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Is this Nigeria’s Last Lap to Polio Freedom?
In about six months, Nigeria will achieve what will arguably be one of her recent…More
African Private Sector leaders take the lead to rewrite Africa’s healthcare narrative with support from African Heads of State
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 14, 2019/ — GBCHealth (www.GBCHealth.org), Aliko Dangote Foundation (www.Dangote.com/foundation) and the UN…More
Record and Respond: How one Zaria Hospital is Tackling Maternal Deaths
The ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State is one of the most famous cities…More
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Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th February 2019
Why Nigerians should know their HIV status today, by NACA. UNICEF, Kaduna state move to reduce new HIV cases. JOHESU rejects planned…More
Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th February 2019
Buhari targets 10,000 functional primary healthcare centres, says NPHCDA boss. Oyo Health Insurance Health Scheme Captures 100,000 Enrollees. Sign Pharmacy…More
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Is this Nigeria’s Last Lap to Polio Freedom?
In about six months, Nigeria will achieve what will arguably be one of her recent greatest public health achievements; being…More
African Private Sector leaders take the lead to rewrite Africa’s healthcare narrative with support from African Heads of State
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 14, 2019/ — GBCHealth (www.GBCHealth.org), Aliko Dangote Foundation (www.Dangote.com/foundation) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (www.UNECA.org) jointly…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
Africa View all
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