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

With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatening development and health in Africa, six international and continental organizations are launching the first partnership of its kind 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 Childhood Pneumonia in Nigeria - November 12th World Pneumonia Day

November 12th was World Pneumonia Day. What we should all know about childhood pneumonia in Nigeria: Read more »

Nigeria: 10 Things You Should Know About Vaccine Candidates

(1) Why are vaccines important in the COVID-19 pandemic? Read more »

Nigeria: Country Is Polio-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 polio… Read more »

Nigeria: What Nigeria's Health Sector Can Learn From the #EndSARS Protests

For two weeks, young Nigerians coordinated peaceful protests across the country to demand an end to police brutality, illegal profilings, extortion and in some cases, extrajudicial… Read more »

Nigeria: Uniport Teaching Hospital Ensures Safe Deliveries and Immunisation Despite Covid-19

After six months of anxiety, panic and unrest as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical doctors at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) have treated and… Read more »

Nigeria: She Writes Woman Mental Health Initiative Launches Toll-Free Mental Health Helpline

In light of increased emotional and psychological distress brought about my COVID-19, the ensuing lockdown and the broader socioeconomic consequences, leading organisation that… Read more »

Nigeria: The Disease of Violence - Police Brutality As a Public Health Emergency in Nigeria

Editor's Note: In the wake of the #EndSARS protests that have rocked several Nigerian cities in the last week, we at Nigeria Health Watch take a look at some of the ways in which… Read more »

Nigeria: Women in Jigawa Community Fund Emergency Transportation for Pregnant Women

"My husband and I have always known that I would deliver at the hospital," says Azeema Hussaini, 25, while sitting on a bed in a muddy two-room house, nursing her three-week-old… Read more »

Nigeria: Covid-19 Has Shown That Without Health, We Have Nothing

On April 8, 2018, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) affirmed the linkage between Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and global… Read more »

Nigeria: PAS CSOs Call On Govt to Support Family Health for World Contraception Day

We, the CSOs of the PAS project are pleased to take note of the recent activities of African health professional associations, NGOs and national governments as they commemorated… Read more »

Nigeria: The NURHI Project - 10 Years of Impact on the Family Planning Space

The availability of family planning services, enables girls and women to make informed choices about birth spacing and their desired family size. It also contributes to improved… Read more »

Nigeria: How Active Community Case Search Transformed Testing in Kano State

For several weeks, sixty-year-old Musa Danyadikko had been grappling with a strange fever and cough that had defied all known treatment. One day in June, sitting in his home in… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Health Watch Launches Project to Advocate for Better Access to Quality Maternal Medicines and Contraceptives

Nigeria Health Watch has launched the Maternal Health Advocacy and Communications project to advocate for better access to quality maternal medicines and contraceptives in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: Update On the Nigeria International Travel Portal

Our attention has been drawn to a report published by the Daily Independent newspaper on the 14th of September 2020, with the title: "Fraud Rocks NCDC COVID-19 Tests For Air… Read more »

Nigeria: How Kaduna's Facility Census Data Can Be Used to Improve Health Care Delivery

Data is one of the most important drivers of development, from conceptualisation of interventions to design and implementation. It is what largely guides the policy direction of… Read more »

Nigeria: The Community, Health Insurance and Advocacy - Plateau and Nasarawa States

Until the day he fell from a palm tree, Mr. Paulinus, a yam farmer in Adikpo community of Benue State never had reason to spend much on health care. Although he suffered a fracture… Read more »

Nigeria: How Virtual Training Shaped Covid-19 Reporting in Nigeria

As COVID-19 hit Nigeria, concerns grew for many journalists as to how they were to report on the pandemic which affected every sphere of life. Most media pages and airtime slots… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Workers Who Deliver - LUTH's Resolve to Help Covid-19 Positive Mothers Give Birth Safely

Professor Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), is sitting at a conference table in his spacious office. A colourful artwork frame… Read more »

Nigeria: University Don Extols Benefits of Soybeans in Addressing Protein Deficiency

A leading nutrition expert has urged Nigerians to explore soybeans as a good food source, to alleviate malnutrition and achieve good health. Read more »

Nigeria: A Tale of Two Diseases - Covid-19 and Lassa Fever in Nigeria

Two hundred and nineteen (219) - That is the number of lives lost to Lassa fever between January and June 2020, according to the latest data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease… Read more »

Nigeria: NOA and MLSCN - Supporting Nigeria's Covid-19 Response Via Communication and Test Kit Validation

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people work in Nigeria and the response has required a multi-sectoral approach with all arms of the government keyed into the response.… Read more »

Nigeria: Psychosocial Support a Priority for Covid-19 Survivors in Nigeria

Amaka's husband died from COVID-19. It was a rainy Tuesday afternoon and she was still dealing with the reality of not being there during his last moments. It was barely five days… Read more »