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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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By Tzar Oluigbo and Maureen Moneke | September 23, 2026

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

At Sango Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Lagos, Dorathy Ochenehi, the senior nursing officer, leans toward a new mother, gently guiding her through one final step before she leaves the facility. “Please, help us scan this and drop your review,” she said to the patient, pointing to a small QR code placed on a nearby […]

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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

By Guest Author | September 19, 2026

Uche Ralph-Opara and Kenneth Ojobor (Guest writers) Zariya Hashiru was pregnant when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in the Napu community, Niger State. She feared that the medicines would harm her unborn baby. Diagnosing the disease was therefore only the first step. Health workers counselled and followed up with her for five weeks before […]

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E-MOTIVE’s Calibrated Drapes Are Helping Kaduna Health Workers Detect Postpartum Haemorrhage Earlier

By Mahdi Garba | September 15, 2026

Raliya Shehu had experienced heavy bleeding after each of her previous eight deliveries, so when she arrived at Hajiya Gambo General Hospital in Zaria, Kaduna, preparing to give birth to her ninth child, she was already feeling anxious. The health workers who were caring for her were aware of her history. Before her baby was […]

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MCHTrack Is Helping Katsina Reach Women and Children Missing Immunisation and Antenatal Care

By Mahdi Garba | September 7, 2026

Before 45-year-old Hadiza Umar Danrimi starts her rounds in Katsina, she checks that her tablet is charged connected to the internet. The device, provided by the Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), has an application called Maternal and Child Health Track (MCHTrack). “I move from house to house to ask mothers if their […]

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Community Support and Respectful Care Are Building Trust in a Sokoto Health Centre

By Guest Author | September 4, 2026

Shehu Muhammad Shehu (Lead Writer) Hadiza Abdullahi travelled from the Mallamawan Yari community in the Rabah Local Government Area to the Gagi Primary Health Care (PHC) facility in Sokoto with her 19-month-old son, Yasir. The child had a fever and diarrhoea and was receiving care for malnutrition. “This is our first time here, and they […]

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