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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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Innovations and Current Trends in Digitising Distribution of Health Products in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 10, 2022

Digital technology has become an integral part of daily life, and healthcare delivery can be improved by taking full advantage of the interconnectedness that technology affords. To examine ways digital health is leveraged to improve access to medicines in Nigeria, Salient Advisory in partnership with Nigeria Health Watch organised a webinar titled, ‘Innovations in Digitising […]

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A Wearable Reminder: Prompting Caregivers to Stick to Vaccination Schedules in Kano State

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 9, 2022

By Chibuike Alagboso and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead writers) Gandirwawa Primary Health Centre (PHC) is in Minjibir Local Government Area (LGA) which is 42 kilometres from Kano city in Kano State. Located on an expanse of land the size of almost four football fields, the PHC is usually bustling with activity: children running around, as their […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 5th August 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 5, 2022

Why Africa’s healthy life expectancy rose in two decades, by WHO. Nigeria number one in global malaria deaths – WHO report. Breastfeeding key to ensuring optimal health, food security. HIV: Nonchalance, Ignorance, TBAs, others threaten Nigeria’s efforts to end mother-to-child transmission. UK licenses 266 Nigerian doctors in two months. Hepatitis Day: Nasarawa Targets 124,000 Persons […]

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Jigawa Health Post: Accessing Healthcare with Dignity

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 5, 2022

Jigawa, a rural community in the Warawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State has a health post that provides healthcare services to residents. Health posts are designed to bring quality healthcare closer to rural community members. However, the health post in this community is not operating as it should as residents must sit on […]

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Healthcare Services Should be Inclusive of Persons with Disabilities – Here is How

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 3, 2022

By Selben Penzin Editor’s Note: We must pay attention to the needs of persons with disabilities to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to participate in every aspect of life to the best of their abilities and desires. In this piece, Dr Selben Penzin, ophthalmologist, public health researcher and senior programme manager at Sightsavers, […]

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