Nigeria: Without 24-Hour Service, Shuwaki PHC Improvements Fall Short of Better Care

The improvement at Shuwaki Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) has offered hope for the community, but without 24-hour services, many patients are still left without receiving quality… Read more »

Nigeria: Saving Mothers in Lagos - Why Empowering Nurse-Midwives Can Reduce Obstetric Risk

Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) have long served as primary caregivers for pregnant women in many parts of Lagos. Their popularity stems from cultural familiarity,… Read more »

Nigeria: Turning Big Catch-Up Gains Into Phc Practice - the Accountability Test for Nigeria's Immunisation Plans

In Nigeria, many children miss routine immunisation not because they are "hard to find", but because services do not consistently reach them. In 2023, about 2.1 million children… Read more »

Nigeria: Keeping Noma Under Control - Why Nigeria Must Not Lose Momentum

For too long, noma has remained a disease of silence, devastating children in extremely poor and socially excluded communities. In Nigeria, the infection disproportionately affects… Read more »

Nigeria: Open Letter to the Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members - Pass the Customs and Excise Tariffs (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill

Dear Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members, Read more »

Nigeria: How the Facility Health Committee Is Keeping Krosha Clinic Open Amid Neglect and Decay

For residents of Krosha, in Kaduna State, keeping their only health clinic open has become a daily struggle shadowed by decay, neglect, and fear. What happens when a community's… Read more »

Nigeria: Linking Informal Providers to Better Primary Care in Urban Communities

When Grace's son developed a high fever one evening in Ikirike, an informal settlement in Enugu, the nearest primary health care (PHC) centre was closed. She unable to fford the… Read more »

Nigeria: 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 alone cannot save lives. Mothers… Read more »

Nigeria: From Ruin to Relief - a Renovated Phc Brings Safer Care to a Kano Community

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) was several… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Menopause Must Be Part of Nigeria's Sexual and Reproductive Health Agenda

When Ngozi (not her real name) turned 48, she noticed small changes she could not explain. Her sleep became disturbed, she woke up drenched in sweat, and her once-calm disposition… Read more »

Nigeria: Community Trades Worship for Wellness, Saving Dorawar Sallau PHC

What does it take for a community to access lifesaving care? For the Dorawar Sallau community in Garun Malam Local Government Area (LGA), Kano state, it took a sacred sacrifice:… Read more »

Nigeria: From Neglect to Renewal - Yan Dadi PHC Revitalised, but More Staff Needed

Seven months ago when Nigeria Health Watch visited Yan Dadi Primary Health Centre, it stood as a symbol of neglect with unsafe wards, no clean water, and women giving birth in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Clinical Trials Strengthening Nigeria's Health Sovereignty

Nigeria continues to bear a high burden of infectious diseases, including Lassa fever, malaria, and tuberculosis. However, clinical trials capacity for therapeutics and vaccines in… Read more »

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

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 Janguza, Kano, in… Read more »

Nigeria: Kofa's Healthcare Struggle Where a Shop Became a Clinic

When labour pains struck Maryam Hassan one stormy night, her neighbours rushed to fetch "a doctor" who is the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Kofa Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in… Read more »

Nigeria: DRASA Health Trust Marks 10 Years of Impact With Bold Vision for the Future

Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of developing Health Champions, supporting Nigeria's health systems, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Closing Nigeria's Digital Readiness Gap in Epidemic Surveillance

Over the past decade, Nigeria has made significant progress in strengthening its disease surveillance capacity, particularly through digital innovation. One of the most impactful… Read more »

Nigeria: How PHC Accountability Tracka Is Empowering Communities to Demand Better Healthcare

In Maitumbi, a community in Niger State, mothers continue to give birth on mats laid on the floor of the local health centre, a level two facility meant to benefit from the Basic… Read more »

Nigeria: Tackling Period Poverty Is Now a National Policy, but Can It Become Reality?

In August 2025, Nigeria made history. For the first time, menstrual health was formally recognised as a national development priority, with the validation of the National Policy on… Read more »

Nigeria: A Year of Progress At Kofar Fada PHC, Kano State, but the Work Is Not Done

According to Malam Isa Muhammad Abbas, the Chief Imam of Wudil, the women in the community feel uncomfortable being attended to by male health workers. "We need more female staff… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's PHC Revitalisation - Ambition, Reality, and the Urgency for Accountability

For millions of Nigerians, primary healthcare (PHC) remains the first point of contact for their health needs. It is where mothers go for antenatal visits, children receive their… Read more »

Nigeria: Integrate Project Boosts Community Access to Family Planning Services in Kano

For more than five years, Dauda Musa has run a patent medicine shop in Rano Local Government Area (LGA), Kano. In 2023, after receiving formal training through the IntegratE… Read more »

Nigeria: From Palace to People - Traditional Leaders Drive Family Planning in Kano State

In the Rano Emirate of Kano State, the phrase 'family planning' is still being fought against, as it is seen as an imposition of western ideologies on the conservative community.… Read more »

Nigeria: Telemedicine Is Advancing Quality Care and Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) hinges on the fundamental principle that individuals should be able to access the full range of "quality" healthcare, without suffering financial… Read more »

Nigeria: A New Dawn in Healthcare - Mandating Health Insurance for Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's directive mandating all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to enrol their employees under the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)… Read more »