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Taking ownership: Women in Jigawa community fund emergency transportation for pregnant women

By | October 12, 2020

“My husband and I have always known that I would deliver at the hospital,” says Azeema Hussaini, 25, while sitting on a bed in a muddy two-room house, nursing her three-week-old daughter, Maisara, whom she gave birth to at the General Hospital Jahun, Jigawa State. The mother of three had her previous deliveries at the […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 9th October 2020

By | October 9, 2020

Nigeria rolls out 10-year plan of achieving Universal Health Coverage. COVID-19: FG releases fresh guidelines for schools reopening nationwide.  NCDC D-G, NAPPSA President, discuss future of global healthcare system. World Sight Day: 75% of visual problems avoidable, says Optometrist Association. Nigeria has ratio of one pharmacist to 50,000 people -PSN. Delta launches HIV self-testing kit, […]

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World Sight Day 2020: Shell, JV partners come together to give #HopeInSight

By | October 9, 2020

By Beti Baiye and Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) The trip from Yenagoa was short and uneventful. We arrived the community town hall before our hosts and as they walked in, some led by friend or family members and others feeling their way along, their gait and demeanour began to tell their story long before they […]

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AVADAR: How digital health fast-tracked Nigeria’s drive to eradicate polio

By | October 5, 2020

Polio, a contagious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus is transmitted primarily when stool from someone infected contaminates foods, drinks or water sources. It invades the nervous system and could, in a matter of hours, lead to complete paralysis. On the 24th of August 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially declared Nigeria and Africa […]

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New support and guidance available to health procurement professionals in the public sector in Nigeria

By | October 5, 2020

NIGERIA / AGILITYPR.NEWS / September 16, 2020 /New support and guidance available to health procurement professionals in the public sector in Nigeria to improve health and wellbeing of citizens as global pandemic strains healthcare supply chains. Support and network available to procurement professionals buying medicines and equipment Free to join knowledge hub created as source […]

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