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Nigeria’s Health Tax Discussion Tests Sustainable Financing: Insights From Dr Mary-Ann Etiebet
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Chris Bassey and Hannah Ajayi (Lead writers) As official development assistance (ODA) continues to decline, governments are coming under growing pressure to…
Sheriff Gbadamosi and Favour Ani (Lead writers) On a humid afternoon in Kano State, a group of women sat in a circle…
Mahdi Garba and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Nigeria’s population is projected to exceed 237.5 million by 2025. However, the country’s health financing system…
Bridging Nigeria’s Research–Industry Gap to Establish Local Premix Production for Food Fortification
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Favour Solomon-Uwakwe and Maureen Moneke (Lead writers) At the Academia–Micronutrient Deficiency Control (MNDC) Committee Roundtable on “Advancing Sustainable Food Fortification in Nigeria:…
Anwuli Nwankwo and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead writers) Every year in Nigeria, thousands of newborns die from infections that should have been preventable, yet the microbes…
Favour Ani and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers) In a stabilisation ward (a specialised treatment unit for severe malnutrition) in northern Nigeria,…
How Community Trust Is Improving Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Abuja Schools
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Hadiza Mohammed and Onyedikachi Ewe (Lead writers) Success, 13, did not panic when she got her first period. ‘I was educated early,’…
Curated Conversations: Dr Pavel Ursu on Nigeria’s Primary Health Care Reform, Financing, and UHC
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Ibukun Oguntola and Chinwendu Iroegbu (Lead writers) In this latest edition of Nigeria Health Watch’s Curated Conversations, the Country Representative of the…
A poem by Dr. Ebere Okereke – Inspired by Kwesi Brew’s “The Sea Eats Our Land” Dr Ebere Okereke wrote this poem…
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Precious Ajayi (Lead writers) Nigeria recorded an estimated 14,000 cases of armed violence between 2018 and 2024. During…
Mahdi Garba and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) Victoria Ifeanyichukwu, a mother of two from Imo State, arrived at the National Obstetric Fistula…
Onyinye Oranezi (Lead writer) On a recent Saturday afternoon at a neighbourhood hair salon, a casual conversation with two secondary school girls…
Beyond the Numbers: What Data and Community Voices Reveal About Maternal Deaths in Nigeria
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Oladimeji Solomon Yemi and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers)Nigeria remains one of the countries with the highest number of maternal deaths globally, with a…
Shalom David and Uwaifiokun Okhuarobo (Lead writers) Every dry season, the wards begin to fill. At Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo…
Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) When Umar Adamu, the Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) for Aliero Local Government Area in Kebbi State,…
Prudence Enema and Kenneth Ibe (Lead writers) Health communication is more than sharing health behaviour, decision-making, and outcomes. For many Nigerian women,…
From Performance Incentives to State Priorities: Are Nigeria’s States Spending Enough on Health?
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Solomon Yemi Oladimeji (Lead writer)In Nigeria’s federal health system, the question of who pays for healthcare is just as important as who…
Dr Adachi Ekeh, Dr Aishat Usman, Dr Achille Batonon, Dr Virgil Lokossou (Lead writers)In Grand-Popo, where rivers cut across landscapes without regard…
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead writer)With less than five years remaining to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, progress on gender equality remains tremendously…
Rights. Justice. Action: Why Women’s Rights Must Be Defended as a Governance and Economic Policy in Nigeria
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Asari Ndem (Lead writer) Rights are not real until they can be enforced, until a woman can report abuse without stigma, a…
Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) On a dusty afternoon in Rafin Bauna, a community in Aleiro Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Rashida…