Nigeria: IntegratE - Breaking Down Barriers in the Uptake of Family Planning Services in Kaduna State

"I don’t want to be pregnant at this age. I want to continue my education". Says 17-year-old Precious Haruna as she comes out of a patent medicine store in her Karatudu… Read more »

Nigeria: Improving Immunisation Coverage Through Local Emergency Coordination Centres

In the last three decades, the world has gone through a long and tough road in the push to eradicate the crippling wild poliovirus disease. From more than 350,000 cases across 125… Read more »

Nigeria: No More Absence - Abuja NGO Works to Improve Menstrual Health for Schoolgirls

Sylvia Egar was 13 years old in 2017 when she started her period for the first time. Her mother had never discussed the menstrual cycle with her, so she thought the painful, bloody… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Nobody Asked How I Felt'  -  Surviving Postpartum Depression

“I felt thoroughly inadequate. I didn’t feel like I was attractive enough. I didn’t feel like I was doing enough. Nobody told me I could feel that… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Need to Develop Sustainable Ways of Financing Healthcare

Although Africa bears 25% of the global disease burden, it accounts for only three percent of global health workers and less than one percent of global health spending. But at the… Read more »

Nigeria: Reshaping Nigeria's Family Planning Narrative to Meet FP2020 Goals

Young people in Nigeria know more than we think they do about reproductive health. Take for instance, some teens who shared during a focus group discussion in Abuja how they… Read more »

Nigeria: Dr Osagie Ehanire - a New Captain for Nigeria's Health Sector

The long wait is over! Following the beginning of a new administration in May 2019, Nigeria now has a new captain to steer the affairs of the health sector and lead the Federal… Read more »

Nigeria: Your Meat Could Be Killing You

Editor's Note: The Nigeria Health Watch team recently visited abattoirs in Suleja and Dei-Dei, to learn how they are managed and tease out public health lessons that Nigeria needs… Read more »

Nigeria: Tackling Maternal Deaths Using Technology and Birth Kits

When Abiodun Adereni founded HelpMum two years ago, his dream was to provide basic health information to pregnant women and to help tackle maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria.… Read more »

Nigeria: Youth Suicides - A Call for Holistic Reforms

In May, Sahara Reporters in an article told the tragic story of a promising 400 level University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) student Chukwuemeka Akachi, who had taken his own life… Read more »

Nigeria: Immunisation Protects Our Herd - Nigeria Health Watch Forum 2019

Immunisation is a clear success story and its value in preventing and curtailing infectious diseases cannot be overemphasised. It prevents an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths… Read more »

Nigeria: It's Not Typhoid - Tackling Misdiagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Nigeria

Editor's Note: This week's blog is a personal story from a Nigeria Health Watch team member, Patience Adejo. She writes about her experience being diagnosed with Typhoid Fever… Read more »

Nigeria: Is Nigeria Ready to Leave No One Behind? World Water Day 2019

Water is life Read more »

Nigeria: MTN Continues to Spearhead Intervention to Combat Deadly Scourge of Substance Abuse

In furtherance of the drive to curb the increasing rate of substance abuse in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, under the Anti Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP) led a multi sectoral roundtable… Read more »

Nigeria: Zero Discrimination in Nigeria - Moving From Policy to Practice

In January 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act, to provide for the full integration of persons… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Response Risks Slowdown

26 February, Geneva - WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today called on donors to continue funding the response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of… Read more »

Nigeria: NCDC Reviews Lassa Fever Outbreak Response Amidst Reducing Number of Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported a decrease in the number of Lassa fever cases reported weekly in the country. This is following the intensive response to… Read more »

Nigeria: NGOs Join Hands to Tackle Malnutrition in Benue's IDP Camps

The morning sun is rising at Abagana Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Benue state. Eunice Gabriel sits outside a classroom hall, peeling cassava with her neighbours. Each… Read more »

Nigeria: Love Wisely, Share Love Not HIV - Valentine 2019

The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Dr. Sani Aliyu wants to use this season of love to encourage Nigerians, especially young people, to know their… Read more »

Nigeria: How Community Leaders Are Changing Maternal Health Outcomes in Northern Nigeria

Significant investment continues to be made to improve the health of women and children across Nigeria, especially in rural, disadvantaged locations. The necessity of investment is… Read more »

Nigeria: Data As Key to Better Cancer Care in Nigeria

Cancer is the second most common cause of death in developed countries and among the top three leading causes of death in developing countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO)… Read more »

Nigeria: Let Your Votes Build Nigeria's Health Sector in 2019 - #Vote4HealthNaija

"My name is Amos Nathan, I am making a creative statement, vote for health Naija" Read more »

Nigeria: Katsina Could Stop Spread of Outbreaks With Isolation Centres

A one-year-old child with suspected measles is lying in one of the small rooms outside the emergency paediatric unit of the General Hospital, close to the Emir's palace in Katsina… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Is Primary and Universal - Priorities for Nigeria's Health Sector in 2019

2019 in Nigeria is going to be quite a significant year, given the hotly contested presidential election taking place on February 16th and the governorship elections on March 2nd.… Read more »

Nigeria: Don't Call Me Chief: The Need to Redefine Respect in Nigeria's Medical Community

Recently, while surfing Twitter, I saw a tweet about reforms needed within the Nigerian medical community. These included respecting medical interns (house officers), adopting more… Read more »