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

By Nigeria Health Watch | 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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When the Watchdog Goes Silent: Getso Town Hall Reveals WDC Silence on PHC Gaps

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 11, 2026

Hadiza MusaFor many residents in Getso, Gwarzo Local Government Council, Kano State, the silence of the Ward Development Committee (WDC) has become as troubling as the health challenges they face, raising questions about who is truly speaking for the community’s health needs. These concerns were raised during a community town hall meeting and scorecard assessment […]

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

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 16, 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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Indabo Residents in Kano Call for More Health Workers to Ensure Round-the-Clock PHC Services

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 9, 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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“It Felt Like We Lost Everything Again”: Gurjiya PHC Faces New Challenge After Solar Battery Theft

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 3, 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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