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Ebola Virus Disease: Nigeria Centre for Disease Control conducts risk assessment amidst ongoing outbreak in the DRC and Uganda
Following a preliminary risk assessment conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the…More
Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th June 2019
Confirmation of case of ebola virus disease in Uganda. NCDC and RKI Launch New Project…More
TIDEy project: 2-Day public health Outreach in the University of Abuja
The TIDEy project is a public health campaign by the CMDA, Nigeria to schools and…More
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Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th June 2019
Confirmation of case of ebola virus disease in Uganda. NCDC and RKI Launch New Project to Strengthen Health Security in…More
Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th June 2019
Polio Vaccination: Nigerian soldiers to lead health workers to hostile locations – Buratai. Community Pharmacists reject FG’s proposal on drug…More
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Isolate, trace and respond: How a new emergency operations centre has improved outbreak response in Kebbi
Dr. Assad Hassan had just graduated from the prestigious Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (NFELTP) when he received…More
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th May 2019
‘Midwives championing women’s rights to quality health care’. ‘Nigeria still at moderate risk of Ebola outbreak’. #PHC4UHC: Etsu Nupe laments…More
Technology View all
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