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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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One Vision, One Future: Why Africa's Health Financing Is a Global Reset

May 27, 2026
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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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Restored hope: Marmara PHC’s new paediatric ward transforms child emergency care in Kano Municipal

By | November 20, 2025

In 2024, a Community Health Watch report covered by Nigeria Health Watch revealed the absence of a functional paediatric ward at Marmara PHC, Kano State forcing many families to shuttle between multiple health facilities in search of emergency care. However, following the construction of the paediatric ward, the centre now attends to 300 children daily […]

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From Neglect to Renewal: Yan Dadi PHC Revitalised, But More Staff Needed

By | November 13, 2025

Seven months ago when Nigeria Health Watch visited Yan Dadi Primary Health Centre, it stood as a symbol of neglect with unsafe wards, no clean water, and women giving birth in the dark. Today, the same facility hums with new life, its wards cleaner, its taps flowing, and its gates open day and night. Yan Dadi Model […]

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Pregnant Women Struggle at Mahuta Health Clinic in Kaduna State

By | November 6, 2025

By Mustapha Garba For many pregnant women in Mahuta community in Kaduna State, accessing healthcare is a daily nightmare. With just one overstretched health clinic serving more than 20,000 people, the chances of safe delivery are often left to chance, leaving families anxious and vulnerable. Mahuta, a farming and trading community in Giwa Local Government […]

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Leaking Roofs, Broken Walls: Inside Kakau PHC’s Struggle to Give Care

By | October 23, 2025

By Margaret Joseph As the rain heavily poured one afternoon in Kakau, patients huddled together in corners, clutching their children and belongings, while water dripped steadily through the ceiling onto medical records and benches. For a facility meant to heal, the primary healthcare in Kakau (PHC Kakau) has itself become a patient in dire need […]

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Kofa’s Healthcare Struggle Where a Shop Became a Clinic

By | October 16, 2025

When labour pains struck Maryam Hassan one stormy night, her neighbours rushed to fetch “a doctor” who is the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Kofa Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Niger State. With the only clinic abandoned due to a bat infestation, her options were limited: a crammed shop converted into a clinic or an arduous 10-kilometre […]

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