January 29
Nigeria: Nourishing Nigeria - Advancing Nutrition Through Climate Resilience
Climate change poses a critical global crisis, impacting environments and threatening public health. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), climate change is expected to… Read more »
September 20, 2023
Nigeria: Prioritising Maternal Nutrition in Nigeria - an Imperative for Brighter Futures
Editor's note: A healthy future starts with a healthy baby, and a healthy baby starts with a healthy mother. In this thought leadership piece, Olubunmi Oyebanji shares how we can… Read more »
August 28, 2023
Nigeria: Saving Lives - Nigeria's First Breast Milk Bank Gives Babies a Fighting Chance
When Kehinde (not real name) set out on the nearly 130km journey from Ibadan to Lagos, he had a clear goal in mind: to get the conviction he required to receive breast milk donated… Read more »
July 31, 2023
Nigeria: Boosting the Gains of Accelerating Nutrition Results - Takeaways From the Third Annual Anrin Conference
Nigeria boasts abundant food production capacity, capable of sustaining the entire population. However, despite its agricultural strength, the nation struggles to provide every… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Nigeria: Strengthening Nutrition Outcomes in the Face of Climate Change in Nigeria
The effects of climate change on food insecurity are direct and substantial. Food production is becoming increasingly challenging and unpredictable as global temperatures increase… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Health Watch Announces Nutrition Policy Dialogue
1 in 10 children dies from hunger before age five in Nigeria. Achieving SDG 2, zero hunger, and SDG 3, good health and well-being, by 2030 is challenged by hunger and poor… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Nigeria: Nurturing the Nurturer - Promoting Adequate Nutrition for Pregnant Women in Sokoto State
It is 10 am on a Wednesday, and around 30 pregnant women are attending the antenatal clinic (ANC) at Gagi Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Sokoto South Local Government Area (LGA) in… Read more »
March 11, 2023
Nigeria: Kpakungu Phc - More Women Are Accessing Nutrition Services for Free
Kpakungu Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) is situated in the Soje 'B' area of Kpakungu, in Minna South, Chanchaga Local Government (LGA) of Niger State. According to Ummu Muhammad,… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Nigeria: Eat-Learn-Play - Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa's Displaced Children
At first glance, the buildings that house the classrooms of the Transitional Learning Centre, Wassa, appear to have been designed to blend them into the brown sun scorched terrain… Read more »
September 28, 2022
Nigeria: Nutrition in Nigeria - What Gaps Persist?
Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was in Nigeria in September, and in an interview with Nigeria Health Watch, he shared his… Read more »