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The Real Test of Nigeria’s Health Reforms Is Whether PHCs Actually Work

Sep 21, 2026
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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

Sep 19, 2026
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Nigeria Needs a Stronger Evidence System to Track Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

Sep 17, 2026
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‘We Can’t Take Deliveries’: Shongo Hamma Health Post Leaves Pregnant Women Without Maternal Care in Gombe’s Akko Community

Sep 17, 2026
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Global Fund Report Shows Countries Fought to Protect Essential Health Services Despite Challenging Year

Sep 16, 2026
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Three Months On, Gyartai PHC Still Lacks a Midwife

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 10, 2026

Every time a woman goes into labour in Gyartai, her family prepares for more than childbirth. They prepare for a risky home delivery or a journey to another community. Three months after residents demanded better maternal health services during a town hall meeting, Gyartai PHC still lacks a midwife, leaving safe delivery services out of […]

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COVID-19 Funding Built New Health Infrastructure. Will Nigeria Build on It or Lose It?

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 10, 2026

Oluwafolakemi Ajala (Guest writer) The arrival of COVID-19 in Nigeria in early 2020 exposed long-standing weaknesses in oxygen supply, diagnostics, surveillance, emergency response coordination and public health funding. In health facilities, access to medical oxygen was often inadequate and unreliable, and laboratory infrastructure was fragmented. Surveillance systems were under-resourced, and genomic sequencing capacity was limited, […]

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As Efforts Intensify to Contain Bundibugyo Ebola, Women Remain Most Vulnerable to Its Economic Impact

By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim | July 6, 2026

The escalating Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has sparked renewed international concern after French health authorities confirmed an imported case in a doctor returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on June 23. While the case marks the outbreak’s reach beyond endemic countries, the patient was immediately isolated, and contact tracing was initiated. The patient […]

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An Epidemic of Parastatals in Nigeria’s Health Sector

By Vivianne Ihekweazu | July 4, 2026

Over the past few months, several bills proposing new parastatals in Nigeria’s health sector have been introduced, creating considerable confusion across the sector. It is unclear what is driving these proposals or where the pressure for additional parastatals is coming from. There appears to be no demand from health professionals for these additional parastatals, as […]

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From Innovation to Integration: What It Will Take to Make Every Pregnancy Safer in Nigeria

By Sonia Biose and Safiya Shuaibu Isa | July 3, 2026

Nigeria accounts for 28.7% of all maternal deaths globally, representing more than a quarter of all maternal deaths. This means that for every three women who die from pregnancy-related causes, one is a Nigerian. Most maternal deaths are preventable, yet they persist because evidence-based care is still not reaching women consistently, on time, and with […]

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