Nigeria: The NHIA's Leadership Development Programme - Fostering Effective Leadership

Effective leadership is key to sustainable change, and that is why the NHIA instituted the Leadership Development Programme in collaboration with Results for Development and… Read more »

Nigeria: World Tuberculosis Day 2023 - Yes, We Can End TB

Zainab (not her real name) first learned about latent tuberculosis (TB) when she was 16 and her doctor informed her that she had it. Despite the doctor's assurance that it was an… Read more »

Nigeria: How an Innovative Communications Model Is Enhancing Menstrual Hygiene Management in Bauchi, Nigeria

Menstrual hygiene and period poverty continue to be a major challenge affecting girls and women in Nigeria. Despite being a natural and necessary process in the female reproductive… Read more »

Nigeria: The Many Challenges Behind the Refurbished Walls of Tswanku Health Facility

In November 2022, Tswanku health facility in Etsutasha ward of Edati Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State got a facelift. This was made possible through a partnership between… Read more »

Nigeria: World Water Day 2023 - Accelerating Change to Solve the Water and Sanitation Crisis

As the saying goes, "Water is life". However, one could rephrase it to say-"Adequate and safe water is life", or better yet, borrow the famous line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's… Read more »

Nigeria: Better Soup Na Money Kill Am - Recognising the BHCPF's Achievements in Akpabuyo, Cross River State

Madam Atim Okon Jimmy, the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Ikot Offiong Ambai Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Akpabuyo Local Government Area (LGA), Cross River State, is proud of the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Health Watch to Host Second Edition of Celebrating Womanhood Art Gala

Nigeria Health Watch is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the second edition of the 'Celebrating Womanhood Art Gala' themed "Elevating Women's Voices for Quality Maternal… Read more »

Nigeria: Tsado Kashi - Health Worker Forced to Convert Home to Makeshift Clinic

The people of Tsado Kashi, a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State who are basically farmers had in the past sought healthcare from traditional… Read more »

Nigeria: Young, Positive and Resilient - Stories of Young People Living With HIV/Aids in Nigeria

Despite the many groundbreaking innovations in the treatment and prevention of HIV, it still is a death sentence for some, particularly the most vulnerable and the marginalised.… Read more »

Nigeria: Call for Applications - #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Fellowship 2023

Nigeria has experienced several epidemics in recent years, including Lassa fever, Cholera, M. Pox and COVID-19. The media has played a critical role in informing the public and… Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda's School Feeding Programme - Tackling Hunger and Improving Education

Prince Murekezi lives in Musebeya, a small village nestled in the mountainous district of Nyamagabe in Southern Rwanda. He dropped out of school in primary 4 level when his parents… Read more »

Nigeria: Kpakungu Phc - More Women Are Accessing Nutrition Services for Free

Kpakungu Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) is situated in the Soje 'B' area of Kpakungu, in Minna South, Chanchaga Local Government (LGA) of Niger State. According to Ummu Muhammad,… Read more »

Nigeria: Call for Applications - Collaborative Solutions Journalism Grant

Nigeria Health Watch is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Collaborative Solutions Journalism grant. This grant is open to newsrooms, journalists, and freelancers… Read more »

Nigeria: #EmbraceEquity - Changing the Status Quo for Gender Equity and Women's Inclusion

"Show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become."- Chimamanda Adichie Read more »

Nigeria: How a Media Strategy Contributed to Increasing Epidemic Preparedness Awareness in Nigeria

"People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." Rob Siltanen. Read more »

Nigeria: Fadisonka Health Post - a Facility in Desperate Need of Basic Amenities

Various challenges hinder efficient service delivery in Fadisonka health post of Wudil Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. The facility lacks a fence, a convenient toilet,… Read more »

Nigeria: Launch of the National Emergency Maternal and Child Health Intervention Centre (NEMCHIC) By NPHCDA

The Kano State Ministry of Health has announced the launch of the Kano State Action Plan for Health Security (KSAPHS), a comprehensive plan aimed at preventing, detecting, and… Read more »

Nigeria: How GIS Microplanning Is Revolutionising Immunisation Campaigns in Kano State

Technology is enhancing healthcare in Nigeria, as demonstrated by the use of GIS mapping in Kano State to improve vaccinators' performance and address the resurgence of polio… Read more »

Nigeria: Connecting Nigeria - Five Ways Starlink Could Expand Access to Quality Health Services

Starlink, the internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX launched in Nigeria three weeks ago with a lot of excitement and expectations. In a tweet, President Muhammadu Buhari… Read more »

Nigeria: Returning to Heal - How Regions Healthcare Is Improving Access to Quality Care in Imo State and Beyond

There is a reverse side to Nigeria's medical brain drain. Healthcare professionals from the diaspora are showing their readiness to come back home and establish medical facilities.… Read more »

Nigeria: Universal Health Care in Nigeria - Accelerating the NHIA Act's Implementation

In February 2023, the Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Professor Mohammed Sambo, inaugurated a committee to develop the NHIA Operational… Read more »

Nigeria: Primary Health Centre Renovations Revitalise Community Healthcare in Ogun State

Any effort to strengthen health systems must begin at the primary healthcare level, as it is the foundation of a nation's healthcare. To boost Ogun State's PHC system, in 2020, the… Read more »

Nigeria: Public Health Communication During a Health Emergency - What We Have Learned

"We've learned collectively that transparency, openness, and the communication of credible information to people in real-time results in functional responses by people"- Dr Mike… Read more »

Nigeria: From the Lunacy Act to the First Mental Health Act in Nigeria - Five Takeaways

In January 2023, a little over six decades after the Lunacy Act of 1958 was established, giving medical practitioners the power to detain people suffering from mental illnesses,… Read more »

Nigeria: Serving Freshness - How Coldhubs Is Tackling Food Waste in Nigeria

In his shop in Relief Market in Owerri, Imo State, Sadisu Sani popularly called Zuma, is surrounded by vegetables of all shapes, sizes and colours. The middle-aged man has been in… Read more »