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KSCHMA Enrolment Drive Boosts Health Insurance Coverage in Kano

By Hafsat Bello While marking the 2025 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day at a one-day symposium organised in Kano State, the Kano State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (KSCHMA) enrolled…

Kano’s Gyartai Community Calls for Upgrade of Health Post to Level 2 PHC

Residents in Gyartai community in Kano are demanding a PHC upgrade. A single health post serving over 10,000 patients, a number beyond the capacity of 500 patients, has been struggling…

Indabo Residents in Kano Call for More Health Workers to Ensure Round-the-Clock PHC Services

Hafsat Bello In Indabo Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), the call for 24-hour services is growing louder as pregnant women risk their lives when labour begins at night with no access…

A Revamped Health Centre Brings Care Closer to Sarkin Kura in Kano

For years, childbirth in Sarkin Kura community meant confronting danger. The journey to the Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) was often filled with uncertainty, and for many women, labour that began…

How FOR M(om) is Pushing for Safer Medical Waste Management in Kano Hospitals

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Ogwuche Thomas works as a facility manager at EHA Clinic, a private health clinic in Kano State. His job entails managing healthcare waste and keeping the…

When Labour Begins at Night: Kano Town Hall Demands 24-Hour PHCs

(By Rahima Shehu Dokaji) When labour begins at night, and health centres are shut, mothers are forced to travel long distances in pain, risking their lives and those of their…

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 Shanono Local Government Area (LGA)…

National Scale-Up Event to Disseminate Integrated PPH Response Best Practices from Kano, Lagos, and

Restored hope: Marmara PHC’s new paediatric ward transforms child emergency care in Kano Municipal

In 2024, a Community Health Watch report covered by Nigeria Health Watch revealed the absence of a functional paediatric ward at Marmara PHC, Kano State forcing many families to shuttle…

Health Behind Bars: How Kano Is Extending Health Insurance Coverage to Inmates

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Kabiru Tanko (not his real name) was among the inmates moved from the dilapidated Kurmawa Custodial Centre to the newly built Maximum Security Custodial Centre in…