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Linking Informal Providers to Better Primary Care in Urban Communities
15 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Linking Informal Providers to Better Primary Care in Urban Communities

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...

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From Stored Harvests in Kenya to Lost Farmlands in Nigeria: How Communities Face Two Climate Realities
14 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
From Stored Harvests in Kenya to Lost Farmlands in Nigeria: How Communities Face Two Climate Realities

Abjata Khalif and Abdullahi Muritala (Lead writers) In the remote drylands of Isiolo County in northern Kenya, Chuqlisa Arero and her fellow livestock keepers have...

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Is the BHCPF Nigeria’s Best Bet for Achieving Universal Health Coverage- If It Is Properly Funded?
12 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Is the BHCPF Nigeria’s Best Bet for Achieving Universal Health Coverage- If It Is Properly Funded?

Sonia Biose and Sunday Oko (Lead writer)Every year on 12 December, the world pauses to reflect on one simple promise, that no one should be...

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Financing Health from Within: How Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar Taxes Can Support Africa’s Health Priorities
12 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Financing Health from Within: How Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar Taxes Can Support Africa’s Health Priorities

Christopher Bassey and Favour Solomon-Uwakwe (Lead writers) Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented funding crisis, driven in part by a sharp decline in external...

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A Health Centre in Name Only: The Hard Reality in Igbe Laara
11 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
A Health Centre in Name Only: The Hard Reality in Igbe Laara

The struggle pregnant women face at the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Igbe Laara located in Ikorodu, Lagos, is a daily reminder that a building...

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From Ruin to Relief: A Renovated PHC Brings Safer Care to a Kano Community
08 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
From Ruin to Relief: A Renovated PHC Brings Safer Care to a Kano Community

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...

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