The State of States on Primary Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria
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It is no secret that the state of primary healthcare in Nigeria is poor. Decades of neglect by state and local governments,…
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Improving Primary Health Care in Kano State through Sustained Financing and a Strengthened Health Workforce
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A shortage of well trained, and motivated Human Resources for Health (HRH) and inadequate funding are some of the challenges confronting Nigeria’s…
Achieving a Minimum Service Package in Primary Health Care: The Kano State Roadmap
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Over the years, Nigeria has developed various initiatives aimed at improving Primary Health Care (PHC) delivery in the country. One of such…
World Water Day 2022: The Liquid Gold Under Our Feet
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With rising temperatures, fluctuating rainfall patterns, escalating flooding, drought and desertification, the global impact of climate change has been quite immense. The…
Beji Primary Health Centre: Leveraging the Basic Health Care Provision Fund to Improve Service Delivery
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“We received one million naira from October 2020 to February 2022”, said Halima Musa, the officer in charge of Beji Primary Health…
Strengthening Surveillance and Vaccine Uptake to Curb the Transmission of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus in Kano State
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Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free in August 2020, however, despite Nigeria’s wild poliovirus free status, the country is still experiencing the…
Rural Communities Also Deserve Quality Healthcare: Spotlight on Maito and Bankogi PHCs, Niger State
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“I attended all my antenatal at the health facility”, said Aisha Alhassan, a resident of Maito community narrating her experience at the…
Community Health Watch: Listening to the Voices of Community Members in Niger State to Improve Access to Primary Healthcare
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In August 2021, Nigeria Health Watch initiated a community engagement project with the aim of monitoring and reporting on the state of…
ANRiN: Offering Cost-effective Nutritional Services to Pregnant and Lactating Women in Kaduna State
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In Maraban Jos, a densely populated community in Igabi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Kadijah Maiwada, a Community Health Worker…
REACH: Taking Quality Healthcare to Communities in Kano State
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Rakiya Abdulmalik is a hairdresser in Kawo community of Nasarawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. The 38-year-old mother of four…
Rural Health Mission Nigeria: Providing Lifesaving Care to Mothers and Babies in Plateau State
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It was a cold, serene morning in Garkuwa community of Wase Local Government Area (LGA), Plateau State and in a consulting room…
World Heart Day 2021: Revisiting the high burden of NCDs and exploring solutions using technology
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been a real and present global health security threat for almost two years now. Simultaneously, African countries like…
Primary Health Care in Nigeria: Progress, Challenges and Collaborating for Transformation
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Health is a human right and everyone, irrespective of location or socioeconomic status has a right to healthcare at their point of…
Community Health Workers as the Backbone of Primary Healthcare Delivery: Rwanda's Approach
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Health care should be equitable. This means it must be accessible to anyone, regardless of social class, or place of residence. For…