TorchlightWater No Get Enemy: Improving Access to Water for the Uko Nteghe Community in Akwa Ibom State. By f5shc August 29, 2022 4 Mins read The gentle early morning rain falls as we drive through the still dark streets of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to… Read more
TorchlightWASH in PHCs – How Fulfilling Evidence Gaps Contributes to Improved Policy and Practice By f5shc February 9, 2022 4 Mins read By Oguntola Ibukun & Dara Ajala-Damisa Nigeria is among the countries where about 17% of health care facilities had no access to… Read more
TorchlightFrom a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community By f5shc February 7, 2022 5 Mins read Big things every so often start in small ways. Louis Pasteur may never have fully conceived the far reaching effects of his… Read more
Community Health WatchZinari Primary Healthcare Centre: Patients Suffer the Indignity of Inadequate Sanitation and Hygiene Facilities By f5shc October 21, 2021 2 Mins read Zinari is a small community under Shata ward in Bosso Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The community is about 20… Read more
Thought LeadershipImproving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria: The Only Language Cholera Understands By f5shc August 25, 2021 3 Mins read Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever,… Read more
Torchlight#H2OForCommunities: JDI’s Community Collaboration on WASH Facilities By f5shc July 26, 2021 6 Mins read “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water” — W.H. Auden. Iwa is a lively rural community of about 600 inhabitants in Gurara… Read more
Thought LeadershipImproving WASH in Nigeria's Underserved Communities By f5shc June 23, 2021 5 Mins read Yimitu is a low-income community on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. A significant part of its population is made up… Read more
Thought Leadership“Detti no dey kill black man” – The Unhygienic State of Nigerian Markets By f5shc May 29, 2021 4 Mins read Sanitation and hygiene are cost-effective approaches against infectious diseases. However, this relatively inexpensive way of preventing infectious diseases seems to be neglected… Read more
Thought LeadershipAssessment of WASH services in FCT and Niger State PHCs reveals huge gaps By f5shc March 2, 2021 7 Mins read By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Bashar Abubakar (Lead Writers) Healthcare, according to the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, is a basic human right of… Read more
TorchlightPartnership for WASH: European Union and State Governments Improve Services in Rural Communities By f5shc April 6, 2020 6 Mins read Nasoro Primary School is right at the centre of Gumel town in Jigawa State, North West Nigeria. It has over 4,700 students… Read more