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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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What Happens When the Lights Go Out? Solar Power Is Keeping Maternity Care Going in Gombe

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 20, 2026

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) Aisha (not her real name) had been in labour for over two days in Tula, a remote community in Kaltungo Local Government Area (LGA) in Gombe State. By the time a referral was made to the State Specialist Hospital in Gombe, after prolonged obstructed labour that the facility could no longer […]

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As Things Fall Apart with ODA, Can Nigeria Finally Fund Its Own Health System?

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 18, 2026

Yasir Jamal Bakare and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writers) The preliminary figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report landed like a final verdict. Official development assistance from the world’s wealthiest nations fell by 23.1% in real terms in 2025, the largest annual decline in the entire history of recorded foreign aid. This […]

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Kano’s Gyartai Community Calls for Upgrade of Health Post to Level 2 PHC

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 16, 2026

Residents in Gyartai community in Kano are demanding a PHC upgrade. A single health post serving over 10,000 patients, a number beyond the capacity of 500 patients, has been struggling to meet even the most basic care services, especially for pregnant women and children, who often have to navigate not just distance, but a system […]

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Taimaka’s Community-Based Model Is Bringing Severe Malnutrition Care Closer to Children in Gombe

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 13, 2026

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) When 16-month-old Babangida was brought to the Taimaka outpatient clinic in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, he was already severely malnourished. His mother, Asmau, was only 19. By the time they arrived at the health facility, the concern was visible in his tiny body, evident in the urgency of […]

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Nigeria’s Health Tax Discussion Tests Sustainable Financing: Insights From Dr Mary-Ann Etiebet

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 11, 2026

Christopher Bassey and Hannah Ajayi (Lead writers) As official development assistance (ODA) continues to decline, governments are coming under growing pressure to mobilise domestic resources to fund healthcare. Preliminary data show that official development assistance (ODA) declined by 23.1% in 2025, marking the largest annual drop on record, while bilateral ODA to sub-Saharan Africa fell […]

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