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Three Months After Speaking Out, Indabo Residents Still Await Improved PHC Services

Jun 18, 2026
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Nigeria Cannot Prevent the Next Outbreak if It Cannot Diagnose It

Jun 17, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Moji Makanjuola on Building Public Trust Through Health Journalism

Jun 16, 2026
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Beyond Awareness: Why Nigeria Must Fund a Period-Friendly Future

Jun 11, 2026
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The Anatomy of an Outbreak in a Conflict Setting & Nigeria’s Preparedness for Ebola 

Jun 08, 2026
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When Time Stands Still: Responding to Nigeria’s COVID-19 Outbreak

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: Dr. Ibrahim Mamadu has been part of World Health Organisation (WHO) Nigeria’s team supporting the country’s preparedness and response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria in several states, including Ogun, Katsina, and most recently, in Kano. In this Thought Leadership piece he documents his insights into the response and outlines lessons learned from […]

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#Innovate4COVID19: How 3 organisations are fighting the novel Coronavirus in Africa

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 11, 2020

By Adaobi Ezeokoli & Thelma Thomas (Lead Writers) Every year since 2015, Nigeria Health Watch has organised the Future of Health Conference, our flagship event, to focus conversation and curate insights, evidence and a framework for action on critical topical health sector issues. With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting not just the health sector, but social, […]

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A case for PHCs in the fight against COVID19

By Bashar Abubakar | May 8, 2020

Since the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, Nigeria like most countries across the world has been battling to contain the disease. The Federal Government restricted flights from high risk countries into the nation’s airports and later followed with total closure. Total lockdowns were imposed by the Federal Government on […]

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Scaling up COVID-19 testing - Active case finding in the FCT

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 5, 2020

Community members share their motivation for coming forward for testing. For some, anxiety not knowing their status and wanting to protect their family encouraged them to come forward for testing. Being a new disease means the 2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) presents a lot of uncertainties as scientists, health workers and agencies at the frontline try […]

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Caesarean Sections in Nigeria – Thoughts, Belief Systems and Perceptions

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 29, 2020

Editor’s Note: If you bring up the topic of Caesarean Sections in many discussion circles, there is a likelihood you will encounter widely differing opinions. It is a topic usually charged with emotion and frequently approached with cultural, religious and traditional overtones. The Nigeria Health Watch team visited three states to better understand what women […]

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