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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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A Solar Power Project is Keeping Primary Healthcare Centres Running in Abuja

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 5, 2025

Mahdi Garba and Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu (Lead writers) For more than six years, Olufunke Bamidele and her family have used the Primary Health Care (PHC) Centre, in Lugbe, a community in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). She recalls a time when access to services at the facility depended entirely on the national electricity grid. […]

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Pregnant Women Face Growing Danger at Gauraka PHC

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 4, 2025

Pregnant women are increasingly relying on traditional birth attendants and home births in Gauraka town of Niger State, due to an overstretched clinic. For many, the danger begins long before labour even starts. “Our only options are traditional birth attendants or auxiliary nurses who run medicine shops,” Sai’edi Sule, a resident explained. “At the clinic, […]

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First Volunteer Receives Lassa Fever Vaccine in Cutting-edge Oxford Trial

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 4, 2025

The first volunteer has received a dose in a first-in-human trial of a Lassa vaccine, marking a major milestone in the fight against the deadly virus. The trial, conducted by the Oxford Vaccine Group, and funded by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), will assess the safety and immune response of the ChAdOx1 Lassa […]

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Unpacking NCH 66: Nigeria’s UHC Priorities and the Gaps That Lie Ahead

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 2, 2025

Safiya Shuaibu Isa and Solomon Oladimeji (Lead writers) At the 66th National Council on Health (NCH), one message resonated clearly: health in Nigeria must be regarded as a right, not a privilege. This notion was strongly emphasised in the opening remarks by the Honourable Minister of State, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, who repositioned equity as […]

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Nigeria’s HIV Response Depends on Stronger Domestic Funding

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 1, 2025

Olubunmi Oyebanji (Lead writer) In early 2025, the United States announced a temporary pause in foreign aid that affected several health programmes in Nigeria. In Lagos, a young mother arrived at her clinic for a routine viral load test only to learn that community testing teams had been withdrawn. In Benue, a peer educator supporting […]

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