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Nigeria’s Vaccine Financing: Self-Sufficiency is No Longer a Choice, But a Necessity

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 8, 2024

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) In 2021, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) Framework for Action, calling for 60% of vaccines required by Africans to be made in Africa by 2040 — which is up to 1.7 billion doses annually. Currently, Africa produces only 0.1% of the […]

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Gurjiya PHC: Birds Disrupt Healthcare Delivery

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 6, 2024

A certain species of birds has invaded the Gurjiya Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Garko, Kano state, rendering it non-conducive for healthcare delivery. The birds, mostly known as “Birbiri” in the local dialect (Hausa), have occupied the PHC’s roofing, becoming a menace with their incessant noise and droppings on the roof and inside the facility, […]

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Mutuelle de Santé: Rwanda’s Blueprint For Universal Health Coverage

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 5, 2024

Aimable Twahirwa (Lead Writer) Daphrose Mukanyangezi, a farmer from Nyamasheke, a district in south-western Rwanda, used to live in constant fear of falling ill. She was particularly worried about the crippling cost of hospital care for her elephantiasis, a condition she has been battling for years, and which threatened her already limited financial resources. However, […]

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Global Leaders Convene at the Pandemic Preparedness Summit to Tackle Future Health Crises

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 4, 2024

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writer)Leaders from across the world working on various aspects of health emergency preparedness and response gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the second Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit, convened by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). This year, the summit was co-hosted by the Ministry of Health (Brazil), and Fiocruz, one […]

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An Initiative’s Quest to Ensure Access to Health Insurance For People Living With Sickle Cell Anaemia

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 30, 2024

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead Writer) At just seven months old, Sharon Akilo, now 17, was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA), a genetic disorder that affects the production of hemoglobin in the body, causing red blood cells to become sickled or crescent shaped. This condition would go on to define much of her life, making her […]

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