Community Health WatchDanbare Community Seeks the Opening of a ‘Newly-Built’ PHC By Nigeria Health Watch November 5, 2022 1 Mins read Danbare community has a well-constructed Primary Health Center (PHC) however, community members have not been able to access the facility as it… Read more
Community Health WatchNiCare and The BHCPF Give Edokota PHC a New Look By Nigeria Health Watch October 15, 2022 1 Mins read After years of wear and tear, the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Edokota, a farming community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA)… Read more
Community Health WatchHuman Resource, a Critical Need for Dawakiji Health Clinic By Nigeria Health Watch August 13, 2022 1 Mins read Dawakiji Basic Health Clinic in Dawakiji community of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State provides healthcare services to the… Read more
Community Health WatchEmi Umaru Clinic Where Health Inequity Thrives By Nigeria Health Watch May 28, 2022 1 Mins read Adamu Jiya is the only health worker in the only health facility in Emi Umarua rural community in Gbako Local Government Area… Read more
Community Health WatchMatandi PHC: Only a Total Renovation will do. By Nigeria Health Watch March 10, 2022 1 Mins read It is not hard for a first-time visitor to Matandi Primary Health Centre (PHC) to imagine it as the well-built, well equipped… Read more
Thought LeadershipA case for an effective "Roof" over Primary Health Care in Nigeria By Nigeria Health Watch October 18, 2019 4 Mins read We were on a road trip to Jos, capital city of Plateau State, famous for having the most temperate climate in Nigeria…. Read more
Thought LeadershipMoney for Midwives: Will the BHCPF solve Midwifery's Funding Woes? By Nigeria Health Watch May 2, 2019 7 Mins read Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, recently made waves when he asserted that he was not worried about doctors leaving Nigeria,… Read more
PolioThought LeadershipIs this Nigeria’s Last Lap to Polio Freedom? By Nigeria Health Watch February 20, 2019 3 Mins read In about six months, Nigeria will achieve what will arguably be one of her recent greatest public health achievements; being declared polio-free…. Read more
Thought LeadershipCould a new typhoid vaccine end the most misdiagnosed disease in Nigeria? By Nigeria Health Watch June 27, 2018 4 Mins read Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership on Health Series comes from Pharmacist and Public Health Specialist Chijioke Nwosu. He writes about the… Read more
NigeriaIs this the breaking of a new dawn in Nigeria’s health sector? By Nigeria Health Watch August 2, 2016 6 Mins read Last Friday’s news flash that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed new heads to five public health institutions took the Nigerian health sector… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaAs the Health Minister’s 10,000 PHC transformation agenda starts, we urge him to keep primary health care under ONE roof By Nigeria Health Watch May 3, 2016 5 Mins read We are in May. Later this month we will mark one year into the tenure of the Buhari administration, a quarter of… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipProfessor Eyitayo Lambo’s ‘Tour de Force’ and Call to Action By Chikwe Ihekweazu December 22, 2015 5 Mins read On December 9th 2015, we gathered in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, for the first Public Service Lecture of the Nigerian Primary Health… Read more
AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipWhat you need to know about the Yobe eye drops Story By Chikwe Ihekweazu September 8, 2015 6 Mins read This is a follow up story to the public service announcement concerning the misuse of Chlorhexidine digluconate 7.1% solution packaged as eye… Read more
AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipUrgent Public Service Announcement: Product withdrawal to save the sight of our children By Nigeria Health Watch September 6, 2015 4 Mins read Early in September 2015, in Yobe State in Nigeria, a three-week old baby was brought to a doctor with corneal ulceration leading… Read more