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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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Antenatal Care Is Leaving Pregnant Women Without Basic Nutrition Advice in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 9, 2026

Sheriff Gbadamosi and Favour Ani (Lead writers) On a humid afternoon in Kano State, a group of women sat in a circle inside the Bunkure Primary Health Care (PHC) facility, debating whether to eat eggs during pregnancy. One woman insisted that eating eggs would cause a baby to grow “too big,” leading to a difficult […]

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Indabo Residents in Kano Call for More Health Workers to Ensure Round-the-Clock PHC Services

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 9, 2026

Hafsat Bello In Indabo Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), the call for 24-hour services is growing louder as pregnant women risk their lives when labour begins at night with no access to care. For other patients, the difference between life and death depends on whether help is available after dark. “We need our PHC to operate […]

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How Tech-Enabled Emergency Financing Is Helping Nigerian Families Access Care

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 7, 2026

Mahdi Garba and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Nigeria’s population is projected to exceed 237.5 million by 2025. However, the country’s health financing system still leaves many households vulnerable at the point of care. Recent estimates show that out-of-pocket spending accounts for more than 75% of total health expenditure in Nigeria. Although health insurance coverage has increased, […]

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Bridging Nigeria’s Research–Industry Gap to Establish Local Premix Production for Food Fortification

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 4, 2026

Favour Solomon-Uwakwe and Maureen Moneke (Lead writers) At the Academia–Micronutrient Deficiency Control (MNDC) Committee Roundtable on “Advancing Sustainable Food Fortification in Nigeria: Bridging Research, Innovation and Local Premix Production for Improved Nutrition,” one message was made clear. Nigeria cannot continue treating food fortification as a national priority while the evidence, industry coordination, and regulatory systems […]

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At Birth and at Risk: The Rising Threat of AMR in Nigeria’s Neonatal Wards

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 3, 2026

Anwuli Nwankwo and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead writers) Every year in Nigeria, thousands of newborns die from infections that should have been preventable, yet the microbes responsible have become resistant to treatment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of microorganisms to withstand medicines designed to treat them, is emerging as one of the most serious threats to neonatal survival in Nigeria. The problem is […]

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