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Community Health Watch shines a spotlight on grassroots health initiatives, local champions, and collective efforts improving well-being across Nigeria. From rural clinics to urban outreach programs, this category explores how communities are taking ownership of their health—through innovation, collaboration, and advocacy.

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Nigeria’s Lenacapavir Rollout Needs a Safe Pharmacy Delivery Pathway

Aug 08, 2026
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PRESS RELEASE: Call for Applications: Lay Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training to Strengthen Community-Based Trauma Care

Aug 07, 2026
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Three Months Later, Alkalawa Community Continues to Seek PHC Improvements

Aug 06, 2026
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Nigeria’s State Health Insurance Schemes Are Expanding. Enrolment Must Now Lead to Care

Aug 06, 2026
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How Market Doctors Are Bringing Primary Care Closer to Traders in Lagos

Aug 04, 2026
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How the Five Cowries Art Base Education Initiative is Transforming Health Awareness in Ghari LGA

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 13, 2025

In Ghari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano, adolescent girls are embracing health awareness through the Five Cowries’ Furanni programme, a local initiative in collaboration with Nigeria Health Watch. The programme equips girls through a knowledge pathway with vital health, hygiene, and self-care knowledge, addressing long-standing misconceptions and barriers to healthcare access. In a previous […]

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Taka Lafiya Community Calls for Emergency Intervention for its PHC Centre

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 28, 2024

Taka Lafiya Primary Healthcare (PHC) in Lapai, Niger state, offers a range of services, including immunisation, antenatal care (ANC), labour support and health education, not only to their community but to other communities which make up a vast majority. However, the facility currently faces severe challenges that hinder its ability to provide adequate care. Hajiya […]

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Strengthening Community Health Systems and Mobilising Men for Stronger Maternal Health

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 23, 2024

Every day, many pregnant women across Nigeria undergo health crises that are preventable due to the gaps which exist in the delivery of healthcare services across health facilities. This could be attributed to cultural, traditional or religious factors in communities around the country. To commemorate 2024’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a joint […]

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Hugungumai Health Post: An Understaffed Facility Struggling to Keep Up with Community Needs

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 14, 2024

The Hugungumai health post in the Ghari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State serves over 2,500 residents of the community and several other villages including, Makauraci and Gudawa. However, this small but essential health post is grappling with a severe shortage of staff which limits its ability to provide necessary care to these rural […]

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Warawa PHC Progresses with Recent Enhancements but Staffing Shortages Persists

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 7, 2024

In 2022, the Community Health Watch Project facilitated by Nigeria Health Watch directed its attention to Warawa Primary Health Centre (PHC) in the Warawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano, where renovations had recently been completed by the Kano State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (KSCHMA). At that time, the project’s findings revealed a shortage […]

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