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Start where you are: Lessons on community-led COVID-19 relief efforts
20 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Start where you are: Lessons on community-led COVID-19 relief efforts

By Dr. Ron Ikpe (Guest Writer) It was a Wednesday morning just like any other, the date was the 13th of March 2019. They all...

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Courage, Community, Care: How I defeated COVID-19 - Manny Asika
18 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Courage, Community, Care: How I defeated COVID-19 - Manny Asika

Editor’s Note: Emmanuel “Manny” Asika spent 10 days at the Isolation Centre in the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Yaba, Lagos. An IT professional who...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th April 2020
17 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th April 2020

Buhari extends lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja by 14 days. COVID-19: EU donates N21bn to Nigeria. FG plans isolation centres at borders, 4,000 tests daily....

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Handwashing - A Lifesaver Too Many Have Had to Live Without: OpEd
15 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Handwashing - A Lifesaver Too Many Have Had to Live Without: OpEd

By Dr. Adaeze Oreh (Guest Writer) Two million, sixty-seven thousand, nine hundred people — that is the number of persons currently infected with the new coronavirus as...

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Stronger Together: How Big Business is helping Nigeria combat #COVID19
14 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Stronger Together: How Big Business is helping Nigeria combat #COVID19

Beti Baiye & Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) All around us, we see and hear of how individuals and businesses are pitching in to help in...

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COVID-19 : Xcene Calls for Increased Levels of Research and Innovation
11 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
COVID-19 : Xcene Calls for Increased Levels of Research and Innovation

Against the backdrop of the outbreak of global coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, African leading contract research organization, Xcene research, has called for increased medical research and...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th April 2020
10 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th April 2020

Coronavirus fight: Chinese experts arrive Nigeria, to remain in quarantine for 14 days. World Bank releases $82m support to strengthen Nigerian public health response. What...

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Mind over COVID19: Simple tips to protect your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak
10 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Mind over COVID19: Simple tips to protect your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak

In the past three months, millions of people around the globe have been urged to stay home and take various steps to protect themselves from...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd April 2020
03 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd April 2020

Buhari announces 2-week lockdown of Lagos, Abuja, Ogun as coronavirus spreads. WHO releases guidelines to help countries maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic....

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At the frontlines of Nigeria’s COVID-19 response: The Laboratory
02 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
At the frontlines of Nigeria’s COVID-19 response: The Laboratory

Ultra-low freezers hum and beep continuously in the biorespository room, supporting the non-stop diagnostic activities at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory in Gaduwa, Abuja,...

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A Call to Serenity, Courage and Wisdom During COVID-19: OpEd
31 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
A Call to Serenity, Courage and Wisdom During COVID-19: OpEd

I have been on a social media break, which just happened to coincide with the unfurling of the COVID-19 phenomenon. Peeking briefly into Twitter last...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 27th March 2020
27 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 27th March 2020

Coronavirus: Buhari releases N15b to tackle Pandemic. Private Sector Coalition targets N120bn to overcome COVID-19. 54gene’s Fund to increase coronavirus testing in Nigeria hits $500,000...

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