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Top Ten News Items on Health, 17 February 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 17, 2023

NHIA ACT: FG Inaugurates Committee On Operational Guidelines. PSN seeks legislation to redress drug scarcity in public hospitals. Need to Improve Access to Micronutrient Supplements for Pregnant Women in Nigeria. Funding difficulties impede family planning service provision ― FG. NAFDAC destroys products worth N326m in Nasarawa. Meningitis kills 38 in Jigawa. Mpox remains public health […]

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Universal Health Care in Nigeria: Accelerating the NHIA Act’s Implementation

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 15, 2023

By Oluoma Omeje, Joy Uzoho, Patience Adejo and Abdulmajeed Abdulsalam (Lead Writers) In February 2023, the Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Professor Mohammed Sambo, inaugurated a committee to develop the NHIA Operational Guidelines. As the committee works to meet the 4-week deadline they have been given, here are learnings from Ghana […]

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Primary Health Centre Renovations Revitalise Community Healthcare in Ogun State

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 13, 2023

Any effort to strengthen health systems must begin at the primary healthcare level, as it is the foundation of a nation’s healthcare. To boost Ogun State’s PHC system, in 2020, the state government committed to establishing at least one functional and well-equipped primary health centre in each of the 236 wards in the state. The […]

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Public Health Communication During a Health Emergency: What We Have Learned

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 11, 2023

By Vivianne Ihekweazu & Onyinye Oranezi (Lead writers) “We’ve learned collectively that transparency, openness, and the communication of credible information to people in real-time results in functional responses by people”- Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme Communications during public health emergenciesThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significance of credible information and communication, as […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 10 February 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 10, 2023

Nigeria yet to meet 70% COVID-19 vaccination target – FG. World will miss target of ending FGM by 2030 without including men, boys — UNICEF. HIV Prevention Drug: Experts call for inclusion of pregnant, breastfeeding mothers. Nigeria to begin trial of malaria vaccines, says Fed Govt. Participation in pandemic treaty’ll strengthen Nigeria’s healthcare system -Minister. […]

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