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Torchlight Africa

Towards Cancer Elimination in Africa: Is Rwanda the Example to Follow?

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 10, 2023
5 Mins read
By Lydia Atieno (Lead Writer) Thirty-five-year-old Christelle Uwamahoro had always been aware of the significance of cervical cancer screenings. Community health workers…
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Thought Leadership

Fast-Tracking Nigeria’s Demographic Transition: A Critical Addition to the Legislative Agenda of the 9th Assembly

By Folakemi Ajala
January 7, 2023
4 Mins read
A demographic dividend does not happen by accident, it requires a country to take deliberate and sustained action, which includes making the…
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Thought Leadership

From ‘Stalled’ to ‘Transiting’: Activating Nigeria’s Demographic Dividend

By Aloysius Ugwu
January 4, 2023
5 Mins read
Every year, at the National Council on Health (NCH), health leaders across Nigeria congregate to deliberate and approve policies aimed at improving…
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Thought Leadership

#OnlyOneEarth: Making Sustainable Living Our Only Option

By Thelma Chioma Abeku
June 8, 2022
3 Mins read
Nigeria’s power situation has been at an all time low since the national grid collapsed early this year. A few days ago,…
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Thought Leadership

The True Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance: New Study has Major Implications for Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 13, 2022
4 Mins read
By Dr Abiodun Egwuenu (Lead Writer) Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership piece is a commentary on the Global Research on AntiMicrobial…
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Thought Leadership

Focusing on the vulnerable to achieve UHC in Nigeria: Insights from a book launch

By Chibuike Alagboso
September 25, 2021
4 Mins read
On September 14, 2021, Dr Charles Ezuma-Ngwu, launched a book titled ‘Universal Healthcare and Access to the Lower-income Population: An exploration of…
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Thought Leadership

Rethinking Solutions: How a Positive Deviance Lens Can Strengthen Primary Health Care

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 22, 2025
3 Mins read
Dr Emeka Kanebi (Lead writer) ‘Not all deviance is negative; without it, we would never change the world’ — Stacy Pershall Primary health care…
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Torchlight

Your eDokta Will See You Now: A Telemedicine Clinic is Bridging Maternal Health Gaps in Kano

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 21, 2025
5 Mins read
Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Salamatu Yusuf, a resident of Yanoko in Tofa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano remembers how she used…
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Press Release

Nigeria Health Watch to host the First Solutions Journalism Africa Summit

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 20, 2025
2 Mins read
For decades, media coverage of Africa has been dominated by a narrow and often negative lens, focusing largely on poverty, hunger, corruption,…
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Thought Leadership

How Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Maternal Health in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 18, 2025
4 Mins read
Chinwe Catherine Eze and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) In maternity wards across sub-Saharan Africa, the battle for life is fought on two…
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Thought Leadership

Why Expanding MPDSR Across Nigerian States Is Key to Ending Preventable Maternal Deaths

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 17, 2025
4 Mins read
Maureen Moneke (Lead writer) Every maternal or perinatal death carries two tragedies, the life lost and the lessons that go unlearned when…
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Jobs

Latest Health Jobs in Nigeria Published On 16th October 2025

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 16, 2025
1 Mins read
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Community Health Watch

Kofa’s Healthcare Struggle Where a Shop Became a Clinic

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 16, 2025
2 Mins read
When labour pains struck Maryam Hassan one stormy night, her neighbours rushed to fetch “a doctor” who is the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of…
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Long Form

Trump cuts U.S. aid to Africa. Pregnant women lose needed medicines

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 16, 2025
1 Mins read
The United States is cutting billions in foreign aid. In Nigeria, pregnant women and others now face higher risks from HIV Story…
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Thought Leadership

The Big Push Against Malaria: Courage, Commitment, and Lessons We Cannot Ignore

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 15, 2025
5 Mins read
Oladimeji Solomon Yemi (Lead writer) Editor’s Note: The insights in this article draw heavily from the discussions, data, and presentations shared during…
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Torchlight

From Majalisa to Households: MSI Nigeria is Advancing Child Spacing Awareness in Kano

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 13, 2025
4 Mins read
Mahdi Garba and Kenneth Ibe (Lead writers) Kano State has one of the highest fertility rates in Nigeria, at about 5.8 births…
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Thought Leadership

International Day of the Girl: ‘She’ Is the Change Nigeria Needs

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 11, 2025
4 Mins read
Precious Ajayi (Lead writer) In Nigeria, women and girls make up 49.7% of the population. This means that nearly half of the…
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Thought Leadership

Gombe Health Summit 2025: Financing Accountability as the New Frontier of Reform

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 10, 2025
5 Mins read
Sheriff Gbadamosi and Uche Kennedy (Lead Writers) When Gombe State’s Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, announced the full implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure…
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Jobs

Latest Health Jobs in Nigeria Published On 9th October 2025

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 10, 2025
1 Mins read
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Community Health Watch

An Uncompleted PHC Leaves Sabon Gayan Community Struggling

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 9, 2025
2 Mins read
Margaret Zichat Joseph (Lead Writer) On a rainy afternoon, Nurse Comfort John rushed to cover patient files with plastic bags as water…
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