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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

Nigeria Must Not Let Child Nutrition Become a Budget Casualty in 2026

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 1, 2026
5 Mins read
Favour Ani and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers) In a stabilisation ward (a specialised treatment unit for severe malnutrition) in northern Nigeria,…
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Torchlight

How Community Trust Is Improving Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Abuja Schools

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 30, 2026
5 Mins read
Hadiza Mohammed and Onyedikachi Ewe (Lead writers) Success, 13, did not panic when she got her first period. ‘I was educated early,’…
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Thought Leadership

Curated Conversations: Dr Pavel Ursu on Nigeria’s Primary Health Care Reform, Financing, and UHC

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 28, 2026
4 Mins read
Ibukun Oguntola and Chinwendu Iroegbu (Lead writers) In this latest edition of Nigeria Health Watch’s Curated Conversations, the Country Representative of the…
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Jobs

Latest Health Jobs in Nigeria Published On 26th March 2026

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 27, 2026
1 Mins read
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Community Health Watch

Without 24-Hour Service, Shuwaki PHC Improvements Fall Short of Better Care

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 26, 2026
2 Mins read
The improvement at Shuwaki Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) has offered hope for the community, but without 24-hour services, many patients are still…
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Thought Leadership

The System Eats Our People: A Poem of Grief and Rage

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 26, 2026
2 Mins read
A poem by Dr. Ebere Okereke – Inspired by Kwesi Brew’s “The Sea Eats Our Land” Dr Ebere Okereke wrote this poem…
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Thought Leadership

How Insecurity is Reshaping Food Security and Deepening Malnutrition in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 25, 2026
4 Mins read
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Precious Ajayi (Lead writers) Nigeria recorded an estimated 14,000 cases of armed violence between 2018 and 2024. During…
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Torchlight

Closing the Gap: Linking Fistula Surgery to Health Coverage in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 23, 2026
6 Mins read
Mahdi Garba and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) Victoria Ifeanyichukwu, a mother of two from Imo State, arrived at the National Obstetric Fistula…
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Press Release

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. 

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 23, 2026
2 Mins read
Abuja, Nigeria – 17th March 2026  Nigeria Health Watch, in conjunction with Resolve To Save Lives (RTSL: Nigeria), has announced the launch of…
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Jobs

Latest Health Jobs in Nigeria Published On 19th March 2026

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 22, 2026
1 Mins read
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Thought Leadership

When Water is Missing in Nigeria, Girls Miss School and Women Face Unsafe Childbirth

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 21, 2026
5 Mins read
Onyinye Oranezi (Lead writer) On a recent Saturday afternoon at a neighbourhood hair salon, a casual conversation with two secondary school girls…
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Thought Leadership

Beyond the Numbers: What Data and Community Voices Reveal About Maternal Deaths in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 20, 2026
6 Mins read
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…
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Community Health Watch

Ojota PHC Crisis: Delays and Heat Drive Patients Away

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 19, 2026
2 Mins read
Delayed care and unbearable heat are fast becoming a dangerous combination at Ojota PHC, where patients seeking help are instead met with…
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Thought Leadership

CEPI 3.0 and the Race to Develop the World’s First Lassa Fever Vaccine

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 18, 2026
5 Mins read
Shalom David and Uwaifiokun Okhuarobo (Lead writers) Every dry season, the wards begin to fill. At Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo…
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