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World Contraception Day: A Safe Start Begins Long Before Birth

Sep 26, 2026
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Revitalised Ungwan Dosa PHC Still Faces Access Gaps

Sep 24, 2026
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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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By Mahdi Garba | September 15, 2026

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

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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Expanding Health Insurance Through Private Providers to Improve Maternal Health in Kaduna

By Maureen Moneke | August 19, 2026

Kaduna State, in the northwest part of Nigeria, is ramping up efforts to improve maternal and newborn survival as it struggles with a maternal mortality ratio of 452.6 deaths per 100,000 live births and a neonatal mortality rate of 63 deaths per 1,000 live births, through reforms aimed at strengthening health financing and expanding access […]

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How Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Maternal Health in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 18, 2025

Chinwe Catherine Eze and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) In maternity wards across sub-Saharan Africa, the battle for life is fought on two fronts: against the complications of childbirth, and against infections that refuse to respond to treatment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites to withstand medicines that once worked, is […]

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Safe Deliveries and Healthy Beginnings: How MSF Is Tackling Maternal and Neonatal Deaths in Jigawa

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 12, 2024

Mahdi Garba (Lead Writer) Hansai Umaru, 22, sits on her hospital bed, blissfully breastfeeding her baby with her mother by her side. Hansai has four children, all of whom were born by Caesarean Section (CS). Although she had previously had three successful deliveries with no major complications, her most recent delivery took a frightening turn. […]

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Tricycles to the Rescue: Bridging Healthcare Gaps in Ogun Waterside

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 8, 2024

Odeyinka Oluwatobi (Lead Writer) Lookman Okikiola had worried about having another child after his first daughter was born in 2019. His wife Motolani’s water broke at midnight, weeks before her due date and there was no means to get her to the health centre at that time. In his confusion, a neighbour offered to call […]

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