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Sierra Leone’s Mpox Surge Puts Africa’s Epidemic Preparedness to the Test

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 16, 2025
4 Mins read
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Olaoluwa Olatunde (Lead Writers) The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across…
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Thought Leadership

The Power of Media Advocacy in Epidemic Preparedness and Response

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 18, 2024
5 Mins read
Ibukun Oguntola and Sonia Biose (Lead Writers) One of the many lessons the world learnt from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Press Release

Nigeria Health Watch announces #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards 2021. Nominations are now open!

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 25, 2021
3 Mins read
25th November, Abuja – Nigeria Health Watch has announced the second edition of the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards ceremony to celebrate evidence-based and…
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Health

Here's What the Media Should do to Advocate for More Funding for Epidemic Preparedness

By Nigeria Health Watch
July 21, 2021
4 Mins read
By Beti Baiye and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) The media plays a significant role in how the public responds to health issues….
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Torchlight

Kano State created a budget line for epidemic preparedness; Here's how CSOs helped make it happen

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 10, 2021
5 Mins read
By Ibukun Oguntola & Gabriel Oke (Lead Writers) The health security of a nation comprises the activities that lessen adverse public health…
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Thought Leadership

Preparing Nigeria for future pandemics will require building our scientific and research capacity

By Nigeria Health Watch
February 4, 2021
13 Mins read
By Vivianne Ihekweazu & Atinuke Akande-Alegbe (Lead Writers) “Is Nigeria no longer the GIANT OF AFRICA? Why are we not producing the…
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Thought Leadership

Halting future pandemics: A call for a strong government preparedness plan

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 10, 2020
5 Mins read
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in partnership with the Ministry of Health has been leading the response against COVID-19 with…
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Thought Leadership

#PreventEpidemicsNaija: Funding streams for a stronger Nigerian response to epidemics

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 12, 2020
4 Mins read
By Aloysius Ugwu and Olubunmi Oyebanji (Lead Writers) The #PreventEpidemicsNaija dialogue seeks to set the pace for increased dialogue across all levels…
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Thought Leadership

#PreventEpidemicsNaija - Funding the COVID-19 Response in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 23, 2020
5 Mins read
Beti Baiye & Dara Ajala Damisa (Lead Writers) When Nigeria Health Watch’s #PreventEpidemicsNaija project launched in October 2018 and started advocating for…
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Thought Leadership

When Time Stands Still: Responding to Nigeria's COVID-19 Outbreak

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 16, 2020
7 Mins read
Editor’s Note: Dr. Ibrahim Mamadu has been part of World Health Organisation (WHO) Nigeria’s team supporting the country’s preparedness and response to…
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Torchlight

Courage in the midst of fear; How Kano contained its current Lassa Fever outbreak

By Bashar Abubakar
February 17, 2020
7 Mins read
It was the last day of 2019. Everyone, including health workers at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), the largest healthcare facility in…
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Thought Leadership

Four pics, One Health: Can a joint "Approach" protect Nigeria from emerging disease outbreaks?

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 29, 2020
7 Mins read
Editor’s Note: The novel Coronavirus has taken centre stage as the virus spreads from China into other parts of the world and…
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Thought Leadership

While we were sleeping: Is Nigeria prepared for the next big global epidemic?

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 26, 2019
7 Mins read
Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership piece comes from Dr. Ibrahim Mamadu, Health Emergencies Programme, WHO Nigeria. He asks whether Nigeria is…
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Torchlight

Next Generation Disease Detectives: The institutions training future Nigerian leaders to fight epidemics

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 19, 2019
7 Mins read
The global health community received an important announcement on the 29th October 2019 – the beginning of the first-ever human trial for…
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