#TransformPHC | Nigeria Health Watch

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 16, 2023

Charting a Course to #HealthforAll: Transforming Primary Health Care Delivery in Enugu State

By Kenneth Ibe and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Primary healthcare is the cornerstone of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and is the first port of call for individuals and families seeking healthcare. Nigeria’s primary health care system is fraught with numerous challenges, one of the root causes of which is that it is primarily the responsibility […]

10 Jun

Somajigi PHC: Seeking a Resolution to its Multiple Challenges

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 10, 2022

Somajigi is a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. A Primary Health Centre (PHC) was established to meet the health care needs of the residents of Somajigi and surrounding communities, but it lacks the necessary infrastructure to enable it function smoothly. Mohammed Chado, the officer in-charge of the PHC said […]

28 May

Emi Umaru Clinic Where Health Inequity Thrives

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 28, 2022

Adamu Jiya is the only health worker in the only health facility in Emi Umarua rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. But having only one health worker to attend to all their health needs is not the only challenge residents of the community have to contend with when it comes […]

6 May

We have a health facility, but no health workers: Ashuwa community cries out.

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 6, 2022

In 2012, a Primary Health Centre (PHC)) was built for the people of Ashuwa community, a rural community in Magama Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. This was a welcome development as, for the first time ever, they were able to access their healthcare needs with ease. Before the PHC was built, community members […]

28 Apr

Improved Uptake of Antenatal Services at Jido Primary Healthcare Centre

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 28, 2022

Jido Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) stands in the middle of Jido community of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. This is quite significant as the PHC, which was refurbished in 2017 by the European Union Support to Immunisation Governance in Nigeria (EU-SIGN) project, provides maternal services, immunisation, and family planning services to […]

21 Apr

Inadequate Antenatal and Family Planning Commodities at Maternal and Child Health Clinic, Gwada

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 21, 2022

Maternal and Child Health Clinic (MCH) Gwada is the only government owned primary health centre (PHC) in Gwada community of Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. MCH Gwada was designed to provide maternal and child health services to this and other neighbouring communities. But, owing to the consistent lack of antenatal medications and […]

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