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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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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

By Kenneth Ibe | August 28, 2026

eHealth Africa (eHA), in collaboration with Nigeria Health Watch, has launched the Insights Learning Forum (ILF) 2026 Report and Learning Brief, providing a record of key insights, discussions and commitments emerging from this year’s Forum and reinforcing a shared focus on turning conversations into measurable action. The report captures the outcomes of the Insights Learning […]

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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 27, 2026

Margaret Zichat Joseph Every rainy season, the journey to the primary healthcare centre (PHC) in Lazuru Tudai becomes a test of endurance for residents of several rural communities in Lazuru Tudai Ward in Lere Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. However, for patients who make the difficult journey, reaching the facility is only the […]

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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim | August 26, 2026

In Wammako, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Sokoto, Nigeria, Asma’u Shehu, a community health worker, does more than provide care. People in the community see her as a medic, teacher, counsellor and mobiliser who builds trust for the formal health care system. However, despite women like Asmau’s strong presence and their close relationships with […]

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

By Mahdi Garba | August 24, 2026

A long terrazzo walkway from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH)’s administrative building leads to various parts of the ever-busy facility. Underneath the trees that line up the walkway are patients’ relatives near the wards and other buildings. Within the wards of this tertiary healthcare facility are functional medical equipment like defibrillators, infusion pumps, ECG monitors, […]

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Nigeria’s Malaria Burden Is Uneven: Why One-Size-Fits-All Interventions Fall Short

By Solomon Oladimeji | August 22, 2026

Nigeria’s malaria story is often told through the lens of the scale of the problem, because the country accounts for 24.3% of the global estimated malaria cases and 30.3% of the estimated deaths, as well as an estimated 54.6% of malaria cases in West Africa in 2024. Yet there is another story that is not […]

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