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Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd July2020
03 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd July2020

COVID-19: Expect rise in cases with eased restrictions – FG. FG converts all govt hospitals in FCT to COVID-19 sample collection centre. Deaths from HIV,...

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Is COVID-19 the same as malaria?
02 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Is COVID-19 the same as malaria?

Is COVID-19 the same as malaria? No. COVID-19 and malaria may have similar symptoms but they are very different diseases with different modes of transmission...

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COVID-19 has exposed Nigeria’s Sexual Violence Menace: OpEd
02 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
COVID-19 has exposed Nigeria’s Sexual Violence Menace: OpEd

By Mike Lawal (Guest Writer) She was only nine years old when she walked into the consultation room with her outraged mother, a neighbour and...

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WhatsApp for Social Good: How Nigerians used the platform to show care during the COVID-19 lockdown
30 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
WhatsApp for Social Good: How Nigerians used the platform to show care during the COVID-19 lockdown

Quiet streets. Closed office buildings. Empty public spaces. This was the reality for many Nigerian cities from March 30 to May 4, 2020, during the...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th June 2020
26 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th June 2020

WHO accepts Nigeria polio-free status ‘documentation’. COVID-19: National Council on Health approves Health Response Action Plan. NGF, NCDC sign MoU on World Bank N3.7bn COVID-19...

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#FundNutritionNG - Reviewing Nigeria’s National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (2014–2019)
24 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
#FundNutritionNG - Reviewing Nigeria’s National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (2014–2019)

By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) As part of efforts to improve Nigeria’s nutrition statistics, a National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition...

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Nigeria Health Watch Partners with Meedan to counter Misinformation on COVID-19 in Nigeria
23 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch Partners with Meedan to counter Misinformation on COVID-19 in Nigeria

23 June, 2020 | Abuja – Nigeria Health Watch Partners with Meedan to counter Misinformation on COVID-19 in Nigeria Concerned by the rapid spread of...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th June 2020
19 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th June 2020

WHO declares Nigeria polio free. World Blood Donor Day: Lagos requires 260,000 units annually – Abayomi. Dexamethasaone not approved for treating COVID-19 patients, says NCDC....

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Brain & Body Foundation, Nigerians in Diaspora Partners to Support Sickle Cell Patients
17 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Brain & Body Foundation, Nigerians in Diaspora Partners to Support Sickle Cell Patients

The Brain & Body Foundation (BBF) and the Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), Washington, D.C. Chapter are collaborating to bring awareness and medical support to...

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Public-Private Partnerships can help Nigerian hospitals improve maternal health; Here’s how
16 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Public-Private Partnerships can help Nigerian hospitals improve maternal health; Here’s how

By Taiwo Adebulu (Lead Writer) “This article was produced in collaboration with Maternal Figures, a database of maternal health interventions implemented in Nigeria.” Esther is...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 12th June 2020
12 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 12th June 2020

Anxiety over more deaths, rising cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Covid-19: PTF rules out another total lockdown. AfDB approves $288.5m for Nigeria COVID-19 Response Support...

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Bridging the communications divide: Fighting COVID-19 misinformation using local languages
10 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Bridging the communications divide: Fighting COVID-19 misinformation using local languages

By Abdullahi Tsanni (Lead Writer) When the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID — 19 a global pandemic on 11 March, 2020, Dr. Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim, a...

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