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Real-Time Patient Feedback Is Helping Shape Safer and Better Maternity Care

Sep 23, 2026
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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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The Health System Failed Her: Twins Lost to Maternal Care Gaps in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 4, 2025

Onyedikachi Ewe and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writers) Last week, Nigerians were confronted with a heartbreaking video of a heavily pregnant woman in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, walking the streets unaware that she was already in active labour, desperately seeking help. She was spotted by a concerned citizen who stopped to ask why she looked so worn […]

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Closing Nigeria’s Insurance Gap for Maternal and Child Through Health Impact Bonds

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 2, 2025

Chinwendu Iroegbu and Prudence Enema (Lead writers) A recent study drawing on data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) examined the relationship between women’s access to health insurance and maternal mortality. The findings were significant, for every 1% increase in health insurance enrolment among women, maternal mortality dropped by more than 50%. This raises an important question, if […]

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Rising Waters and Shrinking Funds: Climate Change and Funding Cuts Threaten SRHR in Kenya and Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 30, 2025

Jackson Okata and Kenneth Chinonso (Lead writers) In March 2024, when floodwaters from Lake Victoria engulfed Nyamasao village in Kenya, 36-year-old Mary Atieno, a mother of three, was among the 350 families who fled to a nearby primary school on higher ground for safety. “We saw the water levels of the Lake rise, but we […]

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Dialysis Subsidy in Nigeria: A Lifeline or a Short-Term Fix?

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 29, 2025

Habibat Ohunene Lawal (Lead writer) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to introduce a substantial subsidy for kidney dialysis is a laudable and compassionate move that offers immediate relief to thousands of Nigerians battling kidney disease. By reducing the cost of each dialysis session from ₦50,000 averagely to as low as ₦12,000, the government is taking […]

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Radio Messaging to Boost PHC Use in Niger’s Hard-to-Reach Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 28, 2025

In March 2025, Nigeria Health Watch launched the Integrated Community Listening in Niger state, an initiative aimed to amplify citizen voices, strengthen health systems, support risk communication, promote community engagement, improve health-seeking behaviours, and Primary Healthcare (PHC) service delivery and accountability. ​ The data from six local governments, including Lapai, Agaie, Wushishi, Tafa, Suleja and […]

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