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So I am archiving all the articles I have written at work @nighealthwatch on this tweet on Sep 30 for your insight, information and evoke conversation on health issues in Nigeria and globally.
Always check my pinned tweet for updates, read, share, on comment on the articles.👇
Nigeria’s immunisation gains risk being reversed if funding gaps persist.
The question is simple but urgent: Who will step up to secure every child’s future?
Read our take in the latest #NHWPost @nighealthwatch website. 👇
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Reflecting on the Ebola cases reported in Kenya and Nigeria, Dr @Chikwe_I, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme, @WHO, highlights three key lessons: strong preparedness, early access to care and transparent communication.
He notes that both countries demonstrated their ability to manage imported cases and contain transmission, showing how preparedness can prevent further spread.
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A simple plastic pouch is helping save women from dying during childbirth.
In Kano State, the maternal drape is helping midwives detect dangerous bleeding after delivery and respond before it becomes fatal. @nytimes explores how this low-cost innovation is changing maternal care.
Read the full story: nyti.ms/4z4JFO7
@Fmohnigeria
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What happens before pregnancy can shape a woman’s experience during pregnancy and beyond.
In this piece, Marie Ba and Dr Alain Damiba explore the investments needed to make family planning more accessible, strengthen health systems, and ensure women and girls have the information and support they need to make informed decisions about their reproductive health.
Read more: nhwat.ch/4rv0WOe
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Will African countries be equipped to lead their own response when the next major outbreak happens?
In our upcoming #CuratedConversations, Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum (@MTamfum), 2026 Virchow Prize co-laureate, shares lessons from the first #Ebola outbreak, gaps in global epidemic preparedness and what Africa needs to strengthen its leadership in infectious disease research.
Drawing on five decades of experience, he offers insights into what it takes to build stronger, more self-reliant outbreak response systems.
Coming tomorrow, Friday, 6 November. Watch this space!
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How can health professionals shape public conversations and influence policy through effective communication and advocacy?
Adewunmi Emoruwa (@eadewunmi), Lead Strategist at @GatefieldImpact, joins the Health Professionals Communication and Advocacy Learning Programme as a guest speaker to lead a session on Shaping Health Narratives & Influencing Policy.
📅 6 November 2026
“Leaders don’t rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.” John C. Maxwell
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Still processing the insights from #FHC2026 in Abuja few days ago.
My main takeaway is that innovation is vanity if it doesn't expand access, strengthen systems and save lives.
Kudos to all the speakers and organizers pushing the boundary. 🚀
#FromInnovationToImpact
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An important conversation you want to be part of #knowyourphc #healthfinancing
Following our conversations and the questions raised around the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) over the past few weeks, Dr Rahila Aliyu Mukhtar, Executive Secretary of the Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (@state55212), will be on @ArewaRadio931 today at 4:10 PM to respond to these questions and shed more light on the discussions so far.
Listen Live: arewaradio.com
#CommunityHealthWatch #KnowYourHealthRights
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Better Information. Better Decisions. Better Health!
At #FHC2026, we celebrated the winners of our #Vote4HealthNaija question, engaging participants on why health should matter when Nigerians make decisions at the polls.
Congratulations to our winners! Thank you for being part of the conversation.
#Vote4HealthNaija #TheFutureOfHealthIsNow
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Africa has the world’s most genetically diverse populations, yet remains underrepresented in genomic research. What does this mean for the future of medicine?
In this #NHWPost, @bakare_yasir and @t_chinwendu reflect on our #CuratedConversations with Dr Abasi Ene-Obong and why Nigeria must own its genomic future.
Read more: nhwat.ch/4izLZq7
🤖 Made with AI
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As global health challenges continue to evolve, timely information, coordinated action and strong health systems remain essential to protecting populations.
Today, @WHO Director-General @DrTedros is briefing the media on pressing global health issues, alongside senior WHO leaders.
Follow along for key updates and insights from the press conference.
#HealthForAll
During our radio programme in Kano State last month, citizens raised important questions about BHCPF eligibility and enrolment, the differences between the BHCPF, state health insurance and out-of-pocket payments, as well as challenges faced by enrollees, including medicine
Following our conversations and the questions raised around the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) over the past few weeks, Dr Rahila Aliyu Mukhtar, Executive Secretary of the Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (@state55212), will be on @ArewaRadio931 today at 4:10 PM to respond to these questions and shed more light on the discussions so far.
Listen Live: arewaradio.com
#CommunityHealthWatch #KnowYourHealthRights
insurance arrangements available to residents.
For us at @nighealthwatch, this is what sustained advocacy should look like: not just creating awareness, but creating opportunities for citizens to ask questions, get credible answers and understand how to access the
healthcare services available to them.
It is another step towards strengthening PHC accountability and advancing our #KnowYourPHC campaign.
Note: this is a weekly radio program that we encourage you to listen to on @ArewaRadio931 if you are in Kano and share your feedback.
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Since 1976, the Director General of the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB @inrb_kinshasa), DRC, Prof. Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum (@MTamfum), has spent five decades studying infectious diseases and responding to outbreaks, beginning with the first #Ebola outbreak.
In our upcoming Curated Conversations, the 2026 @virchowprize co-laureate reflects on lessons from decades of outbreak response, gaps in epidemic preparedness and what African countries need to lead their own infectious disease research.
Published Friday, 6 November 2026. Watch this space. Subscribe to get it first: youtube.com/@Nigeriahealthwa…
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On 30th October, our CEO, Professor Chimezie Anyakora, joined the panel at the Nigeria Health Watch stakeholder workshop, a special session of the Future of Health Conference 2026 held with the The World Bank Group and IFC.
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Following our conversations and the questions raised around the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) over the past few weeks, Dr Rahila Aliyu Mukhtar, Executive Secretary of the Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (@state55212), will be on @ArewaRadio931 today at 4:10 PM to respond to these questions and shed more light on the discussions so far.
Listen Live: arewaradio.com
#CommunityHealthWatch #KnowYourHealthRights
During our radio programme in Kano State last month, citizens raised important questions about BHCPF eligibility and enrolment, the differences between the BHCPF, state health insurance and out-of-pocket payments, as well as challenges faced by enrollees, including medicine nitter.gq/nighealthwatch/status/…
arrangements available to residents.
For us at @nighealthwatch, this is what sustained advocacy should look like: not just creating awareness, but creating opportunities for citizens to ask questions, get credible answers and understand how to access healthcare services
available to them. It is another step towards strengthening PHC accountability and advancing our #KnowYourPHC campaign.