HealthHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipThe Elephant in the Room: Nigeria’s population growth crisis By Ifeanyi Nsofor December 21, 2016 5 Mins read There have been many salient issues that we at Nigeria Health Watch have drawn to our audience’s attention in the span of… Read more
NigeriaIs this the breaking of a new dawn in Nigeria’s health sector? By Nigeria Health Watch August 2, 2016 6 Mins read Last Friday’s news flash that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed new heads to five public health institutions took the Nigerian health sector… Read more
NigeriaNigerian Healthcare Champions celebrated at #NHEA2016 By Nigeria Health Watch June 28, 2016 6 Mins read There was a lot of excitement in the air as the 2016 edition of the Nigeria Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA) kicked off… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaHow many Nigerians are living with HIV? By Nigeria Health Watch June 14, 2016 4 Mins read This has been an increasingly controversial question recently. Understanding the burden of HIV in Nigeria is more important now than ever before,… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthNigeriaVisits to Health ProjectsExtraordinary Humans – The Hospitals For Humanity Team visits Abuja By Nigeria Health Watch June 7, 2016 6 Mins read Reading Nigerian newspapers, or browsing the plethora of social media platforms, it is easy to think that the country is doomed. On… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaFive takeaways of the 69th World Health Assembly from a Nigerian Perspective By Nigeria Health Watch May 31, 2016 5 Mins read The 69th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization held between the 23rd and 28th of May in Geneva. It had… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaThe Global Fund, Governance and the Shame of a Country By Nigeria Health Watch May 24, 2016 4 Mins read Gloria is a vibrant young lady who is “living positively” with HIV. She featured on our #OpenMoH radio show five months ago… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaSpecial Edition: Conference brings attention to Tuberculosis in Nigeria By Nigeria Health Watch May 16, 2016 3 Mins read In the week that a major announcement was made by WHO shortening the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the scientific community is coming together… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaFive big issues at the International Conference of Midwives in Abuja By Nigeria Health Watch May 10, 2016 5 Mins read May 5 was this year’s International Day of the Midwife. To commemorate this day in Nigeria, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, UNFPA,… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaAs the Health Minister’s 10,000 PHC transformation agenda starts, we urge him to keep primary health care under ONE roof By Nigeria Health Watch May 3, 2016 5 Mins read We are in May. Later this month we will mark one year into the tenure of the Buhari administration, a quarter of… Read more
HealthHealth PolicyNHW EventsNigeriaTechnologyStronger together – increasing effectiveness of advocacy in the Nigerian health sector By Nigeria Health Watch April 27, 2016 5 Mins read The room was almost full at 8 a.m., as advocates, leaders of civil society organisations and senior government officials gathered in Abuja… Read more
DiasporaEventsHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaMaking our Voices Count: Active Citizenship for Health By Chikwe Ihekweazu April 20, 2016 2 Mins read We can see from other sectors in Nigeria, how active citizenship is driving change. From the elections, to the increased responsiveness of… Read more
DiasporaNigeriaThought LeadershipTen Big Promises Made by the Nigerian Minister of Health By Nigeria Health Watch April 12, 2016 2 Mins read It is always welcome when leaders make clear and explicit promises in terms of what they seek to achieve during their tenure… Read more
AfricaDiasporaNigeriaTechnologyThought LeadershipOn World Tuberculosis Day - Reflections on a Forgotten Epidemic By Chikwe Ihekweazu March 22, 2016 4 Mins read March 24 is World TB Day, yet for most people that have the privilege of reading this piece, tuberculosis is an abstract… Read more