TorchlightA 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… Read more
Thought LeadershipThe Overlooked Importance of WASH in Addressing Nigeria’s Hunger and Malnutrition By Nigeria Health Watch April 6, 2025 3 Mins read Chioma Nnamani (Lead Writer) On a bus ride from Enugu to Abuja three weeks ago, I found myself in conversation with a… Read more
Thought LeadershipNigeria Must Harmonise Water and Sanitation Needs To Achieve SDG6 By Nigeria Health Watch August 30, 2024 4 Mins read Yasir Jamal Bakare (Lead Writer) As Nigeria strives to ensure the availability of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6) in less… Read more
TorchlightEnsuring Sustained Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Internally Displacement Camps By Nigeria Health Watch July 1, 2024 5 Mins read Hadiza Mohammed and Ohanu Dabri Olohije (Lead Writers) Liliatu Ayuba, a traditional birth attendant (TBA) in the Durumi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)… Read more
Thought LeadershipOut of Sight, Out of Mind: A Community’s Struggle to Access Clean Water By Nigeria Health Watch January 24, 2024 5 Mins read By Ohanu Dabri Olohije (Lead Writer) In ensuring access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene for ALL, we cannot overlook the needs… Read more
Thought LeadershipThe Fight Against Open Defecation: Can Nigeria Meet the 2025 Target? By Nigeria Health Watch November 1, 2023 3 Mins read Hadiza Mohammed and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) Editor’s note: We are counting down to 2025 when Nigeria expects to end open defecation…. Read more
TorchlightThe Street is Not a Home: Illuminating Streetism in Cross River State By Onyedikachi Ewe October 5, 2023 6 Mins read By Bernard Assim- Ita and Samuel Gada (Lead Writers) Editor’s Note: Reports from the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly… Read more
TorchlightI-WASH: Improving Access to Water Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Kebbi State By Nigeria Health Watch May 22, 2023 5 Mins read By Misbahu El-Hamza and Dabri Ohanu Olohije Murjanatu Usman is a 35-year-old mother of eight living in Sauwa community in Argungu Local… Read more
Thought LeadershipWorld Water Day 2023: Accelerating Change to Solve the Water and Sanitation Crisis By Nigeria Health Watch March 22, 2023 3 Mins read By Onyinye Oranezi and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) As the saying goes, “Water is life”. However, one could rephrase it to say-”Adequate… Read more
TorchlightWater No Get Enemy: Improving Access to Water for the Uko Nteghe Community in Akwa Ibom State. By Beti Baiye August 29, 2022 4 Mins read The gentle early morning rain falls as we drive through the still dark streets of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to… Read more
Community Health WatchZinari Primary Healthcare Centre: Patients Suffer the Indignity of Inadequate Sanitation and Hygiene Facilities By Nigeria Health Watch October 21, 2021 2 Mins read Zinari is a small community under Shata ward in Bosso Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The community is about 20… Read more
Thought LeadershipImproving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria: The Only Language Cholera Understands By Ibukun Oguntola August 25, 2021 3 Mins read Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever,… Read more
Torchlight#H2OForCommunities: JDI’s Community Collaboration on WASH Facilities By Bunmi Oyebanji Obot July 26, 2021 6 Mins read “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water” — W.H. Auden. Iwa is a lively rural community of about 600 inhabitants in Gurara… Read more
Thought LeadershipImproving WASH in Nigeria's Underserved Communities By Beti Baiye June 23, 2021 5 Mins read Yimitu is a low-income community on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. A significant part of its population is made up… Read more