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‘We Can’t Take Deliveries’: Shongo Hamma Health Post Leaves Pregnant Women Without Maternal Care in Gombe’s Akko Community
17 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
‘We Can’t Take Deliveries’: Shongo Hamma Health Post Leaves Pregnant Women Without Maternal Care in Gombe’s Akko Community

A building may be fit for purpose, but without the equipment, utilities and services needed to function, it offers little promise to the thousands who...

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Global Fund Report Shows Countries Fought to Protect Essential Health Services Despite Challenging Year
16 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Global Fund Report Shows Countries Fought to Protect Essential Health Services Despite Challenging Year

The Global Fund partnership has now helped save 72 million lives since 2002, with this year’s Results Report highlighting how country and community leadership, innovation...

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Community Feedback Brings Water, Toilets, Medicines and Longer Services to Zubairiyya PHC
11 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Community Feedback Brings Water, Toilets, Medicines and Longer Services to Zubairiyya PHC

By Rahima Shehu Dokaji For years, access to quality healthcare at Zubairiyya Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Yakasai community, Kano, was affected by basic gaps...

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PROFESSOR PALOKINAM T. PITCHE ASSUMES OFFICE AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WEST AFRICAN HEALTH ORGANISATION
02 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
PROFESSOR PALOKINAM T. PITCHE ASSUMES OFFICE AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WEST AFRICAN HEALTH ORGANISATION

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO), the specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in charge of health issues, welcomes its...

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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC
27 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Margaret Zichat Joseph Every rainy season, the journey to the primary healthcare centre (PHC) in Lazuru Tudai becomes a test of endurance for residents of...

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How Furanni Is Helping Badiyya Make Healthier Choices During Pregnancy
20 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
How Furanni Is Helping Badiyya Make Healthier Choices During Pregnancy

Hadiza Musa For Badiyya Haruna, a mother of three from Kofar Kudu in Ghari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, learning how to navigate...

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Revitalised Amina Sambo PHC Restores Hope in Kinkinau
13 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Revitalised Amina Sambo PHC Restores Hope in Kinkinau

For mothers and children in Kinkinau, Kaduna South, the revitalisation of Amina Sambo Primary Health Centre (PHC) is changing the experience of seeking care. Once...

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PRESS RELEASE: Call for Applications: Lay Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training to Strengthen Community-Based Trauma Care
07 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
PRESS RELEASE: Call for Applications: Lay Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training to Strengthen Community-Based Trauma Care

As Nigeria continues to grapple with the mental health consequences of conflict, displacement and other humanitarian crises, building the capacity of community-based responders remains an...

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Three Months Later, Alkalawa Community Continues to Seek PHC Improvements
06 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Three Months Later, Alkalawa Community Continues to Seek PHC Improvements

Every three months after initial town hall meetings, communities have an opportunity to determine whether the promises made following a health facility assessment had translated...

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Weekend Closures Put Mende PHC Patients at Risk in Lagos
31 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Weekend Closures Put Mende PHC Patients at Risk in Lagos

Weekend closures at Mende PHC continue to put patients at risk, forcing pregnant women in labour and other emergency cases to seek care elsewhere, often...

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Logistics Marketplace calls on Nigeria’s logistics buyers to participate in survey for a new industry report
28 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Logistics Marketplace calls on Nigeria’s logistics buyers to participate in survey for a new industry report

Logistics Marketplace, a first-of-its-kind global good, designed to strengthen health and humanitarian supply chains in Africa and underserved markets, is calling on logistics buyers in Nigeria...

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Nigeria’s Agricultural Commitments Must Deliver Better Nutrition
27 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria’s Agricultural Commitments Must Deliver Better Nutrition

Imole Agunbiade and Maureen Moneke (Lead writers) According to World Bank data, Nigeria had 36.872 million hectares of arable land in 2023. Productive agriculture depends...

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