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Community-Owned Hand-Pump Wells Are Bringing Safer Water Closer to Villages in Rural Kaduna

May 18, 2026
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First Call, First Care: Why Nigeria Must Protect the Nurses Who Protect Us

May 16, 2026
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Kagarko Villages in Kaduna Still Without Health Posts

May 14, 2026
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The Walk Is Over: ECOWAS Must Now Deliver on Malaria Elimination and Maternal Survival

May 14, 2026
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WHX in Lagos to highlight pathways for localising West Africa’s health supply chain

May 13, 2026
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By | August 13, 2025

Strengthening Lassa Fever Vaccine Research and Trial Capacity in West Africa

Ibukun Oguntola and Oluomachukwu Omeje (Lead writers) In West Africa, Lassa fever remains a persistent and recurring health threat, causing hundreds of deaths each year and underscoring urgent need for sustained investment in research and vaccine manufacturing capacity. In the first five months of 2025 alone, Nigeria reported over 717 confirmed cases and 138 deaths, […]

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Sierra Leone’s Mpox Surge Puts Africa’s Epidemic Preparedness to the Test

By | June 16, 2025

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Olaoluwa Olatunde (Lead Writers) The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across several communities in West and Central African countries, with Sierra Leone becoming the latest hotspot. Sierra Leone has faced the previous emergence of mpox cases, but none that escalated into an outbreak of […]

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The Power of Media Advocacy in Epidemic Preparedness and Response

By | January 18, 2024

Ibukun Oguntola and Sonia Biose (Lead Writers) One of the many lessons the world learnt from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was the crucial role of effective communication and timely information dissemination in enhancing preparedness and response efforts. This has emphasised the critical role of the media in shaping public and policymakers’ perceptions and […]

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Nigeria Health Watch announces #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards 2021. Nominations are now open!

By | November 25, 2021

25th November, Abuja – Nigeria Health Watch has announced the second 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 Sunday, January 2, 2022, and winners will be announced at an award ceremony on January 28, 2022. The #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism […]

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Here’s What the Media Should do to Advocate for More Funding for Epidemic Preparedness

By | July 21, 2021

By Beti Baiye and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) The media plays a significant role in how the public responds to health issues. Mass media, print, television, radio and internet have considerable power, reaching a wide and diverse audience, raising awareness about issues, framing how we think about issues and what we should be concerned about. […]

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