Ibe Ken

Humanity First | Digital Comms | Content Strategist| Health Advocacy | Here's my work @nighealthwatch | Service to Humanity |

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

When the MDA campaign reaches your community, your trained Community Drug Distributor provides ivermectin free of charge to eligible residents. The medicine kills the tiny worms that cause the disease, helping to prevent blindness, reduce itching, and stop transmission within the community.

Protect yourself, protect your family, and encourage others to take the medicine when it's offered.
#RiverBlindnessNG

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

COVID-19 exposed gaps not only in oxygen supply, but also in the critical equipment needed to deliver quality care.

Through the Global Fund COVID-19 Response Mechanism (#C19RM), implemented by @NACANigeria, @NTBLCP, and partners with support from @GlobalFund, over 12 categories of case management equipment were provided to health facilities across Nigeria, strengthening emergency response in the country.

#C19RMNigeria @Fmohnigeria

[Chikwe Ihekweazu @Chikwe_I]

For 100 years, the Weekly Epidemiological Record has turned information into action

📊1926: telegraphed bulletin
📊2026: html edition

The format has changed, but the mission hasn’t:

Supporting countries with trustworthy data to protect health.

https://t.co/68vAyQQ6So

[Vivianne Ihekweazu @VIhekweazu]

The Future of Health Conference 2026 is back, and registration is open.

I am looking forward to this year's conference because we are examining how innovation, within and beyond the health sector has delivered measurable impact, and what that means for improving health outcomes in Nigeria. Solutions that save lives must deliver impact now.

#TheFutureOfHealthIsNow #FHC2026

Join the conversation and register: https://t.co/Hwr4FSMJUs

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

The Director General of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) has officially endorsed the BMZ Call to Action, "Catalysing Large-Scale Food Fortification to End Child Malnutrition by 2030."

This endorsement reaffirms @OoasWaho's commitment to advancing evidence-based nutrition interventions across the ECOWAS region by strengthening partnerships and driving collective action to improve access to fortified foods. As countries work towards ending child malnutrition, regional collaboration will be critical to scaling sustainable, high-impact solutions.

Read more here: https://t.co/btBsAs0YZy

[Africa Health Watch @africahlthwatch]

Africa is home to the world's greatest human genetic diversity, yet remains one of the least represented populations in genomic research. Many clinical guidelines and treatment decisions are based on evidence generated from populations outside Africa.

A new African-led partnership is working to change that. Backed by a US$3.5 million investment, Biolinx Africa, YTO Foundation, and NextGen Molecular Lab are building the scientific infrastructure needed to advance precision medicine on the continent.

Read how this collaboration could reshape the future of healthcare in Africa - https://t.co/t4IfSXUlnS

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

River blindness is preventable and treatable. Yet, many people still live with the disease simply because they do not know that treatment is available.

The good news? Ivermectin is safe, effective, and distributed free of charge. Learn how ivermectin works and why taking it every year matters👇🏾
#RiverBlindnessNG @Fmohnigeria

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Nigeria’s diagnostic gap is already visible in routine healthcare, with patients receiving incorrect diagnoses, clinicians making treatment decisions without reliable test results, & families spending scarce resources moving between facilities.

Read more: https://t.co/uIX2aGEodr

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Quality maternal care starts with listening to women. Their voices reveal the gaps, the fears, and the needs that no protocol or guideline can fully capture.

Safe births, respectful treatment, and supportive care are only possible when women are heard, their experiences valued, and their insights acted upon. Integrating women's voices is the foundation of quality maternal care.
#GivingBirthInNigeria @Fmohnigeria

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

The future of health will not be defined by the ideas we celebrate. It will be defined by the impact we deliver.

At the 2026 Future of Health Conference, leaders, innovators, and partners will come together to explore what it takes to turn innovations into impact for people and communities.

Registration is now open: https://t.co/ZwWA3RE9Xr
#TheFutureOfHealthIsNow.

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

One of the most important shifts in global health today is the growing recognition that innovation does not end with invention.

Governance, financing, and collaboration are not supporting roles. They are part of what determines whether innovation becomes impact for people and communities.

This is the focus of the Future of Health Conference 2026. Moving from innovation as an idea to innovation as impact.

Registration is now OPEN: https://t.co/JGALW2116s
#TheFutureOfHealthISNOw @WorldHealthSmt

[Chikwe Ihekweazu @Chikwe_I]

.@WHO is looking for its next leader to serve as @WHOAFRO Regional Emergency Director working across 47 Member States in an increasingly complex public health landscape

If you have the experience, collaborative spirit & passion, I encourage you to apply:
https://t.co/I2hQSkdfPa

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Congratulations, @BoehmeCatharina, on your next role as the @UNFPA Deputy Executive Director.

While we will miss you greatly at @WHO, the UNFPA will benefit from your longstanding leadership in global health.

Thank you for your continued dedication to the #HealthForAll mission.

[Chikwe Ihekweazu @Chikwe_I]

I’ve had the pleasure of working with @BoehmeCatharina since we both joined @WHO in 2021

Through the various roles, I could always count on your friendship, collaboration and sense of mission

Excited & proud to see you begin this new chapter at @UNFPA

Congratulations!

[Africa Health Watch @africahlthwatch]

We are proud to be a media partner for the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026), convened by the International AIDS Society.

Together with our partners, we look forward to amplifying African and global voices driving progress to end AIDS as a public health threat.

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

“We often overestimate technology. What matters most is creating systems that impact people and enable them to act.”- @seunonigbinde, Co-founder, @BudgITng Group at our 2016 Future of Health Conference.

A decade later, his perspective feels even more relevant in our health system.

The 2026 Future of Health Conference themed “From Innovation to Impact: The Future of Health is Now” brings renewed attention to how data, systems, and innovations can truly work for the people and communities they are meant to serve.

Register to join us: https://t.co/ZwWA3RE9Xr

#TheFutureOfHealthIsNow
@VIhekweazu @Fmohnigeria @muhammadpate @PathfinderInt @PharmAccessNIG @WBG_Nigeria @eHealth_africa @VillageReach @moniepoint @OPay_NG

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Who says work has to look the same every day? 😉

Our team showed up in their unique styles for #DressDifferentDay, celebrating individuality, creativity, and the diversity that strengthens our workplace.

But let’s be honest… It’s Friday, and some outfits are already mentally out of the office 😄 So tell us, who should win “Best Dressed” today?

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

It’s official!

Registration is now OPEN for the 2026 Future of Health Conference: https://t.co/ZwWA3RE9Xr

Join us as we convene stakeholders working at the intersection of innovation, policy, and implementation to ensure ideas translate into impact for people and communities.

Secure your place. #TheFutureOfHealthIsNow

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Good News!

The 2026 Future of Health Conference website is officially live!!

This year's edition of the conference is a space where innovation meets action, where conversations turn into collaboration, and where ideas are shaped into impact.

Explore it. Engage with it. Be part of what comes next: https://t.co/fnASYXlLNv
#TheFutureOfHealthIsNow

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Innovation is not the end goal. Impact is.

As Nigeria and the global health community continue to generate solutions, how do we ensure those solutions reach the people who need them most?

The Future of Health Conference 2026 is committed to answering that question. We invite partners and collaborators to turn these ideas into action. Contact [email protected] for details.

#TheFutureOfHealthIsNow