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PAS CSOs call on government to support family health in Nigeria in commemoration of World Contraception Day, September 26, 2020
27 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
PAS CSOs call on government to support family health in Nigeria in commemoration of World Contraception Day, September 26, 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...

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Top Ten News Items on  Health, 25th September 2020
25 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th September 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...

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The NURHI Project: 10 Years of Impact in Nigeria’s Family Planning Space
23 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
The NURHI Project: 10 Years of Impact in Nigeria’s Family Planning Space

By Kenneth Ibe & Olubunmi Oyebanji (Lead Writers) The availability of family planning services, enables girls and women to make informed choices about birth spacing...

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How active community case search transformed testing in Kano State
22 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
How active community case search transformed testing in Kano State

For several weeks, sixty-year-old Musa Danyadikko had been grappling with a strange fever and cough that had defied all known treatment. One day in June,...

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Top Ten News Items on  Health, 18th September 2020
18 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th September 2020

NEC, NCDC agree on fixed COVID-19 sample collection sites across states. Bill Gates: Nigeria should invest in PHC, disease surveillance, immunisation. Nigeria Health Watch launches...

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Nigeria Health Watch launches project to advocate for better access to quality maternal medicines and contraceptives in Nigeria
18 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch launches project to advocate for better access to quality maternal medicines and contraceptives in Nigeria

Abuja, 18 September 2020 – Nigeria Health Watch has launched the Maternal Health Advocacy and Communications project to advocate for better access to quality maternal...

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Noma: A neglected oral disease affecting Nigeria’s children
17 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Noma: A neglected oral disease affecting Nigeria’s children

Five-year-old Fatima was brought to the clinic by her parents. She was tired and weak with her head properly covered in clothes. When unwrapped, there...

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Update on the Nigeria International Travel Portal
15 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Update on the Nigeria International Travel Portal

Our attention has been drawn to a report published by the Daily Independent newspaper on the 14th of September 2020, with the title: “Fraud Rocks...

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Top Ten News Items on  Health, 11th September 2020
11 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 11th September 2020

Nigeria overtakes India as world capital for under-five deaths — 2 years earlier than projected. Nigeria media and the fight against COVID-19 misinformation. COVID-19: Millions...

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How virtual training shaped COVID-19 reporting in Nigeria
08 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
How virtual training shaped COVID-19 reporting in Nigeria

As COVID-19 hit Nigeria, concerns grew for many journalists as to how they were to report on the pandemic which affected every sphere of life....

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Top Ten News Items on  Health, 4th September 2020
04 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th September 2020

FG further relaxes COVID-19 restrictions. NHIS set to accredit 100 Primary Health Centres in Kebbi. President Buhari reiterates support for primary healthcare. Celebrating Nigerian health...

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Health workers who deliver: LUTH’s resolve to help COVID-19 positive mothers give birth safely
02 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Health workers who deliver: LUTH’s resolve to help COVID-19 positive mothers give birth safely

By Adaobi Ezeokoli & Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Professor Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), is sitting at a...

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