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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

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Beyond Awareness: Why Nigeria Must Fund a Period-Friendly Future

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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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Spread of polio from Pakistan leads WHO to declare public health emergency; is Nigeria next?

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 13, 2014

In recent years, the threat of polio has risen in Pakistan, where Taliban militants have targeted health workers administering the vaccine. When the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, speaks about the violence in North East Nigeria, he often refers to Pakistan as a country facing a similar threat. As the violence escalates in NE Nigeria, and […]

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An inconvenient truth about WEFA, the economy and health

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 7, 2014

This article was written from home, as most residents of Abuja have been asked not to go to work to ensure the safe deliberation of WEFA attendees… Everyone that matters in corporate Africa is in Abuja this week! As we have all heard by now, Nigeria’s GDP was rebased recently and this singular action elevated […]

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#BringBackOurDaughters

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 3, 2014

This piece was contributed by Ifeanyi Nsofor. Ifeanyi is a public health physician, working for EpiAfric, in Abuja, Nigeria.  Lately in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, it has become difficult to know what to do. Some days hurt, other days hurt more. We drive around the city’s broad roads, stare at the new World Trade Centre […]

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The passing of the HIV and AIDS Anti-Stigma and Discrimination Bill

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 25, 2014

When the Nigerian National Assembly passed the HIV and AIDS Anti-Stigma and Discrimination Bill, we could no think of any one better to offer a perspective on how significant this was than Fadekemi Akinfaderin-Agarau, the executive director of the NGO; Education as a Vaccine (EVA). This is her take…. On Thursday April 10th, the Senate […]

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In search of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 22, 2014

Earlier this year, we wrote a blog wondering aloud about the N701Million (USD5M) allocated to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that year. We wrote at the time; “we could neither find a physical address nor a website“. We were criticised by some colleagues for not doing enough due diligence to establish the existence and […]

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