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Scaling up COVID-19 testing - Active case finding in the FCT
05 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Scaling up COVID-19 testing - Active case finding in the FCT

Community members share their motivation for coming forward for testing. For some, anxiety not knowing their status and wanting to protect their family encouraged them...

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COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown And Guidance Note To Companies That Donate Or Market Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS) For Infants
04 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown And Guidance Note To Companies That Donate Or Market Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS) For Infants

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), pursuant to provisions of the NAFDAC Act, CAP N1 LFN 2004 and the MARKETING...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st May 2020
01 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st May 2020

NCDC declares end to 2020 emergency Lassa fever outbreak over. COVID-19: Buhari approves gradual ease of lockdown in FCT, Lagos, Ogun from May 4. Coronavirus:...

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Caesarean Sections in Nigeria – Thoughts, Belief Systems and Perceptions
29 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Caesarean Sections in Nigeria – Thoughts, Belief Systems and Perceptions

Editor’s Note: If you bring up the topic of Caesarean Sections in many discussion circles, there is a likelihood you will encounter widely differing opinions....

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COVID-19 Response in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Hybrid Approach is Needed - OpEd
28 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
COVID-19 Response in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Hybrid Approach is Needed - OpEd

The 2014 Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa wreaked havoc on a number of already fragile states — Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of...

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Final Communique: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
24 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Final Communique: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT

With a view to coordinating and strengthening the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019, otherwise known as COVID-19 in West Africa, the Heads of State...

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The call for safe practices during Ramadan: COVID-19 Nigeria
23 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
The call for safe practices during Ramadan: COVID-19 Nigeria

Editor’s Note: The month of Ramadan begins on the 24th April, 2020, and it is a festival of community, family, and corporate prayers. In light...

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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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