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By Nigeria Health Watch | June 12, 2024

Advancing Gender Equality in the Health Workforce: Insights from the Gulf of Guinea

Tzar Oluigbo [Lead Writer] Following the devastating Ebola outbreak in 2014, it became clear that the health systems in countries in West Africa were not prepared to effectively respond to public health emergencies with the speed and efficiency required to save lives and contain the spread of disease. This realisation underscored the region’s pressing need […]

15 Jan

Giving Women Power: Elevating Self-Esteem to Advance Gender Equality

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 15, 2024

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead Writer) Although a brilliant academic student, Nmesoma Nwanganga from Abia State struggled with poor self-esteem, which led to a growing feeling of self-doubt when she was 15 years old. “I remember writing it down in a notebook that I had low self-esteem and I was also lacking inspiration,” Nmesoma said. According to a 2014 survey conducted […]

17 Oct

Women’s Voices Resonate: Women’s Health and Well-being Campaign Reveals Urgent Call for Affordable Health Systems

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 17, 2023

The 2023 findings of the “Women’s Health and Well-being: Listening across the Lifespan” revealed that almost one-third of women stress the critical need for accessible and affordable health systems. These insights highlight the urgent need to prioritize women’s access to comprehensive and high-quality healthcare. Building on the 2019 legacy of the “What Women Want” campaign, […]

7 Oct

To Achieve Sustainable Growth in Africa, We Must Focus on Women

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 7, 2023

By Malado Kaba and Cheikh Oumar Seydi (Guest Writers) Momentum is still strong following the Women Deliver Conference, which drew more than 6,000 global delegates to Kigali, Rwanda, in July this year. This gathering represented the first time the world’s largest gender equality conference was held on the continent. Field-leading experts, from economists to activists, […]

12 Oct

Taking ownership: Women in Jigawa community fund emergency transportation for pregnant women

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 12, 2020

“My husband and I have always known that I would deliver at the hospital,” says Azeema Hussaini, 25, while sitting on a bed in a muddy two-room house, nursing her three-week-old daughter, Maisara, whom she gave birth to at the General Hospital Jahun, Jigawa State. The mother of three had her previous deliveries at the […]

30 Jun

Introducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 30, 2015

Cervical Cancer is the most common female cancer in developing countries, with approximately 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. In Nigeria, it is the second most frequent cancer in women, after breast cancer. Around the world, a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes. Women in developing countries suffer disproportionately from the […]

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