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Nigeria Must Turn Maternal Health Commitments into Functioning Care

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New Lassa Fever Evidence To Shape Vaccine Research And Outbreak Preparedness Across West Africa

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th November 2021

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 19, 2021

Antimicrobial resistance may kill 10m yearly by 2025, says minister. Emefiele: CBN Disbursed N3trn loans to Nigerian businesses in one year to cushion the impact of Covid-19. Lassa fever kills 79 in 2021, now in all states, says NCDC. 6.7 million deaths globally linked to diabetes in 2021 ― Report. Nigeria considers offering covid booster […]

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Saving Mothers Lives: Improving the Procurement of Quality Maternal Medicines in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 17, 2021

By Dara Ajala-Damisa and Sunday Ehigiator (Lead Writers) Access to quality essential medicines is not only a human right, but also crucial to realising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set out by the United Nations. While the Nigerian government is putting in place programmes to improve the health of Nigerians and deliver priority health […]

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Lupma PHC Has No Toilet, No Water and Has Only Two Workers

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 16, 2021

Lupma is a rural community in Paikoro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The access road to the community is motorable, however their only Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) is not only dilapidated but has only two health workers. According to Fati Bawa who brought her child for immunization, the biggest challenge in the PHC. […]

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Drone Delivery to the Rescue: Tackling Health Logistics in Rural Malawi

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 15, 2021

By Rabson Kondowe (Lead Writer) Martha Mastala knew something was wrong with her 5-year-old son when she noticed that he was less jovial than usual, so she took him to Wimbe Health Centre in Kasungu district, Central Malawi, where he tested positive for malaria. The health centre had run out of anti-malaria drugs, but an […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 12th November 2021

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 12, 2021

Nigeria, 49 others pledge to end health sector emissions. Buhari cautions world leaders on the danger of hoarding COVID-19 vaccines. Gender Imbalance: Nigeria at loss, groups assert. More domestic, foreign resources needed to end TB in Nigeria – Health Minister, Ehanire. WHO delivers solar panels to an accredited polio laboratory in Borno State. 70% target […]

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