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Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September 2019
Bill Gates to African Leaders: Invest more in girl-child education, health. Number of women dying…More
No More Absence: Abuja NGO works to improve menstrual health for schoolgirls
Sylvia Egar was 13 years old in 2017 when she started her period for the…More
Top Ten News Items On Health, 14th September 2019
FG disbursed N6.5bn health care fund to 15 states, FCT. ‘Vaccine derived polio’ won’t stop…More
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Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September 2019
Bill Gates to African Leaders: Invest more in girl-child education, health. Number of women dying in childbirth way off track…More
Top Ten News Items On Health, 14th September 2019
FG disbursed N6.5bn health care fund to 15 states, FCT. ‘Vaccine derived polio’ won’t stop Nigeria from being certified free…More
Leadership View all
No More Absence: Abuja NGO works to improve menstrual health for schoolgirls
Sylvia Egar was 13 years old in 2017 when she started her period for the first time. Her mother had…More
Dr Osagie Ehanire: A new captain for Nigeria’s health sector
The long wait is over! Following the beginning of a new administration in May 2019, Nigeria now has a new…More
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Health Meets Tech Johannesburg Hackathon – Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
South Africa has a high prevalence of teenage and unwanted pregnancies, HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and female genital schistosomiasis…More
How “SatComms Tablets” are reviving primary healthcare in Kano State
A few mothers are seated with the Health Officer-in-Charge of Sumaila Yamma Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), who has just finished…More
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Five takeaways of the 69th World Health Assembly from a Nigerian Perspective
The 69th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization held between the 23rd and 28th of May in Geneva.…More
Special Edition: Conference brings attention to Tuberculosis in Nigeria
In the week that a major announcement was made by WHO shortening the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the scientific community is…More
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Can Art Heal? How a Lagos creative group is using Art as therapy
Entering the Paediatric Oncology ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Yaba, where children are treated for cancer, you…More
Marie Connect: Reaching out to rural Nigerian communities with Family Planning services
Editor’s Note: This week the FP2020 Summit took place in London to discuss efforts to reach the Family Planning 2020…More
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Global Health: Chatham House round-table re-defines development of bio-safety labs in developing countries
In February, several global biosafety lab experts joined a roundtable organised by Chatham House in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. They were seeking solutions to…More
Diaspora View all
Rise Up and Walk: How one charity is bringing orthopaedic care to Nigerians
Editor’s Note: Nigeria Health Watch team member Ada Ezeokoli took a trip to South-East Nigeria to learn about the Foundation…More