fleming stumbled across penicillin in a laboratory in London, antibiotics have become a mainstay of medicine, transforming once-deadly infections into treatable and curable conditions. However, Antimicrobial Resistance threatens to unwind that progress making it, without question, one of the most pressing health challenges of our time.” — Dr […]

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It Is Time to Rein in Antimicrobial Resistance in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 21, 2024

Iruka N Okeke (Guest Writer) ‘Tunde [not real name], a small-scale building contractor diagnosed with prostate cancer, recently underwent surgery. He had educated his children, and they were employed, he owned his home, and made a decent income. Unlike most Nigerians ‘Tunde could afford to schedule the excision of his cancer at a reasonably comfortable […]

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