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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

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Real-Time Patient Feedback Is Helping Shape Safer and Better Maternity Care

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

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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

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Kawo Clinic: A Ward is Not a Labour Room

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 8, 2022

If Primary Health Centres (PHC) operate at optimal capacity, they can cater to more than 80% of an individual’s healthcare needs. Sadly, Nigeria’s PHC system is riddled with so many challenges that this is hardly the case. Kawo is a rural community in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State. The community has a health […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th July 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 8, 2022

Nigeria’s health sector loses steam in first half. COVID-19 Public Health Advisory Amidst Increasing Case Numbers. Preparing for next pandemic. ‘Open drug markets threat to public health’. Katsina Shuts Over 60 Clinics As Bandits Take Control Of Some. Nigerian university hospital imposes N1,000 daily electricity bill on admitted patients. FMC Umuahia worries over cost of […]

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COVID-19 Public Health Advisory Amidst Increasing Case Numbers

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 8, 2022

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) issues this public health advisory given the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria and globally. This is based on the prevailing risk from the virus and the need for religious organisations, community leaders, and Nigerians, in general, to take necessary precautions ahead of the upcoming […]

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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Improving Primary Health Care in Kano State through Sustained Financing and a Strengthened Health Workforce

By Bashar Abubakar | July 6, 2022

A shortage of well trained, and motivated Human Resources for Health (HRH) and inadequate funding are some of the challenges confronting Nigeria’s Primary Health Care (PHC) system. Against this backdrop, in June 2022, Nigeria Health Watch organised a policy dialogue on the theme “Strengthening Human Resources for Health and Achieving Sustainable Financing for Primary Health […]

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Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control: Strengthening Nigeria’s Local Capacity to Lead the Lassa Fever Response

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 4, 2022

By Beti Baiye and Ibukun Oguntola The driveway in the grounds of the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) is large and welcoming and as you enter the hospital premises, the hospital’s motto: ‘Patient is Supreme’ catches the eye. The hospital was founded in 1993 to manage viral haemorrhagic fever including Lassa fever and over the […]

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