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Cultivating Political Will for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 8, 2023

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a health-systems performance outcome where people have access to quality health care where and when they need it, without financial hardship. Coverage can be defined in two ways: the range of health services provided (promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative) and the proportion of the population covered. While no country […]

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Transforming Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Tombey Approach

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 6, 2023

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead Writer) In 2021, Oluwafisayomi Olowu came across the Hacey Health Initiative call for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) champions to be trained as peer educators to disseminate SRHR knowledge to other young people. She had always been keen on empowering young people to be more knowledgeable about their sexual health […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd November 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 3, 2023

Ill Health Pushing More Nigerians Into Poverty – WHO. Nigeria Has Met 70% COVID-19 Vaccination Target – Official. Lassa fever spreading across West Africa, higher mortality in pregnant women, children —Experts. Insurgency Recovery: Borno, Adamawa, Yobe revive primary healthcare centres. Ogun commissioner urges parents to embrace child immunization. ‘Falsified drugs pose danger to public health, […]

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Dawakiji PHC: Residents and Health Workers Call for Improvement

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 2, 2023

Dawakiji PHC, situated in the Dawakiji community of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, provides essential healthcare services, such as antenatal care (ANC), routine immunisation (RI), curative care, as well as other basic healthcare services to the residents of Dawakiji and surrounding communities of Makole, Kode, Tsakuwa, and Gano. Last year, Nigeria […]

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