Nigeria: Mental Health, a Silent Burden for Women #GivingBirthInNigeria

Adeona (not real name) narrates the mental breakdown she suffered when carrying and delivering her fourth and last child. She was sick throughout her pregnancy. And yet her husband… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Health Watch Launches Health Professionals Communications & Advocacy Learning Programme to Build a New Generation of Health Champions

Nigeria Health Watch has launched the Health Professionals Communications & Advocacy Learning Programme (HPCALP), a specialised learning programme designed to equip health… Read more »

Nigeria: International and African Organizations Join Together to Fight Antimicrobial Drug Resistance

Accra, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Brazzaville, Cairo, Nairobi, 18 November 2020 - With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatening development and health in Africa, six international and… Read more »

Nigeria: Funding Cuts to Women's Organisations Put Women, Girls and Gender Equality At Risk

For thousands of girls forced to leave school because of child marriage or adolescent pregnancy, Her Voice Foundation, a Nigerian-based non-profit, has offered a second chance to… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's First Ladies and the WHO Advocate for the Urgent Need to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

Editor's Note: In this week's Thought Leadership piece, Nigeria's First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC) and Dr Nono Simelela of the World Health Organisation (WHO) advocate for the… Read more »

Nigeria: Ending River Blindness in Kaduna Means Reaching Those Left Behind

Listen to this article 8 min At a recent policy dialogue on river blindness, held in Kaduna and convened by Nigeria Health Watch and the Kaduna State Ministry of Health, a local… Read more »

Nigeria: Free Emergency Obstetric Care Is Easing the Cost of Childbirth Complications in Bauchi

Talatu had waited months to welcome her daughter Fatsima's first child. But after Fatsima went into labour, she had a seizure on the way to the hospital. The family arrived at the… Read more »

Nigeria: Barnawa PHC's Renovation Improves Care, but Growing Patient Demand Strains Services

The revitalisation of Barnawa Primary Healthcare (PHC) has given the facility a new life, attracting more patients and improving the delivery of essential health services. Read more »

Nigeria: Yobe's Free Ambulance Service Is Tackling Delays in Maternal Emergencies

At 6:27 a.m. on a Saturday, the emergency phone rang at the Yobe State Emergency Medical Ambulance Services Agency (YEMABUS) headquarters along Gujba Road in Damaturu, the capital… Read more »

Nigeria: World Heart Day - Nigeria Can Bring Sickle Cell Care Closer to Children

Last week at the United Nations, the Governments of Nigeria and Uganda, with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Africa CDC, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Health Watch Launches Nigeria Health Watchers Network - Inaugural Cohort of Student Ambassadors

Nigeria Health Watch has launched the Nigeria Health Watchers Network, a student ambassador programme designed to equip students across Nigeria with practical skills and exposure… Read more »

Nigeria: Afreximbank, ITFC and BADEA Launch COPREFA, U.S.$1.5bn Facility to Support African Resilience and Recovery Amid Global Pandemic

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the pan-African multilateral EXIM bank, partners with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), the Trade Finance… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Needs a Stronger Evidence System to Track Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

The National Health Insurance Authority(NHIA) announced in July 2026 that enrolment had reached 22.03 million people. For nearly two decades under the National Health Insurance… Read more »

Nigeria: Scaling Innovations in Maternal Health - E-Motive Bundle Offers Lifesaving Solution to Address Postpartum Haemorrhage

There have been continued efforts to reduce the high levels of maternal mortality in Nigeria , yet progress has been slow and the country's maternal mortality rate remains one of… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Nigeria's Task Shifting Policy Struggles in Practice - and What to Fix

Nigeria's health system has long faced a critical shortage and inequitable distribution of skilled health care workers, particularly at the primary health care (PHC) level. This… Read more »

Nigeria: 'We Can't Take Deliveries' - Shongo Hamma Health Post Leaves Pregnant Women Without Maternal Care in Gombe's Akko Community

A building may be fit for purpose, but without the equipment, utilities and services needed to function, it offers little promise to the thousands who depend on it. This is the… Read more »

Nigeria: E-Motive's Calibrated Drapes Are Helping Kaduna Health Workers Detect Postpartum Haemorrhage Earlier

Raliya Shehu had experienced heavy bleeding after each of her previous eight deliveries, so when she arrived at Hajiya Gambo General Hospital in Zaria, Kaduna, preparing to give… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Health Tax Reform Faces a Closing Window Before the 2027 Elections

In April 2026, the Senate passed the National Health Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which would double the statutory allocation to the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) from 1%… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Is Wild Poliovirus Free. What Next?

On August 25, 2020 Nigeria and the African continent received what was undoubtedly cheering news amid a very turbulent year -- the country and the continent are officially wild… Read more »

Nigeria: How Door-to-Door Community Mobilisers Are Rebuilding Routine Immunisation in Kebbi

On a dusty afternoon in Rafin Bauna, a community in Aleiro Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Rashida Abdullahi, a Volunteer Community Mobiliser (VCM), adjusts her veil and… Read more »

Nigeria: Mchtrack Is Helping Katsina Reach Women and Children Missing Immunisation and Antenatal Care

Before 45-year-old Hadiza Umar Danrimi starts her rounds in Katsina, she checks that her tablet is charged connected to the internet. The device, provided by the Katsina State… Read more »

Nigeria: Global Fund Report Shows Countries Fought to Protect Essential Health Services Despite Challenging Year

The Global Fund partnership has now helped save 72 million lives since 2002, with this year's Results Report highlighting how country and community leadership, innovation and… Read more »

Nigeria: Chivita Celebrates World Juice Day

October 17, 2020 - Lagos, Nigeria - Leading fruit juice brand, Chivita, holds its 2nd Annual Chivita World Juice Day Event today. The Annual Chivita World Juice Day is a public… Read more »

West Africa: Professor Palokinam T. Pitche Assumes Office As Director General of the West African Health Organisation

Listen to this article 4 min The West African Health Organisation (WAHO), the specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in charge of health… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Workers' Impossible Workloads Are Deepening Nigeria's Doctor-Patient Crisis

On September 1st, 2025, the medical community and Nigerians were shaken by the tragic news of the passing of Dr. Femi Rotifa, a Resident Doctor in the Department of Surgery at the… Read more »