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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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How Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Maternal Health in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 18, 2025

Chinwe Catherine Eze and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) In maternity wards across sub-Saharan Africa, the battle for life is fought on two fronts: against the complications of childbirth, and against infections that refuse to respond to treatment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites to withstand medicines that once worked, is […]

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Why Expanding MPDSR Across Nigerian States Is Key to Ending Preventable Maternal Deaths

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 17, 2025

Maureen Moneke (Lead writer) Every maternal or perinatal death carries two tragedies, the life lost and the lessons that go unlearned when the circumstances of that death are not reviewed and acted upon. Most maternal deaths can be prevented when health systems identify root causes, act on drivers, and close existing gaps. Where this continuous […]

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Kofa’s Healthcare Struggle Where a Shop Became a Clinic

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 16, 2025

When labour pains struck Maryam Hassan one stormy night, her neighbours rushed to fetch “a doctor” who is the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Kofa Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Niger State. With the only clinic abandoned due to a bat infestation, her options were limited: a crammed shop converted into a clinic or an arduous 10-kilometre […]

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Trump cuts U.S. aid to Africa. Pregnant women lose needed medicines

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 16, 2025

The United States is cutting billions in foreign aid. In Nigeria, pregnant women and others now face higher risks from HIV Story by Beloved John Kyuntu John, a mother of three, is running out of her antiretroviral drugs needed to fight AIDS. In a matter of days, her supply will end. But in the wake […]

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The Big Push Against Malaria: Courage, Commitment, and Lessons We Cannot Ignore

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 15, 2025

Oladimeji Solomon Yemi (Lead writer) Editor’s Note: The insights in this article draw heavily from the discussions, data, and presentations shared during Nigeria’s hosting of the ‘Big Push’ Against Malaria meeting. These insights represent a synthesis of key messages, with particular focus on what they mean for Nigeria’s malaria elimination journey. Malaria is still the […]

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