October 03, 2022
Nigeria: Assess. Learn. Improve - Enugu State's Journey to Closing Health Security Gaps
The re-emergence of infectious diseases is inevitable, as humans continue to interact with the environment in different ways and live in closer proximity to animals. Given that… Read more »
Nigeria: Health Commissioners to Discuss the Role of States in PHC Financing in Nigeria
It will be held on the 5th and 6th of October, 2022 in Abuja as a hybrid event with in-person and virtual participation. Read more »
October 01, 2022
Nigeria: To Build a Nation - Reflecting On the Mental Health Impact of the ASUU Strike As Nigeria Turns 62
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 »
September 26, 2022
Africa: Lessons From Dakar - How Peer Learning and Capacity Strengthening of CSOs Impacts Africa's Development
At the Café De Rome Hotel, 350 meters from the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, academics, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from across Africa congregated at the… Read more »
September 24, 2022
Nigeria: Spotlighting the Many Challenges At Dappo Primary Health Centre
The Primary Health Care (PHC) system is designed to meet more than 70 percent of an individual's healthcare needs. What then happens to the individual who can't access primary… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Nigeria: For Want of a Better Life - Still On Nigeria's Medical Brain Drain
Editor's Note: Dr Tanimola Owolabi is a senior registrar, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. As part of a Memorandum of… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Nigeria: The Lagos State Ilera Eko Scheme - a Baseline Assessment to Strengthen Service Delivery in Health Facilities
From establishing the National Health Scheme Act to improving upon it with the National Health Insurance Authority Act, Nigeria has made admirable giant strides towards achieving… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Nigeria: The Best Start in Life - Getting Exclusive Breastfeeding Right
Nutrition is a vital component of infant and young child development, and a major determinant of short and long-term health outcomes in children. The World Health Organization… Read more »
September 05, 2022
Nigeria: A Beep in Time Could Save a Life
Enoh Richard's doctor is reducing the number of pills she takes daily to keep her blood sugar under a healthy level. Previously, she was on 2,000mg of a blood sugar-controlling… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Nigeria: The State of States On Primary Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria
It is no secret that the state of primary healthcare in Nigeria is poor. Decades of neglect by state and local governments, whose responsibility it is to provide primary healthcare… Read more »
August 29, 2022
Nigeria: Water No Get Enemy - Improving Access to Water for the Uko Nteghe Community in Akwa Ibom State
The gentle early morning rain falls as we drive through the still dark streets of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to Uko Nteghe in Mbo Local Government Area, which our guide says… Read more »
August 27, 2022
Nigeria: Madangen Clinic - a Perfect Picture of Health Inequity
Madangen is a mainly agrarian community under Tungan Wawa ward in Kontagora Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The community members are unable to readily access quality… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Nigeria: Implementing Nigeria's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax to Harness Domestic Resources for Health
In 2021, the Federal Government of Nigeria introduced a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax. It is embedded in the Finance Act of 2021, which levies a ₦10 tax on each litre of all… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Nigeria: Partnering to Provide Humanitarian Assistance to Vulnerable Groups in Borno State
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in collaboration with the Borno State Government, particularly the Borno State… Read more »
August 13, 2022
Nigeria: Human Resource, a Critical Need for Dawakiji Health Clinic
Dawakiji Basic Health Clinic in Dawakiji community of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State provides healthcare services to the residents of Dawakiji and… Read more »
April 15, 2020
Nigeria: Handwashing - a Lifesaver Too Many Have Had to Live Without
Two million, sixty-seven thousand, nine hundred people -- that is the number of persons currently infected with the new coronavirus as at publication, and every day that number… Read more »
March 12, 2020
Nigeria: Breathe in, Breathe Out - Nigeria's Air Quality a Silent Health Hazard
Editor's Note: In this week's Thought Leadership Piece, Nigeria Health Watch Programme Coordinator Patience Adejo explores the state of Nigeria's air quality, how it affects the… Read more »