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Nigeria public healthcare crisis heightens: Only 5% PHC functional

Nigeria public healthcare crisis heightens: many PHCs not functional

The revelation by the Sun Media Development Foundation that Nigeria a country with over a population of 200 million people is facing a heightened public healthcare crisis, with many of its Primary Health Care (PHC) not functional should be a concern to every sane mind. Many would have thought that the outbreak of Covid-19 presented …

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Deplorable Niger community PHC after N5.454 billion approved health budget

Deplorable Niger community PHC after N5.454 billion approved health budget

Residents of Numbwa Tukura community in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger state do not have access to healthcare delivery as a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in their area has since become deplorable. This is even as the community Primary Healthcare Centre serves an estimated 3,000 population and has continued to be this deplorable with …

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FCT residents rely on a dirty pond as only source of water

FCT residents rely on a dirty pond as only source of water

Residents of Anguwan Kudi Nuku Community in Abaji Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) rely upon dirty ponds as their only source of drinking water. The community lack access to safe drinking water, a situation that has since forced them to drink from a dirty pond that is meant for animals. This is …

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In one year, NACA spends N219.5 million on HIV campaign in Plateau

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) claims to have spent the sum of N219.5 million on HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns in just one year at Plateau State, data from Budeshi, a PPDC’s platform has shown. NACA,  created to coordinate the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all HIV/AIDS prevention and impact mitigation activities in …

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Bauchi lawmaker N28 million health clinic constituency project remains uncompleted

Mr. Mansur Manu Soro, a federal lawmaker from Bauchi State N28 million constituency health clinics under the supervision of the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDG (OSSAP) has remained uncompleted despite allocation and funds release for the project. Mr. Soro had in 2020 nominated the construction of a health clinic …

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