Investigative Reports
Primary Healthcare Centers: Experts Blame Increasing Child And Maternal Mortality On Corruption
Worried by rising maternal and child mortality in communities across Nigeria, a medical doctor, and public health expert, Dr. Laz Ude, has lamented that the activities of corrupt health workers continue to undermine the ability of Primary Health Centers (PHCs) to deliver sound service.
This assertion is coming against the backdrop of an investigative report exposing that maternal and child mortality is still increasing in Nasarawa State despite humongous sums spent on ‘The saving One Million Lives Program for Results (SOML PforR).
Extortion: Free Anti-Malaria Drugs Sold At Primary Health Centres, Nigerians Raise Alarm
Nigerians and health experts have lamented widespread extortion of citizens through the selling of ‘free’ anti-malaria drugs to patients in primary health centers (PHCs) across the country and broader corruption militating against healthcare delivery in Nigeria.