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Bayelsa Health Summit 2021 - Building back better and stronger

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 8, 2021

By Dr. Chijioke Kaduru (Guest Writer) There is widespread consensus around the globe on the need to strengthen health systems and make them more resilient. A health system includes all of the different institutions, actors and resources involved in delivering healthcare to individuals. Despite this accord, there is continued debate exactly how individual countries should […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th May 2021

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 7, 2021

NAFDAC approves Pfizer Biotech Vaccine for emergency use authorisation. COVID-19 Surge: FG reduces test to 72hrs, restricts travelers from Brazil, Turkey, India. COVID-19 hinders immunisation, puts millions of children at risk – WHO. US grants $73m COVID-19 assistance to Nigeria. World Hand Hygiene Day: Nigerians must learn from India to avoid COVID-19 third wave — […]

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The need to provide mental health support for pregnant women in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 5, 2021

I struggled with feelings of anxiety and depression for nine months during my first pregnancy in 2016. I spoke with my gynaecologist several times about my different mood swings, but he felt I should be excited because I was having a baby. Sometimes I felt happy about having a baby, but most times I felt […]

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How rechargeable tricycles are saving pregnant mothers and newborns in rural Zimbabwe.

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 3, 2021

By Farai Shawn Matiashe (Lead Writer) In Zana 3, Wedza District, 131 kilometres south of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, Talent Zindi, 21, a subsistence farmer, is inspecting the ear flowers of a maize plant in her field. She will be harvesting her maize crop in two weeks. Zindi says the harvest season reminds her […]

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Achieving Zero Malaria by 2030: What Nigeria must do to advance towards elimination

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 1, 2021

By Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writer) Malaria is one of the leading causes of death in children under five years of age globally. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a child dies from malaria every two minutes. Eighty percent of the global malaria burden is carried by 15 countries, 14 of which are in Sub-Saharan […]

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