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Nigerian health policy makers gather in Sokoto for the 58th National Council on Health

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 15, 2016

Once every year, the Ministers of Health, leaders of all the health parastatals, and the commissioners of health and their teams gather to agree and harmonise health policy for the Federal Republic. It is the highest policy making body in the health sector for the country. So between the 7th and 11th of March 2016, […]

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Reality check: Pictures from around Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 23, 2016

We often sit in the big cities and talk and write about health issues. We attend conferences and seminars, dissemination events and policy dialogues. We debate about health policy reform and the national health agenda, we analyse the budget and ask policy makers hard questions.  Sometimes, we sit back and wonder how much they care. […]

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Accountability NOW: A Summit to Advance Newborn and Maternal Health in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 9, 2016

Editor: The National Summit on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) will take place in Abuja on February 16-18. The inaugural Summit will address accountability in healthcare delivery for women, newborns, and other vulnerable groups.  By now it is no secret that Nigeria’s maternal and child health indicators, while improving, are still at […]

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Lack of trust in health sector: the underlying cause of the large Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 26, 2016

Strange deaths in a community in Niger State in 2015 left the community confused, this was followed by a period of uncertainty and anxiety, and they reached out to the only rational explanation they could imagine – the supernatural. By the time the public health authorities were informed and a diagnosis of Lassa Fever was […]

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‘A Beautiful Mind – Opening up about Mental Health’ at Social Media Week Lagos

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 19, 2016

On February 26, 2016, Nigeria Health Watch will partner with Asktoks.com at a Masterclass during this year’s Social Media Week Lagos, to provoke rigorous discussion on the challenges in mental health attitudes and services in Nigeria. Over 64 million Nigerians suffer from some form of mental illness. In a world increasingly infiltrated with increased levels of negative stress, […]

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