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The Real Test of Nigeria’s Health Reforms Is Whether PHCs Actually Work

Sep 21, 2026
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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

Sep 19, 2026
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Nigeria Needs a Stronger Evidence System to Track Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

Sep 17, 2026
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‘We Can’t Take Deliveries’: Shongo Hamma Health Post Leaves Pregnant Women Without Maternal Care in Gombe’s Akko Community

Sep 17, 2026
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Global Fund Report Shows Countries Fought to Protect Essential Health Services Despite Challenging Year

Sep 16, 2026
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By Christopher Bassey and Solomon Oladimeji | September 21, 2026

The Real Test of Nigeria’s Health Reforms Is Whether PHCs Actually Work

A newly renovated primary health care (PHC) centre can still fail a woman who arrives at 2 a.m. If there is no midwife on duty, no oxytocin, no reliable electricity, and no referral transport, the renovation is an infrastructure improvement, not yet a functioning health service. This distinction sat at the centre of a civil […]

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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

By Guest Author | September 19, 2026

Uche Ralph-Opara and Kenneth Ojobor (Guest writers) Zariya Hashiru was pregnant when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in the Napu community, Niger State. She feared that the medicines would harm her unborn baby. Diagnosing the disease was therefore only the first step. Health workers counselled and followed up with her for five weeks before […]

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Nigeria Needs a Stronger Evidence System to Track Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

By Yasir Bakare and Guest Author | September 17, 2026

Yasir Jamal Bakare and Toluwani Oluwatola (Lead writers) The National Health Insurance Authority(NHIA) announced in July 2026 that enrolment had reached 22.03 million people. For nearly two decades under the National Health Insurance Scheme, coverage remained below 5%of the population. Yet, as coverage grows, a different set of questions begins to emerge. Are insured Nigerians […]

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‘We Can’t Take Deliveries’: Shongo Hamma Health Post Leaves Pregnant Women Without Maternal Care in Gombe’s Akko Community

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 17, 2026

A building may be fit for purpose, but without the equipment, utilities and services needed to function, it offers little promise to the thousands who depend on it. This is the reality of Shongo Hamma Health Post in Akko Local Government Area (LGA) in Gombe State. For many women in Shongo Hamma, these limitations affect […]

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Global Fund Report Shows Countries Fought to Protect Essential Health Services Despite Challenging Year

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 16, 2026

The Global Fund partnership has now helped save 72 million lives since 2002, with this year’s Results Report highlighting how country and community leadership, innovation and partnership helped protect essential services and safeguard decades of progress against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria amid unprecedented global health challenges. GENEVA – Countries and partners showed remarkable resilience […]

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