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The Heart to Help: Improving women and children’s health through philanthropy
07 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Heart to Help: Improving women and children’s health through philanthropy

Editor’s Note: The Obijackson Foundation in December 2019 threw a week-long Christmas festival, which included a Christmas party for 7,000 children in Anambra. EpiAFRIC team...

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If you build it, they will come; The organisations transforming cancer care in Nigeria
04 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
If you build it, they will come; The organisations transforming cancer care in Nigeria

By Ada Ezeokoli & Beti Baiye (Lead Writers) In the story below, Nigeria Health Watch Graphics and Design Editor, Samuel Gada, shares his father’s cancer...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 31st January 2020
31 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 31st January 2020

WHO declares coronavirus global health emergency. FG collaborates with D-8’s hespi in rehabilitation of health sector. NASS committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage – Oloriegbe....

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Four pics, One Health: Can a joint “Approach” protect Nigeria from emerging disease outbreaks?
29 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Four pics, One Health: Can a joint “Approach” protect Nigeria from emerging disease outbreaks?

Editor’s Note: The novel Coronavirus has taken centre stage as the virus spreads from China into other parts of the world and from animal-human to...

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Sustaining the tempo; How Kano is succeeding in its fight against Polio
27 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Sustaining the tempo; How Kano is succeeding in its fight against Polio

As the early morning harmattan wind blew through the crowded Fagge area of Kano, about thirty people, mostly women, gathered inside the Galadima Primary Health...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th January 2020
24 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th January 2020

2 out of 10 deliveries attended by skilled birth attendants in Kano – Report. Coronavirus: FG Intensifies Checks at Nation’s Airports. Gov Sanwo-Olu lauds NNPC,...

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Dr. Ben Anyene: A Visionary Health Reformer who spoke Truth to Power
23 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Dr. Ben Anyene: A Visionary Health Reformer who spoke Truth to Power

Editor’s Note: Dr. Benjamin C. N. Anyene passed away on December 29th 2019. He was a versatile and important part of the health reforms that...

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Nigeria Health Watch and Connected Development launch report on Primary Health Care and service delivery in Kano State
21 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch and Connected Development launch report on Primary Health Care and service delivery in Kano State

21 January, 2019 | Kano – Nigeria Health Watch and Connected Development launch report on primary healthcare and service delivery in Kano State Nigeria Health...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th January 2020
17 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th January 2020

Nigeria Announces Three New Laboratories For Yellow Fever, Measles and Rubella. ‘No shortcuts to a healthier world’: WHO chief sets out health priorities for the...

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Mind Over Matter: Improving Mental Health among Nigerian Men
15 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Mind Over Matter: Improving Mental Health among Nigerian Men

Editor’s Note: Mental Health is an incredibly misunderstood issue in Nigeria, as it is in most parts of the world. In this week’s Thought Leadership...

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Lemonade from lemons: Survivor stands strong to end rape in Nigeria
13 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Lemonade from lemons: Survivor stands strong to end rape in Nigeria

One of the messages people circulate on social media and across the popular messaging platform WhatsApp is “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. The...

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UHC: Nigeria’s Political Will, a Catalyst!
09 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
UHC: Nigeria’s Political Will, a Catalyst!

Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership opinion piece comes from Dr. Uchenna Ewelike, a Senior Health Economist. He re-echo’s the importance of Universal Health Coverage...

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