October 28, 2025
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 »
October 23, 2025
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 »
October 21, 2025
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 »
October 20, 2025
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 »
October 18, 2025
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 »
October 17, 2025
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 »
October 16, 2025
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 »
October 15, 2025
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 »
October 13, 2025
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 »
October 11, 2025
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 »
October 10, 2025
Nigeria: Gombe Health Summit 2025 - Financing Accountability As the New Frontier of Reform
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October 09, 2025
Nigeria: An Uncompleted PHC Leaves Sabon Gayan Community Struggling
On a rainy afternoon, Nurse Comfort John rushed to cover patient files with plastic bags as water dripped steadily through the leaking roof of Sabon Gayan Primary Healthcare Centre… Read more »
October 06, 2025
Nigeria: DRASA Health Trust Marks 10 Years of Impact With Bold Vision for the Future
Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of developing Health Champions, supporting Nigeria's health systems, 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 »
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