Thought LeadershipDecentralising Health Security: Lessons From COVID-19 By Nigeria Health Watch July 20, 2022 5 Mins read By Chibuike Alagboso and Beti Baiye (Lead Writers) On Monday, 18 July 2022, Ghana declared the first-ever outbreak of the highly infectious… Read more
Thought LeadershipNigeria must improve health services for mothers and babies: here’s what can change By Nigeria Health Watch July 13, 2022 3 Mins read By Jamilu Tukur, Bayero University, Kano Nigeria is one of the largest contributors to maternal and newborn (neonatal) deaths in the world…. Read more
Thought LeadershipTwo Sides of the Same Coin: Improving Primary Health Care in Kano State through Sustained Financing and a Strengthened Health Workforce By Bashar Abubakar July 6, 2022 5 Mins read A shortage of well trained, and motivated Human Resources for Health (HRH) and inadequate funding are some of the challenges confronting Nigeria’s… Read more
Thought LeadershipTransitioning Nigeria's National Population Policy: From Policy to Implementation By Nigeria Health Watch July 2, 2022 4 Mins read By Folakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) The National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) is the top think tank in the federation,… Read more
Thought LeadershipLeveraging the Joint External Evaluation to Improve Health Security at Sub-National Level By Nigeria Health Watch June 29, 2022 4 Mins read By Chibuike Alagboso and Onyinye Oranezi When the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria, Dr Johnson Simon Mafuka who heads… Read more
Thought LeadershipMonkeypox in Nigeria: Is There a Case for Vaccines? By Bunmi Oyebanji Obot June 22, 2022 5 Mins read The current epidemiology and spread of monkeypoxThe spread of monkeypox to apparently non-endemic countries has highlighted again the inequity in the global… Read more
Thought LeadershipIs Nigeria's Current Demographic Trend a Dividend or a Disaster? By Beti Baiye June 16, 2022 4 Mins read My great-grand father had five wives and 23 children, 18 of whom were male. It was said that he was deliberate about… Read more
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,… Read more
Thought LeadershipMonkeypox - When the World Did Not Listen to Nigeria By Kemisola Agbaoye June 4, 2022 5 Mins read Again, the world is paying attention to another infectious disease outbreak. This time it is monkeypox, a rare disease that many people… Read more
Thought LeadershipLeveraging Digital Health to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Nigeria's Youth By Nigeria Health Watch June 1, 2022 4 Mins read By Patience Adejo and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Adolescents, who account for about 1.3 billion of the global population, may become sexually… Read more
Thought LeadershipFrom A Scheme to an Authority - 5 Things You Need to Know About the New NHIA Act By Nigeria Health Watch May 25, 2022 8 Mins read By Dara Ajala-Damisa and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Last Thursday evening, some great news was delivered to health advocates and Nigerians at… Read more
Thought LeadershipA Call to Invest in Nurses to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria By Ifeyinwa Yusuf May 14, 2022 3 Mins read “I heard that Thursday was World Nurses’ Day, I wish I’d known about it earlier, I would have called Nurse Grace to… Read more
Thought LeadershipAfrican Vaccination Week 2022: Equitable Vaccine Access can Help Build Resilient Communities By Nigeria Health Watch May 11, 2022 5 Mins read By Folakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) From the old (smallpox) to the new (COVID-19), for centuries, vaccines have helped save and promote healthier… Read more
Thought LeadershipHeforShe: Enlisting Men in the Family Planning Discourse By Thelma Chioma Abeku May 4, 2022 4 Mins read In 2018, on a work assignment to a rural community in Kebbi State, our team interviewed a woman who had given birth… Read more