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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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Under-equipped and Under-staffed: The Struggle for Quality Healthcare in Gbangba Tsofogi

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 28, 2023

Gbangba Tsofogi, a community primarily made up of farmers and petty traders in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, has a health centre (PHC) that was built to provide health services to its members and neighbouring communities. However, the centre is not operating at full capacity due to a shortage of personnel and […]

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Empowering Women and Girls Through Improved Access to Family Planning

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 26, 2023

Access to family planning (FP) services empowers women and girls by enabling them to have agency over their bodies. They can better plan a pregnancy and make more informed decisions about childbirth, allowing them to chart the course of their future according to their desires and ambitions. When the 2023 Federal Government budget proposal was […]

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Village Health Teams: Ensuring Access to Life-Saving Vaccines in Uganda’s Kyegegwa District

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 24, 2023

By Namuli Hasifah (Lead Writer) Every day is immunisation day at the Bujubuli Health Centre III in Uganda’s Kyegegwa district’s Bujubuli sub-county. Kyegegwa is a refugee host area situated within the Kyaka II refugee settlement camp. Established in 2005, the Kyaka II refugee settlement is one of the many settlements managed by the United Nations […]

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Yar Gaya PHC: Residents Express Satisfaction with the BHCPF Intervention

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 22, 2023

The Yar Gaya Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Kano State has finally undergone much-needed renovations, several months after a Nigeria Health Watch report highlighted the poor condition of the facility in April 2022. The renovation was made possible by the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) which began in June 2022. The officer-in-charge (OIC) of […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 21st April 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 21, 2023

WAHO, Federal govt Hold ECOWAS nutrition Forum. Hope for millions as Nigeria approves malaria vaccine. 2.2 Million Nigerian children unvaccinated yearly — UNICEF. Tech-enabled healthcare platform, cloudClinic, unveiled in Lagos. NTCA calls for increased budgetary allocation for tobacco control. FG seeks suitable environment for healthcare workers to tackle brain drain. Concerns over new, highly contagious […]

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