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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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Finding Ebola Earlier: Can Village-Based Surveillance Strengthen DRC’s Outbreak Response?

Aug 29, 2026
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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

Aug 28, 2026
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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Aug 27, 2026
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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

Aug 26, 2026
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

Aug 24, 2026
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Three Months After Speaking Out, Indabo Residents Still Await Improved PHC Services

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 18, 2026

Hadiza Musa Three months after residents raised concerns about poor healthcare services during a town hall meeting, many of the same challenges continue to affect patients at Indabo Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kano State. For residents like Zainab Alkasim, the challenges affect daily healthcare decisions and maternal health outcomes. She explained that many pregnant […]

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Drug Shortage at Jere PHC in Kaduna Leaves Patients with Chronic Illnesses Without Medication

By Kenneth Ibe | May 22, 2026

Rabi Mustapha Every visit to the Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Jere community now comes with uncertainty for patients under the Kaduna State Contributory Health Scheme (KSCHS), who go to seek medical care but return home without the medicines they desperately need. For patients with chronic illnesses who depend on regular medication, the situation has […]

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Kagarko Villages in Kaduna Still Without Health Posts

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 14, 2026

By Rabi Mustapha Every day, pregnant women in remote villages across Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, are left behind in the struggle to access basic healthcare. For women in communities like Mararaban Babo, Taffa, and Chakwama, the journey to the nearest Iddah Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), which is 14 KM away, is […]

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KSCHMA Enrolment Drive Boosts Health Insurance Coverage in Kano

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 11, 2026

By Hafsat Bello  While marking the 2025 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day at a one-day symposium organised in Kano State, the Kano State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (KSCHMA) enrolled 200 more beneficiaries from the informal sector, who are petty traders, street vendors, and market women and men. As enrolment reaches 900,000 beneficiaries, many residents […]

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

By Nigeria Health Watch | 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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