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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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From Majalisa to Households: MSI Nigeria is Advancing Child Spacing Awareness in Kano

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 13, 2025

Mahdi Garba and Kenneth Ibe (Lead writers) Kano State has one of the highest fertility rates in Nigeria, at about 5.8 births per woman, nearly three times the global average of 2.2. The state records roughly 1,000 births every day, contributing to rapid population growth and placing increased pressure on health facilities and Nigeria’s fragile […]

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International Day of the Girl: ‘She’ Is the Change Nigeria Needs

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 11, 2025

Precious Ajayi (Lead writer) In Nigeria, women and girls make up 49.7% of the population. This means that nearly half of the country’s future lies in their hands. Women have controlled food production, and trade networks, and some have held influential positions such as the Yoruba Iyalode, advisors to their communities on political and economic […]

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Gombe Health Summit 2025: Financing Accountability as the New Frontier of Reform

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 10, 2025

Sheriff Gbadamosi and Uche Kennedy (Lead Writers) When Gombe State’s Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, announced the full implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for health workers during the just-concluded Gombe Health Summit, the hall erupted in applause. For many participants, it was more than a pay raise, it was […]

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An Uncompleted PHC Leaves Sabon Gayan Community Struggling

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 9, 2025

Margaret Zichat Joseph (Lead Writer) On a rainy afternoon, Nurse Comfort John rushed to cover patient files with plastic bags as water dripped steadily through the leaking roof of Sabon Gayan Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Kaduna. “Sometimes, we have to move patients around when the rain gets heavy,” she sighs, pointing at the damp […]

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Closing Nigeria’s Digital Readiness Gap in Epidemic Surveillance

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 8, 2025

Over the past decade, Nigeria has made significant progress in strengthening its disease surveillance capacity, particularly through digital innovation. One of the most impactful tools has been the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) first piloted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) to improve real time outbreak detection and […]

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