Africa: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty As the Global Fund Secures U.S.$11.34 Billion in Ongoing Replenishment

In 2001, when the late Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations was championed the creation of the Global Fund, he is famously quoted as saying "When I first… Read more »

Nigeria: Restored Hope - Marmara PHCs New Paediatric Ward Transforms Child Emergency Care in Kano Municipal

In 2024, a Community Health Watch report covered by Nigeria Health Watch revealed the absence of a functional paediatric ward at Marmara PHC, Kano State forcing many families to… Read more »

Nigeria: A Simple Two-Block Toilet Is Transforming Sanitation in a Kogi Community

For Halima Shuaibu, a petty trader whose small stall of vegetables and household items is the sole lifeline for her four children, life is a constant battle for survival, made… Read more »

Nigeria: Building Business Resilience Against Mpox and Other Infectious Disease Outbreaks - Insights From International SoS

Mpox has been devastating communities in West and Central Africa, howewer in 2024, four previously unaffected countries, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda reported their first… Read more »

Nigeria: Shared Responsibility - Rethinking Men's Role in Nigeria's Reproductive Health Agenda

Global efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 continue. Goal 5, gender equality, is widely recognised as central to sustainable… Read more »

Nigeria: From Neglect to Renewal - Yan Dadi PHC Revitalised, but More Staff Needed

Seven months ago when Nigeria Health Watch visited Yan Dadi Primary Health Centre, it stood as a symbol of neglect with unsafe wards, no clean water, and women giving birth in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Clinical Trials Strengthening Nigeria's Health Sovereignty

Nigeria continues to bear a high burden of infectious diseases, including Lassa fever, malaria, and tuberculosis. However, clinical trials capacity for therapeutics and vaccines in… Read more »

Nigeria: Health Behind Bars - How Kano Is Extending Health Insurance Coverage to Inmates

Kabiru Tanko (not his real name) was among the inmates moved from the dilapidated Kurmawa Custodial Centre to the newly built Maximum Security Custodial Centre in Janguza, Kano, in… Read more »

Nigeria: Pregnant Women Struggle At Mahuta Health Clinic in Kaduna State

For many pregnant women in Mahuta community in Kaduna State, accessing healthcare is a daily nightmare. With just one overstretched health clinic serving more than 20,000 people,… Read more »

Nigeria: Encouraging Results From a First-in-Human Phase 1 Clinical Trial of IAVI's Lassa Vaccine Candidate Published in New England Journal of Medicine

One dose elicits robust and long-lasting immune responses in healthy adults in the U.S. and Liberia Read more »

Nigeria: Strengthening Nigeria's Primary Health System With Lessons From Ethiopia

On 22 October 2025, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare approved and released 32.9 billion Naira under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), the third… Read more »

Nigeria: Within the Lines - Komfot Health Provides Life-Saving Post-Abortion Care Amid Nigeria's Unclear Laws

When Cecilia Ahmadu began bleeding heavily, three days after performing a self-induced abortion, she knew something had gone wrong. "I was using more than three pads [daily] a few… Read more »

Nigeria: Maternal Deaths in Nigeria - When Systemic Neglect Meets Medical Complications

When my wife went into labour at night in June 2025, I was fortunate to be there to support her. As the hours passed, I watched her endure the excruciating pain of labour… Read more »

Nigeria: Sexually Transmitted Infections Are Becoming Untreatable and a New Study Shows Why

When Emeka (not his real name) began showing symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection (STI), specifically a burning sensation during urination, he felt embarrassed and, like… Read more »

Nigeria: Leaking Roofs, Broken Walls - Inside Kakau Phc's Struggle to Give Care

As the rain heavily poured one afternoon in Kakau, patients huddled together in corners, clutching their children and belongings, while water dripped steadily through the ceiling… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Health Watch, Premium Times and Punch to Host Webinar On Investing in Health in a Limited Fiscal Space

As Nigeria strives to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and strengthen its health system, the need for sustainable, domestically driven health financing has never been more… Read more »

Nigeria: Your Edokta Will See You Now - a Telemedicine Clinic Is Bridging Maternal Health Gaps in Kano

Salamatu Yusuf, a resident of Yanoko in Tofa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano remembers how she used to walk about five kilometres, anytime she wants to access healthcare. This… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria Health Watch to Host the First Solutions Journalism Africa Summit

For decades, media coverage of Africa has been dominated by a narrow and often negative lens, focusing largely on poverty, hunger, corruption, and conflict. While these issues… Read more »

Nigeria: How Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Maternal Health in Nigeria

In maternity wards across sub-Saharan Africa, the battle for life is fought on two fronts: against the complications of childbirth, and against infections that refuse to respond to… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Expanding MPDSR Across Nigerian States Is Key to Ending Preventable Maternal Deaths

Every maternal or perinatal death carries two tragedies, the life lost and the lessons that go unlearned when the circumstances of that death are not reviewed and acted upon. Most… Read more »

Africa: Trump Cuts U.S. Aid to Africa. Pregnant Women Lose Needed Medicines

The United States is cutting billions in foreign aid. In Nigeria, pregnant women and others now face higher risks from HIV Read more »

Nigeria: Kofa's Healthcare Struggle Where a Shop Became a Clinic

When labour pains struck Maryam Hassan one stormy night, her neighbours rushed to fetch "a doctor" who is the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Kofa Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in… Read more »

Nigeria: The Big Push Against Malaria - Courage, Commitment, and Lessons We Cannot Ignore

Editor's Note: The insights in this article draw heavily from the discussions, data, and presentations shared during Nigeria's hosting of the 'Big Push' Against Malaria meeting.… Read more »

Nigeria: From Majalisa to Households - MSI Nigeria Is Advancing Child Spacing Awareness in Kano

Kano State has one of the highest fertility rates in Nigeria, at about 5.8 births per woman, nearly three times the global average of 2.2. The state records roughly 1,000 births… Read more »

Nigeria: International Day of the Girl - 'She' Is the Change Nigeria Needs

In Nigeria, women and girls make up 49.7% of the population. This means that nearly half of the country's future lies in their hands. Women have controlled food production, and… Read more »