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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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Africa’s Precision Medicine Future Depends on Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems

Jun 04, 2026
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‘Garden in a Box’ Initiative is Helping Pregnant Women Eat Nutritious Food While Building Self-Reliance Through Gardening

Jun 01, 2026
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“Deliver Like the Hebrew Women”: How Traditional Myths and Religious Misconceptions Fuel Maternal and Child Deaths

May 30, 2026
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Nigeria Health Watch Announces Fellows for the 2025 Solutions Journalism West Africa Fellowship

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 15, 2025

Nigeria Health Watch is pleased to announce the selection of 10 fellows for the Solutions Journalism West Africa Fellowship, a four-month programme designed to strengthen the practice of solutions-oriented health reporting in West Africa. Selected from a pool of over 100 submissions from 10 countries, the fellows bring diverse expertise in news writing, radio production, […]

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Sustaining Hope: Communities Are Keeping HIV Testing Alive Amid Shrinking Funds

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 10, 2025

Sheriff Gbadamosi and Aaron Bawala (Lead writers) For over two decades, Nigeria’s HIV response has been heavily funded by external donors like the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund. These resources helped scale testing, treatment, and awareness campaigns across communities, especially among key populations and vulnerable groups. But […]

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No Girl Should Be Left Behind – Including Displaced Girls in Nigeria’s HPV Drive

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 2, 2025

Hadiza Mohammed and Mahdi Garba (Lead writers) Inclusion is not just a principle; it is a right. Yet, in Nigeria’s campaign to increase the uptake of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are often excluded. With over 1.3 million IDPs displaced by conflict and other crises, these populations are frequently left out […]

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Curbing Preterm Births in Nigeria Through Better Antenatal Care

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 25, 2025

Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu and Anwuli Nwankwo (Lead writers) Aisha Abdullah, a registered midwife, had just started her morning shift at a primary healthcare centre (PHC) in Gombe State. She was checking a patient’s blood glucose level when she heard a loud voice calling out for her from the hallway. A pregnant woman had just arrived […]

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Tobacco Control Financing Could Be The Key to Supporting Nigeria’s Battle Against Non-Communicable Diseases

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 31, 2025

Ibukun Oguntola and Uche Kennedy (Lead writers) In sub-Saharan Africa, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are projected to overtake infectious diseases as the leading cause of death by 2030. This is primarily driven by urbanisation, lifestyle changes, and heavy tobacco use. In Nigeria, tobacco-related conditions worsen the burden of NCD prevalence. There is evidence that NCDs accounted […]

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