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Nigeria Health Watch Announces Primary Health Care Policy Dialogue

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 13, 2023

In 2020, Nigeria accounted for over a quarter (28.5%) of global maternal deaths, totalling about 82,000. These avoidable deaths are especially concentrated in hard-to-reach rural communities and peri-urban areas, where access to healthcare is limited. Niger State, like other northern Nigerian states, grapples with preventable maternal and child deaths. Shockingly, approximately 1 in 95 women […]

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Stakeholders advocate friendlier corporate workplace breastfeeding policies

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 3, 2023

Lagos, Nigeria – August 3, 2023 – As part of activities to celebrate the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week, FHI 360/Alive & Thrive, in collaboration with key stakeholders in Lagos have advocated for family friendly corporate workplace breastfeeding policies to ensure a supportive environment that enables and promotes six months exclusive breastfeeding for working mothers. To […]

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Nigeria Health Watch Announces Nutrition Policy Dialogue

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 19, 2023

1 in 10 children dies from hunger before age five in Nigeria. Achieving SDG 2, zero hunger, and SDG 3, good health and well-being, by 2030 is challenged by hunger and poor nutrition because a productive economy relies on a healthy and adequately nourished population. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United […]

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Nigeria Health Watch Announces Solutions Journalism Project Close-Out Event

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 5, 2023

Nigeria Health Watch is delighted to announce a project close-out event for the end of the Solutions Journalism Africa Initiative project, implemented with support for the Solutions Journalism Network. The two-day event will take place on the 8th and 9th of June 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria and will feature conversations with leaders and the journalists […]

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Institut Pasteur de Dakar and Mastercard Foundation Announce Unprecedented Partnership to Expand Workforce for Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 2, 2023

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) and the Mastercard Foundation have announced a historic $45 million partnership named MADIBA (Manufacturing in Africa for Disease Immunization and Building Autonomy), a significant step towards achieving vaccine manufacturing autonomy in Africa. The multi-year project, aimed at developing and building a world-class workforce to support vaccine manufacturing, will establish […]

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