November 14, 2022
Nigeria: Haiyuwa Lafiya - Preventing Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State One Trip At a Time
Hadiza Haladu's first pregnancy almost ended in a double tragedy when she went into early labour. The closest health centre was 16 kilometres - about 30 minutes to one hour - away;… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Nigeria: Development Partners, CSOs, Media Seek Legislative Intervention for Increased Public Investment in the Health Sector in 2023
Nigeria's health sector has been fraught with suboptimal public investment to sustain its development and achievement of key development objectives such as Universal Health… Read more »
November 05, 2022
Nigeria: Danbare Community Seeks the Opening of a 'Newly-Built' Primary Health Centre
Danbare community has a well-constructed Primary Health Center (PHC) however, community members have not been able to access the facility as it has remained closed since… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: When Floods Threaten Nigeria's Food Security Everyone Suffers
Media reports have been filled with reports of flooding in several states in Nigeria in the last few months. Thousands of hectares of farmland has been destroyed by floodwater, and… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Uganda: The SASA Initiative - Changing Mindsets About Female Genital Mutilation in Kween District in Uganda
Born and raised in Atari Village, Kaptoyoy sub-county, in the Kween district of eastern Uganda, 23-year-old Mercy Chebet was married off at the tender age of 14 and had her first… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Nigeria: From Curative to Preventive - Tackling the Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Nsukka
Anyone watching 23-year-old Okenyi Collins as he went about his business at the Heart Disease Prevention and Training Centre (HDPTC) Nsukka, might have mistaken him for a caregiver… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Nigeria: World Polio Day 2022 - Is Polio Becoming a Wicked Problem?
Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free on the 25th August 2020. The news was met with a lot of celebration. The long-fought battle towards a wild polio free status had been won… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Nigeria: Expanding PHC Funding Frontiers - Key Takeaways From the 2022 PHC Financing Forum
From the 'Re-imagining Primary Health Care' summit in April 2022 to the commitment made by the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) -- in August of the same year to increase funding for… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Nigeria: The Political Economy Of Health - Making The Political Choice To Invest In The Future Of Nigeria
Nigeria's political aspirants have officially started their election campaigns for the 2023 Presidential elections. There is no better time than now, during this political… Read more »
October 15, 2022
Nigeria: NiCare and the BHCPF Give Edokota PHC a New Look
After years of wear and tear, the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Edokota, a farming community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State was renovated in 2022 with funds… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Nigeria: Listening and Learning About Reproductive Health Through Storytelling With the Indi-Genius Podcast
As is the case in any other country, adolescents in Nigeria experience different sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges, including, access to quality and age-appropriate… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Nigeria: Handle Your Heart With Care - Curbing the Rise of Non-Communicable Diseases in Nigeria
We got to Zenith Medical & Kidney Centre at 6:50am, and already, the place was beginning to fill up. Thankfully, we were early enough for my father to get connected to a… Read more »
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 »