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From Innovation to Integration: What It Will Take to Make Every Pregnancy Safer in Nigeria

Jul 03, 2026
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Community Feedback Prompts PHC Upgrade in Gauraka, Niger State

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Why Zambia is Rethinking Tuberculosis Testing, and Why Validation Must Come First

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By Nigeria Health Watch | June 12, 2023

All Babies Are Equal: How the All-Babies Programme is Encouraging Vaccination Uptake Through Cash Incentives

In Dawanau Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) located in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, Zainab Aliyu cradles her seven-month-old daughter, Fatima Abdulhamid. They sit on a bench with ten other women and their children, waiting for immunisation services. Rahama Bashir, a New Incentives field officer, leads Aliyu to a table where Asmau […]

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World Immunisation Week 2023: Nigeria Can Achieve the Big Catch-Up

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 6, 2023

By Thelma Chioma Abeku and Olayemi Amusile (Lead Writers) References World Health Organization (2019), Immunization, Available here:World Health Organization (2023), Global Health Observatory, Available here:World Health Organization (2023), World Immunization Week 2023- The Big Catch Up, Available here COVID 19 impact on Immunization The Federal Ministry of Health, Multi-Source Data Analytics & Triangulation (MSDAT) Platform, […]

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Maintaining Nigeria’s Wild Poliovirus-Free Status: A Critical Step for Long Life for All

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 27, 2022

By Onyinye Oranezi and Thelma Chioma Abeku (Lead Writers) The launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) a little over three decades ago, which birthed the drive for a polio free world has resulted in significant health advances. Indeed, before the COVID-19 pandemic, polio eradication hinted at what the world could accomplish by working […]

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Overcoming the Challenges of Financing Routine Immunisation Beyond COVID-19

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 23, 2022

Vaccines remain an invaluable investment and one of the most cost-effective ways in preventing diseases, especially for new-born babies. When children have their routine immunisations, they are protected against diseases that once caused disability and even death. Access to sustained financing is, therefore, a critical part of ensuring that children continue receiving life-saving vaccines. Discussions […]

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Nuhu Bammali Maternity: Sustaining immunisation gains in Kano despite COVID-19

By Guest Author and Bashar Abubakar | June 25, 2020

Nuhu Bammali Maternity Hospital is a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Yakasai Ward, Kano Municipal area council in Kano state. The facility provides maternity care services to pregnant and breastfeeding women, including antenatal and postnatal care and delivery. The hospital also provides child health services such as immunisation. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, with Kano being […]

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