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NHEA 2026 TO HONOUR HEALTHCARE ICONS AS NIGERIA’S PREMIER HEALTHCARE AWARDS RETURNS TO EKO HOTEL ON JUNE 26

Jun 23, 2026
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Beyond the Counter: How CareHub Is Linking Pharmacy Customers to Primary Health Care in Lagos

Jun 22, 2026
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Beyond Genotype Awareness: Nigeria Must Build a Sickle Cell Response That Serves Warriors

Jun 20, 2026
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Three Months After Speaking Out, Indabo Residents Still Await Improved PHC Services

Jun 18, 2026
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Nigeria Cannot Prevent the Next Outbreak if It Cannot Diagnose It

Jun 17, 2026
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Beyond a building: Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Primary Healthcare in Sauka Community

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 21, 2022

Water, electricity and good roads are some of the basic amenities every community needs to thrive, while health and education are the foundations of a productive society. Communities that lack these services often experience challenges as their absence slows down development. Indigenous communities in the Federal Capital Territory are amongst the most underserved in terms […]

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WASH in PHCs – How Fulfilling Evidence Gaps Contributes to Improved Policy and Practice

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 9, 2022

By Oguntola Ibukun & Dara Ajala-Damisa Nigeria is among the countries where about 17% of health care facilities had no access to a water source as at 2019. A 2019 joint WHO/UNICEF report showed that worldwide, 896 million people use health care facilities with no water supply and 1.5 billion people use facilities with no […]

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Nuwankosoma PHC: Nothing but an empty shell

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 1, 2022

Nuwankosoma Primary Health Center (PHC) in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State was built 20 years ago and there is no evidence that it has undergone any tangible renovation in that period. The PHC was built in the early 2000s to meet the health care needs of the people of Nuwankosoma community who […]

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Community Health Watch: Listening to the Voices of Community Members in Niger State to Improve Access to Primary Healthcare

By Bashar Abubakar | December 22, 2021

In August 2021, Nigeria Health Watch initiated a community engagement project with the aim of monitoring and reporting on the state of healthcare delivery in rural communities around Nigeria. Primary healthcare is the bedrock of any health system, and the hope is that this project will enable the voices of community members to be heard, […]

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Gwarjiko PHC in Niger State Needs Rehabilitation, Mediciness and More Health Workers

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 3, 2021

Gwarjiko Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Gwarjiko community, Wushishi Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger State has several challenges. Even though the PHC has staff quarters, which are not often found in health facilities of this kind, the health facility suffers from poor infrastructure and lack of essential medicines. According to Abdullahi Muhammad, who is […]

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