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NAFDAC, CSOs launch Public Service Announcements to support trans fat elimination in Nigeria
20 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
NAFDAC, CSOs launch Public Service Announcements to support trans fat elimination in Nigeria

ABUJA – The National Agency for Food & Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), along with members of the #TransfatFreeNigeria campaign, have launched a series of Public Service Announcement (PSAs)...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th July 2020
17 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th July 2020

COVID-19: ECOWAS, WAHO donate $8m medical equipment to PTF. COVID-19 has worsened maternal mortality rate in Nigeria– NPC Chairman. USAID launches $19.2m Child Health Award...

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“He was generous to a fault” - Nigeria’s TB Community remembers the late Prof. Lovett Lawson
16 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
“He was generous to a fault” - Nigeria’s TB Community remembers the late Prof. Lovett Lawson

Editor’s Note: On Monday, July 13, 2020, Nigeria’s health community was saddened by the news of the passing of Professor Lovett Lawson, Chairman, Board of...

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Do digital thermometers kill neurons or damage the brain when a person’s temperature is getting checked?
15 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Do digital thermometers kill neurons or damage the brain when a person’s temperature is getting checked?

Digital thermometers do not damage your brain in any way. Digital thermometers are universally used with children and adults and can come in a wide...

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Young President  Organization Set to Shut down Eti-Osa Isolation Centre
15 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Young President Organization Set to Shut down Eti-Osa Isolation Centre

Donate World Class Medical Equipment to Lagos State In an effort to help the community the Young President Organisation (YPO) Lagos Chapter approached the Lagos...

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Enugu’s free maternal programme is providing better health for rural women and children
14 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Enugu’s free maternal programme is providing better health for rural women and children

“This article was produced in collaboration with Maternal Figures, a database of maternal health interventions implemented in Nigeria.” At Amorji Nike Primary Healthcare Centre [PHC]...

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Can drinking alcohol prevent or cure COVID-19?
13 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Can drinking alcohol prevent or cure COVID-19?

Can drinking alcohol prevent or cure COVID-19? What Meedan’s experts say No, drinking alcohol does not prevent or cure COVID-19. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are recommended...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th July 2020
10 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th July 2020

Polio-free status: Buhari vows to revitalise primary healthcare. CACOVID donates N1.4bn medical equipment, 26,400 test kits to boost COVID-19 testing across Nigeria. COVID-19: UNICEF partners...

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What religious leaders can learn from Reverend Canon Wainaina’s COVID-19 experience and leadership
09 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
What religious leaders can learn from Reverend Canon Wainaina’s COVID-19 experience and leadership

By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writers) Since the first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nigeria on the 27th of February,...

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Call For Applications: 2nd Prevent Epidemics Journalism Fellowship
07 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Call For Applications: 2nd Prevent Epidemics Journalism Fellowship

Nigeria Health Watch started advocating for better funding for epidemic preparedness in October 2018. With the various pressing health needs Nigeria faces, it was difficult...

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The importance of political will in the fight against COVID-19: The Rivers State Example
06 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
The importance of political will in the fight against COVID-19: The Rivers State Example

By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi (Lead Writer) Queen Wisdom is a petty trader who had come to buy some food items for her business at the Rumuokoro...

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Fragile progress at the brink - COVID-19 and the Nigerian health sector
04 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Fragile progress at the brink - COVID-19 and the Nigerian health sector

“Waves keep coming, that’s the one thing you can count on in life” — Gerry Lopez Following the easing of the lockdown restrictions, it is clear that the...

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