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World Heart Day: Coalition calls for concerted effort to eliminate trans fats in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 30, 2020

As part of events marking this year’s World Heart Day, the Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), have called for concerted efforts in the regulation of trans fats use in Nigeria. NHED and CAPPA, in a statement issued in Abuja said that the World Heart Day commemorated September […]

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Call for Abstracts for Evidence Briefing: Quality of Maternal Medicines used in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 30, 2020

Globally, Nigeria is the second highest contributor to maternal mortality after India, contributing to 20% of maternal deaths. Between 2005 and 2015, it is estimated that over 600,000 maternal deaths and no less than 900,000 maternal near-miss cases occurred in Nigeria. Pregnant women face the risk of dying from preventable causes related to pregnancy and […]

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COVID-19 has shown that without health, we have nothing

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 29, 2020

Gabriel Oke and Omodolapo Shobowale (Lead Writers) On April 8, 2018, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) affirmed the linkage between Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and global health security as two sides of the same coin in an interview with Nigeria Health Watch. ‘‘Health Systems Strengthening and Universal Health Coverage […]

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PAS CSOs call on government to support family health in Nigeria in commemoration of World Contraception Day, September 26, 2020

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 27, 2020

We, the CSOs of the PAS project are pleased to take note of the recent activities of African health professional associations, NGOs and national governments as they commemorated World Contraception Day (WCD) on 26th September 2020. In Ghana, the Ministry of Health and NGOs in collaboration with UNFPA mobilized around WCD to call for increasing […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th September 2020

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 25, 2020

BHCPF and the defunding of NCDC during a pandemic. PTF gives N1bn each to states to support Covid-19 fight. NCDC, NIMR launch COVID-19 household seroprevalence surveys in Lagos, other States. Polio-free status: FG urges citizens’ cooperation for sustainability. NAFDAC to prosecute health workers promoting breast milk substitutes. Okowa bemoans Nigeria’s status as lowest country in […]

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