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…
Without 24-Hour Service, Shuwaki PHC Improvements Fall Short of Better Care
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The improvement at Shuwaki Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) has offered hope for the community, but without 24-hour services, many patients are still…
The System Eats Our People: A Poem of Grief and Rage
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A poem by Dr. Ebere Okereke – Inspired by Kwesi Brew’s “The Sea Eats Our Land” Dr Ebere Okereke wrote this poem…
How Insecurity is Reshaping Food Security and Deepening Malnutrition in Nigeria
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Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Precious Ajayi (Lead writers) Nigeria recorded an estimated 14,000 cases of armed violence between 2018 and 2024. During…
Closing the Gap: Linking Fistula Surgery to Health Coverage in Nigeria
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Mahdi Garba and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) Victoria Ifeanyichukwu, a mother of two from Imo State, arrived at the National Obstetric Fistula…
Resolve to Save Lives in Partnership with Nigeria Health Watch & Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Launches “Project Amplify Lead Poisoning Prevention in Nigeria” to Drive National Action Against Lead Poisoning in Nigeria.
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Abuja, Nigeria – 17th March 2026 Nigeria Health Watch, in conjunction with Resolve To Save Lives (RTSL: Nigeria), has announced the launch of…
When Water is Missing in Nigeria, Girls Miss School and Women Face Unsafe Childbirth
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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…
Ojota PHC Crisis: Delays and Heat Drive Patients Away
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Delayed care and unbearable heat are fast becoming a dangerous combination at Ojota PHC, where patients seeking help are instead met with…
CEPI 3.0 and the Race to Develop the World’s First Lassa Fever Vaccine
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Shalom David and Uwaifiokun Okhuarobo (Lead writers) Every dry season, the wards begin to fill. At Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo…
When Children Miss Vaccines, Polio Risks Re-emerge: Lessons from Kebbi State
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Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) When Umar Adamu, the Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) for Aliero Local Government Area in Kebbi State,…