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World Contraception Day: A Safe Start Begins Long Before Birth

Sep 26, 2026
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Revitalised Ungwan Dosa PHC Still Faces Access Gaps

Sep 24, 2026
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Real-Time Patient Feedback Is Helping Shape Safer and Better Maternity Care

Sep 23, 2026
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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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PPFNChanchaga: Time to Address Growing Immunisation Demand

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 22, 2023

Thirty-one-year-old Zaliha Haruna’s sixth child receives immunisation at the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN), a primary health centre (PHC) in Chanchaga, Bosso Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. Haruna learned about the importance of immunisation through health talks during antenatal care (ANC) sessions in the facility and now advocates to her neighbours to […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 21st July 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 21, 2023

Anthrax in Nigeria: All you need to know about the disease. Unmask, contain strange disease outbreak in Kaduna community, experts tell FG, NCDC. There Is A Contaminated Cough Syrup In Market, WHO Warns. All Nigerians must now have health insurance under NHIA — SAMBO. UNICEF expresses concern over rejection of immunisation in Jigawa, Kano, Katsina. […]

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Going Beyond Global Commitments to Local Action for Zero Childhood Pneumonia Deaths in Nigeria

By Chibuike Alagboso | July 19, 2023

Children are more vulnerable to resistant infections in their early years because their immune systems are not fully developed to fight infections. This predisposes them to illnesses like malaria, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, and pneumonia, resulting in death if not quickly addressed. For three decades, pneumonia has remained the leading cause of child mortality globally, claiming the lives […]

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Here’s How this Social Enterprise is Enabling Access to Emergency Medical Services Across Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 17, 2023

By Chinonso Kenneth (Lead Writer) In September 2022, Dr Nnaemeka Alo encountered a critical case at Saint Sabina Catholic Hospital in Agege, Lagos, Nigeria. His patient was a one-week-old baby who was suffering from severe bronchial pneumonia, which significantly reduced her lung function, leading to breathing difficulties and a persistent cough. In addition, the baby […]

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Enhanced Family Planning: Anguwan Biri PHC Requires Support.

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 15, 2023

Anguwan Biri Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Nasarawa ‘C’ Ward in Chanchaga Local Government (LGA) of Niger State provides integrated primary healthcare services, including antenatal care (ANC), delivery, postnatal care, immunisation, treatment of minor illnesses, outreach activities, and family planning (FP). According to Adamu Shaáibu Kuta, the officer-in-charge (OIC), even though the PHC is a […]

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