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Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd August 2019
Dr Osagie Ehanire: A new captain for Nigeria’s health sector. WHO, Heads of African countries…More
New reports focus on malaria eradication goal
23 August 2019, Geneva – The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes two new forthcoming reports…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,…More
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Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd August 2019
Dr Osagie Ehanire: A new captain for Nigeria’s health sector. WHO, Heads of African countries glad as region reaches last…More
Top Ten News Items on Health, 16th August 2019
WHO approves two highly effective Ebola drugs for immediate use. Nigeria: NCAA issues Ebola alert to Airlines, calls for vigilance.…More
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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
A Tale of Two PHCs in Niger State: Accessing Equitable Healthcare From Beji to Maito
Beji village, Bosso Local Government Area (LGA), in Niger State is an agrarian community, 30 kilometres from the state capital,…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