Nigeria: Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, but Not Yet Its Leadership

In Wammako, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Sokoto, Nigeria, Asma'u Shehu, a community health worker, does more than provide care. People in the community see her as a medic,… Read more »

Nigeria: For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Every rainy season, the journey to the primary healthcare centre (PHC) in Lazuru Tudai becomes a test of endurance for residents of several rural communities in Lazuru Tudai Ward… Read more »

Nigeria: How Furanni Is Helping Badiyya Make Healthier Choices During Pregnancy

For Badiyya Haruna, a mother of three from Kofar Kudu in Ghari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, learning how to navigate pregnancy safely has gone beyond routine… 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, we at Nigeria Health Watch take a look at some of the ways in which police brutality… Read more »

Nigeria: Private Sector Financing Is Key to Improved Maternal Care in Nigeria

Nigeria's maternal mortality burden remains unacceptably high and points to persistent gaps in access to timely, quality maternity care. Despite financing reforms such as the Basic… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Covid-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

Listen to this article 12 min A long terrazzo walkway from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH)'s administrative building leads to various parts of the ever-busy facility.… Read more »

Africa: Heliumcredit Is Financing Africa's Private Clinics, One Loan At a Time

Across Nigeria, many privately-owned healthcare facilities face funding bottleneck. Pharmacies watch their shelves empty as they struggle to restock essential drugs. Laboratories,… Read more »

Nigeria: Taking Ownership - 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: Expanding Health Insurance Through Private Providers to Improve Maternal Health in Kaduna

Kaduna State, in the northwest part of Nigeria, is ramping up efforts to improve maternal and newborn survival as it struggles with a maternal mortality ratio of 452.6 deaths per… Read more »

Nigeria: Menstrual Health, School Attendance and the Girl Child

Listen to this article 4 min Miracle Adeniyi-Ogunjide, third-place winner of the Nigeria Health Watch 2026 Menstrual Hygiene Essay Competition, reflects on how pain, period… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Lenacapavir Rollout Needs a Safe Pharmacy Delivery Pathway

Nigeria has moved from planning to implementing lenacapavir. In March 2026, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare introduced the twice-yearly HIV prevention medicine in… Read more »

Nigeria: Community Speak Out On Women's Childbirth Risks At Kura Town Hall

During a town hall meeting at Kura Local Government Area (LGA), Kano, community voices reveal that gaps in health insurance, staffing, and facility readiness can turn childbirth… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Hubs Across Lagos Are Combining in-Person and Virtual Care to Tackle Non-Communicable Diseases in Maternal Health

In the heart of Balogun Market located in Lagos State, women gather at a health point to get their blood pressure and blood sugar level checked. This check, conducted by mDoc's… Read more »

Nigeria: World Sight Day 2020 - Shell, JV Partners Come Together to Give #HopeinSight

The trip from Yenagoa was short and uneventful. We arrived the community town hall before our hosts and as they walked in, some led by friend or family members and others feeling… Read more »

Nigeria: Avadar - How Digital Health Fast-Tracked Nigeria's Drive to Eradicate Polio

Polio, a contagious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus is transmitted primarily when stool from someone infected contaminates foods, drinks or water sources. It invades the… Read more »

Nigeria: Three Months Later, Alkalawa Community Continues to Seek PHC Improvements

Every three months after initial town hall meetings, communities have an opportunity to determine whether the promises made following a health facility assessment had translated… Read more »

Nigeria: Kujama PHC Faces Drug Stockouts and Patient Neglect Amid Renovations

Every morning, women who are pregnant or with sick children arrive and line up at Kujama Primary Healthcare (PHC), Tudun Wada in Kaduna, but often leave with nothing more than a… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's State Health Insurance Schemes Are Expanding. Enrolment Must Now Lead to Care

In February 2026, residents of Gyartai in Ghari Local Government Area of Kano State gathered to demand that their health post be upgraded to a Level 2 primary health care facility.… Read more »

Nigeria: New Support and Guidance Available to Health Procurement Professionals in the Public Sector in Nigeria

NIGERIA / AGILITYPR.NEWS / September 16, 2020 /New support and guidance available to health procurement professionals in the public sector in Nigeria to improve health and… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Has a Lead Elimination Policy. Communities Need to See It Working

Lead poisoning from consumer products has gained renewed attention in Nigeria, following the launch of the National Policy and Action Plan on Lead Poisoning Elimination in 2025. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Agricultural Commitments Must Deliver Better Nutrition

According to World Bank data, Nigeria had 36.872 million hectares of arable land in 2023. Productive agriculture depends on farmers having security, reliable inputs, water,… Read more »

Nigeria: How Market Doctors Are Bringing Primary Care Closer to Traders in Lagos

At the entrance to Tejuosho Market in Yaba, Lagos, a woman known as Sisi Alagbo sells locally prepared herbal mixtures, or agbo, to traders seeking relief from fever, stomach pain,… Read more »

Nigeria: Another Office or a Stronger System? the Institutional Test for Nigeria's Digital Health Agenda

On 26 June 2026, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the establishment of the National Health Technology and Data Analytics Office (NHTDAO) and appointed Dr Obi Adigwe as its… Read more »

Nigeria: World Heart Day - Coalition Calls for Concerted Effort to Eliminate Trans Fats in Nigeria

As part of events marking this year's World Heart Day, the Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA),… Read more »

Nigeria: In Kano, Arts and Craft Sessions Are Improving Menstrual Health for Women and Girls

Every month, women gather for craft sessions in circles at the Sani Mai Unguwa ICT Centre in Dala Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano to learn hand stitching. But the most valuable… Read more »