Nigeria: Destination UHC: Nigeria's Political Will, a Catalyst!

Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership opinion piece comes from Dr. Uchenna Ewelike, a Senior Health Economist. He re-echo’s the importance of Universal… Read more »

Nigeria: Maternity Wards Go Digital to Audit Births

When Dr. Bello Olubenga started out his career as a gynaecologist at Maitama District Hospital in Abuja, helping mothers deliver healthy babies was his biggest motivation for… Read more »

Nigeria: Men's Antenatal Classes Encourage Better Maternal Health in Lagos

There are so many stories of giving birth in Nigeria. From good to not so great. These stories come from people in all classes of the society. While there are thousands of… Read more »

Nigeria: When GAVI Came to Visit Nigeria

As 2019 wound down to its close and holiday plans were being made, arrangements were also being made for a high-level visit of Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance… Read more »

Nigeria: Renovated PHC Caters to Community Health Needs in Niger State

It is a dusty Tuesday morning in Maito village, typical of the early harmattan season. Men and women carrying farm equipment walk on either side of the small road that divides the… Read more »

Nigeria: Is Basic Health Care Provision Fund Leaving No One Behind?

Editor’s Note: For UHC Day on December 12th, The Nigeria Health Watch team in partnership with Centre for Family Health Initiative (CFHI), held a Community UHC Forum in Jiwa,… Read more »

Nigeria: From Land to Sea - Improving Maternal and Child Health Access in Lagos State

Ensuring that people everywhere have access to affordable, quality healthcare at the point of need, is an imperative that requires urgent action. Access is one of the three… Read more »

Nigeria: Meet Your Match - J Blood Artificial Intelligence Connects Blood Donors to Receivers in the FCT

Is there an alternative to blood for humans? The answer is no.One of the most vital requirements for a woman experiencing severe bleeding during childbirth is a blood transfusion.… Read more »

Nigeria: Living In Dirt - Nigeria's Waste Crisis Requires Urgent Action

Editor's Note: In this Thought Leadership Piece, Nigeria Health Watch Health Events Manager, Thelma Thomas highlights the breakdown of sanitation in Nigeria and how this is… Read more »

Nigeria: Is Nigeria Failing People Living with Disabilities?

"I want everyone to remember, to reflect, that they are one fall away from being a person with a disability. How would you want to be treated?" -  Dr. Stella Iwuagwu, Executive… Read more »

Nigeria: Pathfinder International Initiative Helps Reduce Maternal Deaths in Cross River

No woman should die while giving life… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Marks National Antibiotics Awareness Week 18th-24th November,

Theme: Use Antibiotics Responsibly: The Future of Antibiotics Depends on You Read more »

Niger: Saving 10K - Empowering Nigerian Mothers With Local Options For Child Nutrition

Six months have passed, the journey is finally over! You have managed to exclusively breastfeed your baby as recommended by all the health experts and you’re a hero! Now you… Read more »

Nigeria: Telling The Whole Story - Better Science Communication For National Development

“When you think of Borno State, what is the first thing that comes to mind?” Read more »

Nigeria: Partnership To Strengthen Immunisation - The Kano State Model

“It was a hectic day, we had a fixed immunisation session in Gachi village,” says Umar Alhassan, a Routine Immunisation (RI) provider as he arrives in Wudil town… Read more »

Nigeria: "No Be For Naija, We Love Life" - Demystifying Depression In Nigeria

Editor's Note: This week's Thought Leadership piece comes from Dr. Mike Adeyemi Lawal, he is a physician with experience in Global health, operational research and advocacy. He… Read more »

Nigeria: Quality Healthcare is Local - The Ijede General Hospital Story

The Ijede General Hospital is located along the Egbin Thermal Power Station Road in Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State. The hospital sits on land about the… Read more »

Nigeria: The Breast Milk Substitute Code  -  Time for Implementation and Enforcement in Nigeria

Breast will always be bestThe importance of breastfeeding to improve the health and nutrition of infants and young children cannot be overemphasised. Breastfeeding gives children… Read more »

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 »