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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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The Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Shows Why Preparedness Cannot Wait

May 25, 2026
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Beyond Emergency Response: Strengthening Nigeria’s Health Communication Infrastructure

May 23, 2026
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Drug Shortage at Jere PHC in Kaduna Leaves Patients with Chronic Illnesses Without Medication

May 22, 2026
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Lessons from the 2026 HFN Conference on Innovation, Financing and Universal Health Coverage

May 20, 2026
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Community-Owned Hand-Pump Wells Are Bringing Safer Water Closer to Villages in Rural Kaduna

May 18, 2026
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“It Felt Like We Lost Everything Again”: Gurjiya PHC Faces New Challenge After Solar Battery Theft

By | May 11, 2026

Hafsat Bello Just weeks after the Gurjiya Primary Health Care (PHC) renovation, a newly installed solar battery, which helped power the facility, was stolen, raising a troubling question: Can improved facilities truly function without adequate security? For residents, this single incident now threatens essential services meant to save lives and it was the major discussion […]

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Indabo Residents in Kano Call for More Health Workers to Ensure Round-the-Clock PHC Services

By | May 11, 2026

Hafsat Bello In Indabo Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), the call for 24-hour services is growing louder as pregnant women risk their lives when labour begins at night with no access to care. For other patients, the difference between life and death depends on whether help is available after dark. “We need our PHC to operate […]

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Kano’s Gyartai Community Calls for Upgrade of Health Post to Level 2 PHC

By | May 11, 2026

Residents in Gyartai community in Kano are demanding a PHC upgrade. A single health post serving over 10,000 patients, a number beyond the capacity of 500 patients, has been struggling to meet even the most basic care services, especially for pregnant women and children, who often have to navigate not just distance, but a system […]

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10 PHCs Revamped in Lere, but Communities Say Ambulances Are the Missing Link

By | May 11, 2026

Margaret Zichat Joseph When Martha Ishaya’s relative was referred to Jos University Teaching Hospital in Plateau Statefor urgent care, there was no ambulance. Instead, they scrambled to find a private vehicle, hoping they would reach the hospital in time. Martha recalled that Lere, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Kaduna, is also a bordering community […]

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Despite Its Renovation, Jikuci PHC in Niger State Remains Without Essential Equipment and Unable to Serve Patients

By | May 11, 2026

By Hajara Sambo On the outside, Jikuci Primary Health Care (PHC) Centre looks like a promise fulfilled; fresh paint, repaired walls, and a renovated structure, but within, this modern-looking facility is empty. Women in labour still arrive with mats from home because there is only one bed to deliver their babies. Halira Sani, a resident […]

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