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Nigeria’s Agricultural Commitments Must Deliver Better Nutrition

Jul 27, 2026
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What the Andes Hantavirus Outbreak Reveals About Global Attention to Lassa Fever

Jul 25, 2026
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In Kano, Arts and Craft Sessions Are Improving Menstrual Health for Women and Girls

Jul 24, 2026
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Another Office or a Stronger System? The Institutional Test for Nigeria’s Digital Health Agenda

Jul 22, 2026
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Turning Livestock Waste into Fertiliser: Can a Kaduna Enterprise Cut Farm Costs and Support Better Nutrition?

Jul 20, 2026
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By Guest Author | July 20, 2026

Turning Livestock Waste into Fertiliser: Can a Kaduna Enterprise Cut Farm Costs and Support Better Nutrition?

Lukman Abdulmalik (Lead writer) For several farming seasons, Aminu Sule watched the price of NPK and urea rise without seeing a comparable increase in the prices he received for the maize and tomatoes he harvested. The farmer from Kura, Kano State, was trying to cut production costs. Instead, he stumbled upon an approach that could […]

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How Insecurity is Reshaping Food Security and Deepening Malnutrition in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 11, 2026

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Precious Ajayi (Lead writers) Nigeria recorded an estimated 14,000 cases of armed violence between 2018 and 2024. During this period, the share of the population facing food insecurity rose from 47% to 75%. While the escalating wave of violent attacks is severely undermining Nigeria’s internal security, it is also taking a […]

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In Borno, Cash Transfers Are Helping Families Treat Malnutrition Beyond the Clinic

By Mahdi Garba | May 11, 2026

Bilkisu, a resident of Njimtilo in the Konduga area of Borno State, lives with a visual impairment, while her children remain out of school as the family struggles to survive day by day. For them, even necessities such as food and education are beyond reach. However, when one of her daughters was diagnosed with severe […]

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When Survival is not Enough: Malnutrition in Abuja’s Wassa Displacement Camp

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 18, 2025

Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu and Prudence Enema (Lead writers) What happens when fleeing from conflict leads straight into the arms of hunger? Reyan Safianu, 45, is struggling to make ends meet while caring for her nine children in Wassa, a displacement camp in the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. She and Mohammad Safianu, her husband, who […]

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Why Increased Funding Is Not Enough to Reduce Nigeria’s Malnutrition Rates

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 26, 2025

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) The Nigerian government has followed through on its promise and increased its budgetary provisions for nutrition programmes, with a significant 33.7% increase in the 2025 proposed budget, from N127.24 billion in 2024 to N170.01 billion in 2025, bringing the total approved amount to 243 billion Naira. However, […]

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