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Solutions-focused reporting on what is working, how it works, and what it takes to sustain and scale impact. We examine policies, programmes, and community-led innovations that are improving health outcomes, and we explain the “how” behind performance, including design, leadership, financing, implementation, and accountability. These stories help practitioners and decision makers adapt proven approaches to new contexts.

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Beyond Out-of-Pocket: A Hospital-Linked Fund is Helping Nigerians with Chronic Illness Access Care

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 19, 2026

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) When Dorothy (not her real name) arrived at work that morning, she was already in pain. The public-school teacher lives with sickle cell disease, a chronic condition that requires regular hospital visits and a strict treatment plan. That morning, the pain progressed while she was in the classroom, worsened by her […]

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How a Digital Reporting Model Is Linking Reports to Clean-ups in Communities in the FCT

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 12, 2026

Maureen Moneke and Favour Ani (Lead writers) In Dogongada, a community in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), roadside dumping was a daily sight. The dumping blocked walkways and provided breeding sites for mosquitoes, increasing health risks. “This place used to smell, but now the environment is cleaner and healthier,” says Temitayo Olatunde, a resident of […]

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Linking Informal Providers to Better Primary Care in Urban Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 15, 2025

Iheomimichineke Ojiakor (Guest writer) When Grace’s son developed a high fever one evening in Ikirike, an informal settlement in Enugu, the nearest primary health care (PHC) centre was closed. She unable to fford the transport fare to the next hospital, a journey that previously cost about ₦2000, had risen to nearly ₦5000. Like many families […]

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From Ruin to Relief: A Renovated PHC Brings Safer Care to a Kano Community

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 8, 2025

Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi (Lead writer) When labour pains began at midnight, 38-year-old Aisha Sunusi from Koya village faced a familiar fear. The nearest hospital in Shanono Local Government Area (LGA) was several kilometres away, and the roads were dark, rough, and unsafe. Her husband tried to find a motorcycle to take her there, but by […]

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A Solar Power Project is Keeping Primary Healthcare Centres Running in Abuja

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 5, 2025

Mahdi Garba and Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu (Lead writers) For more than six years, Olufunke Bamidele and her family have used the Primary Health Care (PHC) Centre, in Lugbe, a community in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). She recalls a time when access to services at the facility depended entirely on the national electricity grid. […]

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