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How Tech-Enabled Emergency Financing Is Helping Nigerian Families Access Care

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 7, 2026
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Mahdi Garba and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Nigeria’s population is projected to exceed 237.5 million by 2025. However, the country’s health financing system…
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How Community Trust Is Improving Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Abuja Schools

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 30, 2026
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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,’…
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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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When Children Miss Vaccines, Polio Risks Re-emerge: Lessons from Kebbi State

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 16, 2026
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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,…
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How FOR M(om) is Pushing for Safer Medical Waste Management in Kano Hospitals

By Nigeria Health Watch
February 2, 2026
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Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Ogwuche Thomas works as a facility manager at EHA Clinic, a private health clinic in Kano State. His…
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How “Healthy Mama, Healthy Pikin” Is Using PHC Immunisation Days to Improve Child Feeding in Ebonyi

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 26, 2026
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) On routine immunisation days, parents gather at primary health care (PHC) facilities across Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, for routine…
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Beyond Out-of-Pocket: A Hospital-Linked Fund is Helping Nigerians with Chronic Illness Access Care

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 19, 2026
6 Mins read
Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) When Dorothy (not her real name) arrived at work that morning, she was already in pain. The public-school…
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How a Digital Reporting Model Is Linking Reports to Clean-ups in Communities in the FCT

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 12, 2026
4 Mins read
Maureen Moneke and Favour Ani (Lead writers) In Dogongada, a community in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), roadside dumping was a daily…
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Linking Informal Providers to Better Primary Care in Urban Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 15, 2025
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Iheomimichineke Ojiakor (Guest writer) When Grace’s son developed a high fever one evening in Ikirike, an informal settlement in Enugu, the nearest…
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From Ruin to Relief: A Renovated PHC Brings Safer Care to a Kano Community

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 8, 2025
4 Mins read
Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi (Lead writer) When labour pains began at midnight, 38-year-old Aisha Sunusi from Koya village faced a familiar fear. The…
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A Solar Power Project is Keeping Primary Healthcare Centres Running in Abuja

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 5, 2025
5 Mins read
Mahdi Garba and Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu (Lead writers) For more than six years, Olufunke Bamidele and her family have used the Primary…
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A Simple Two-Block Toilet Is Transforming Sanitation in a Kogi Community

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 20, 2025
4 Mins read
Ozumi Abdul (Lead writer) For Halima Shuaibu, a petty trader whose small stall of vegetables and household items is the sole lifeline…
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Health Behind Bars: How Kano Is Extending Health Insurance Coverage to Inmates

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 10, 2025
4 Mins read
Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Kabiru Tanko (not his real name) was among the inmates moved from the dilapidated Kurmawa Custodial Centre to…
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Within the Lines: Komfot Health Provides Life-Saving Post-Abortion Care Amid Nigeria’s Unclear Laws

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 3, 2025
4 Mins read
Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) When Cecilia Ahmadu began bleeding heavily, three days after performing a self-induced abortion, she knew something had gone…
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