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Family Planning Offers a Pathway to Universal Health Coverage But Will Nigeria Take It?

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 21, 2022

The recent International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) saw Thailand host up to 3,500 reproductive health and family planning experts and advocates in Pattaya City, Thailand. The country reduced their total fertility rate from 6.15 to 1.5 between 1960 and 2020. They therefore had significant learnings to share on the ways they were able to […]

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Made in Cameroon: The Locally Fabricated Incubator Designed to Give Pre-Term Babies a Fighting Chance

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 20, 2022

By Leocadia Bongben (Lead Writer) Two years ago, Stella Kimbi lost her first baby. “At 28 weeks of my pregnancy, I started bleeding and was taken to the hospital. I delivered a small baby and was told the baby had to remain in an incubator. At the health center, there was no incubator, so my […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 16th December 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 16, 2022

CPHIA 2022: African leaders, experts meet in Rwanda to appraise public health. Edo Specialist Hospital launches endoscopic services, prosthetics, orthotics units. COVID-19: As Nigeria relaxes travel protocols, NCDC to give biweekly situation reports. Stakeholders advocate more funding for basic health care. Africa to meet 60% vaccine need by 2040. Unhealthy environment causes 12.6m deaths worldwide, […]

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Waiting in Hope: Alice’s Cervical Cancer Story

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 14, 2022

It has been 10 months since 44-year-old Alice Akin* received a cervical cancer diagnosis. “Will the pain ever go away? It is better to die than to live like this, the pain is too much for me to bear,” She mutters at intervals, tears rolling down her face as she talks about her cancer journey. “It […]

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For the Love of Children: Providing Low Cost Fortified Meals for Children in Kontagora Hospital

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 13, 2022

By Anibe Idajili (Lead Writer) On the last day of October 2022, four women from conflict-affected communities in Niger State arrived at Kontagora General Hospital. They were all carrying children who appeared to be severely malnourished. Kontagora General Hospital is in Kontagora town in north-west Niger State. The town is surrounded by smaller communities like […]

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