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A Healthcare System Ensures Health Coverage for Nigeria’s Almajiri Children

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 16, 2024
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Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) In 2014, Mohammed Keana accompanied a group of colleagues from the London School of Health & Tropical Medicine…
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Protecting Girls: Nigeria’s Successful HPV Vaccine Rollout

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 18, 2024
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Kemisola Agbaoye and Mahdi Garba (Lead writers) Haulat Abdulfatah, a 38-year-old mother of five had reservations when the campaign for the Human…
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Meet the Women Reshaping Nigeria’s Digital Health Sector: How an Internship Programme Became Gender-Transformative

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 8, 2024
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By Chisom Ohazurume, Otse Ogorry, Caitlin Showalter, Jesse Hastings, Laura Osterndorf Aequalis and Laurence ClaussenDespite ongoing efforts to empower more African women…
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Empowering Communities: Civil Society Drives Health Security Initiatives in Kano State

By Ibukun Oguntola
November 5, 2024
5 Mins read
In 2024, the global burden of infectious diseases has been significant, with the resurgence of diseases, including mpox. Since January, the mpox…
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Transforming Rural Healthcare through GEANCO’s Modular Clinics

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 22, 2024
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) One day at a time, one community at a time, GEANCO Foundation is driving down maternal and child…
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AfriVacx: Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 2, 2024
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) When Okorie Nneoma, a mother of three, first heard about a vaccination outreach near her community in Nsukka,…
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In Nigeria’s Off-Grid Communities, Solar-Powered Electricity is Improving Primary Healthcare Delivery 

By Nigeria Health Watch
September 25, 2024
4 Mins read
Arinze Chijioke (Lead Writer) Augustine Joseph was fully aware of the dire power supply situation in Fish Town when he arrived to…
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Smart Meters Bring Water Savings to Nigerian Households

By Nigeria Health Watch
September 11, 2024
4 Mins read
Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) After relocating to an estate in Utako, a district in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Jonas Odocha discovered a smart…
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A Boat-Based Initiative is Helping Akwa Ibom Reach Zero-Dose Children in Remote Riverine Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch
September 3, 2024
4 Mins read
Kenneth Ibe and Abara Erim (Lead Writers) In a small, isolated fishing community in Eastern Obolo, Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria’s south-south…
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Protecting the Future: Kano’s Global Shapers Educate Schoolgirls on HPV and Its Vaccine

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 20, 2024
6 Mins read
Mahdi Garba [Lead writer] When Radeeyah Nasir is not at her job as a registrar in the obstetrics and gynaecology unit of…
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Safe Deliveries and Healthy Beginnings: How MSF Is Tackling Maternal and Neonatal Deaths in Jigawa

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 12, 2024
5 Mins read
Mahdi Garba (Lead Writer) Hansai Umaru, 22, sits on her hospital bed, blissfully breastfeeding her baby with her mother by her side….
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An Initiative’s Quest to Ensure Access to Health Insurance For People Living With Sickle Cell Anaemia

By Nigeria Health Watch
July 30, 2024
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Chinonso Kenneth (Lead Writer) At just seven months old, Sharon Akilo, now 17, was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA), a genetic…
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Borno State Contributory Health Insurance Buffers Vulnerable Populations’ Health Needs

By Nigeria Health Watch
July 22, 2024
4 Mins read
Baba Sarki Ismail (Lead Writer) In camps erected across Maiduguri, Borno State’s capital, countless families struggle to survive amid the humanitarian crisis….
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Transforming Healthcare Access in Kano State: BHCPF’s Sustained Funding and Accountability

By Oluoma Omeje
July 15, 2024
4 Mins read
Historically, access to healthcare in Nigeria has been a significant challenge, with out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure accounting for approximately 70% of healthcare financing — among…
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