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In Adamawa, rural PHCs rely on volunteers due to staffing shortages
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Rural primary health centres in Nigeria's Adamawa state are struggling with severe staff shortages, forcing existing health workers to perform multiple roles simultaneously and relying on volunteers to maintain basic services.
In Adamawa, rural PHCs rely on volunteers due to staffing shortages
Across communities in Girei LGA, health workers say they are routinely forced to perform multiple roles at once, moving between antenatal care, deliveries, outpatient consultations, immunisation services and emergency response, often within the same shift.
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