Water No Get Enemy: Improving Access to Water for the Uko Nteghe Community in Akwa Ibom State.
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The gentle early morning rain falls as we drive through the still dark streets of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to…
WASH in PHCs – How Fulfilling Evidence Gaps Contributes to Improved Policy and Practice
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By Oguntola Ibukun & Dara Ajala-Damisa Nigeria is among the countries where about 17% of health care facilities had no access to…
From a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community
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Big things every so often start in small ways. Louis Pasteur may never have fully conceived the far reaching effects of his…
Zinari Primary Healthcare Centre: Patients Suffer the Indignity of Inadequate Sanitation and Hygiene Facilities
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Zinari is a small community under Shata ward in Bosso Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The community is about 20…
Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria: The Only Language Cholera Understands
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Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever,…
#H2OForCommunities: JDI’s Community Collaboration on WASH Facilities
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“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water” — W.H. Auden. Iwa is a lively rural community of about 600 inhabitants in Gurara…
Improving WASH in Nigeria's Underserved Communities
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Yimitu is a low-income community on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. A significant part of its population is made up…
“Detti no dey kill black man” – The Unhygienic State of Nigerian Markets
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Sanitation and hygiene are cost-effective approaches against infectious diseases. However, this relatively inexpensive way of preventing infectious diseases seems to be neglected…
Assessment of WASH services in FCT and Niger State PHCs reveals huge gaps
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By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Bashar Abubakar (Lead Writers) Healthcare, according to the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, is a basic human right of…
Partnership for WASH: European Union and State Governments Improve Services in Rural Communities
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Nasoro Primary School is right at the centre of Gumel town in Jigawa State, North West Nigeria. It has over 4,700 students…
In the shadow of Climate Change: The need to focus on better water quality in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: For World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22nd, Nigeria Health Watch Events Manager Thelma Thomas writes this Thought Leadership…
Living In Dirt: Nigeria's waste crisis requires urgent action
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Editor’s Note: In this Thought Leadership Piece, Nigeria Health Watch Health Events Manager, Thelma Thomas highlights the breakdown of sanitation in Nigeria…
No More Absence: Abuja NGO works to improve menstrual health for schoolgirls
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Sylvia Egar was 13 years old in 2017 when she started her period for the first time. Her mother had never discussed…
A mango in the backyard that cannot be plucked: FCT indigenes face glaring health inequities
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Editor’s Note: In this week’s Thought Leadership blog, Nigeria Health Watch Journalist Chibuike Alagboso spotlights health inequities faced by Abuja’s indigenous peoples….