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Hand in Hand: Collaboration for better maternal health in Gombe
08 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Hand in Hand: Collaboration for better maternal health in Gombe

How do you get women in rural areas to discard harmful traditional maternal health practices and adopt the practice of going to health facilities for...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th October 2019
04 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th October 2019

DFID Commits N18.5B to Tackle Acute Malnutrition in Borno, Yobe States. SDGs: FG,Lagos strengthen partnership to combat maternal mortality rate. Why Nigeria must strengthen its...

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59: Great Lofty Heights Unattained
01 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
59: Great Lofty Heights Unattained

Editor’s Note: As Nigeria celebrates its 59th year of Independence, Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor reflects on Nigeria’s healthcare journey through the lens of an average 59-year-old...

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Lessons from Kaduna: improving immunisation coverage through local emergency coordination centres
30 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Lessons from Kaduna: improving immunisation coverage through local emergency coordination centres

In the last three decades, the world has gone through a long and tough road in the push to eradicate the crippling wild poliovirus disease....

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 27th September 2019
27 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 27th September 2019

Nigeria needs 290,000 medical doctors to meet WHO standard –CMD. Minister urges Nigerians to tackle child nutrition. People, heal thyselves: Nigeria’s new mental illness approach....

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dRPC PACFaH@Scale Fellow among 2019 Goalkeepers
26 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
dRPC PACFaH@Scale Fellow among 2019 Goalkeepers

A research fellow of the Development Research and Project Centre’s Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale (dRPC PACFaH@Scale) Mr. Turnwait Michael...

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The Ultimate #HealthMeetsTechNG Hack: Funding Healthcare with plastic waste
25 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Ultimate #HealthMeetsTechNG Hack: Funding Healthcare with plastic waste

Where can you feel excited, anxious, inspired, passionate and enlightened, all within 72 hours? These were the emotions at the 2019 #HealthMeetsTechNG hackathon, held in...

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A Chill on Disease: Gricd Frij, a homegrown solution to Nigeria’s Cold Chain Constraints
23 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
A Chill on Disease: Gricd Frij, a homegrown solution to Nigeria’s Cold Chain Constraints

When Oghenetega Iortm, CEO of GRICD, a cold chain and logistics company spoke at the 2019 Health Watch Forum in Abuja themed “Prevent Epidemics: Immunise,”...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September 2019
20 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September 2019

Bill Gates to African Leaders: Invest more in girl-child education, health. Number of women dying in childbirth way off track to meet worldwide targets. Yellow...

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Key Takeaways: 4th NCDC/NFELTP Annual Scientific Conference 
18 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Key Takeaways: 4th NCDC/NFELTP Annual Scientific Conference 

The Annual Scientific Conference organised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (NFELTP) has remained an...

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No More Absence: Abuja NGO works to improve menstrual health for schoolgirls
16 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
No More Absence: Abuja NGO works to improve menstrual health for schoolgirls

Sylvia Egar was 13 years old in 2017 when she started her period for the first time. Her mother had never discussed the menstrual cycle...

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Top Ten News Items On Health, 14th September 2019
14 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items On Health, 14th September 2019

FG disbursed N6.5bn health care fund to 15 states, FCT. ‘Vaccine derived polio’ won’t stop Nigeria from being certified free – Official. Nigeria launches Yellow...

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