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“Nobody asked how I felt” - Surviving Postpartum Depression in Nigeria
10 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
“Nobody asked how I felt” - Surviving Postpartum Depression in Nigeria

“I felt thoroughly inadequate. I didn’t feel like I was attractive enough. I didn’t feel like I was doing enough. Nobody told me I could...

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Top Ten News Items On Health, 7th September 2019
07 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items On Health, 7th September 2019

Quality investment in nutrition can save 3.7m lives by 2025 – WHO. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control Responds To Cases Of Yellow Fever In...

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Reshaping Nigeria’s Family Planning Narrative to meet FP2020 Goals
06 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Reshaping Nigeria’s Family Planning Narrative to meet FP2020 Goals

Young people in Nigeria know more than we think they do about reproductive health. Take for instance, some teens who shared during a focus group...

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Responds to Cases Of Yellow Fever in Bauchi State
06 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Responds to Cases Of Yellow Fever in Bauchi State

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed four cases of yellow fever in Bauchi State. Three of the confirmed cases are residents of Alkaleri...

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WHO Director-General calls on world leaders to support Universal Health Coverage high-level meeting
03 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
WHO Director-General calls on world leaders to support Universal Health Coverage high-level meeting

I have just returned from a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to review the response to...

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#QualityHealthNaija: The Future of Health Conference 2019 is Here!!!
02 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
#QualityHealthNaija: The Future of Health Conference 2019 is Here!!!

After four hugely successful conferences, the 2019 Future of Health Conference will take place in Abuja on October 17, 2019!!! The quality of healthcare delivery...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 30th August 2019
30 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 30th August 2019

Workers protest kidnap of Irrua Hospital CMD, threaten strike. Nigeria reviews guidelines for disease surveillance. EU supports recovery and resilience in Nigeria with additional €50...

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Mamacare: Using health education to improve maternal and child health in Lagos State.
27 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Mamacare: Using health education to improve maternal and child health in Lagos State.

Lagos Island Maternity Hospital is one of the best known public health facilities in Lagos, which has for many years, served communities on Lagos Island...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd August 2019
23 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd August 2019

Dr Osagie Ehanire: A new captain for Nigeria’s health sector. WHO, Heads of African countries glad as region reaches last mile of wild polio. Nigeria...

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New reports focus on malaria eradication goal
23 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
New reports focus on malaria eradication goal

23 August 2019, Geneva – The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes two new forthcoming reports on the opportunity the world has to achieve the eradication...

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Dr Osagie Ehanire: A new captain for Nigeria’s health sector
21 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Dr Osagie Ehanire: A new captain for Nigeria’s health sector

The long wait is over! Following the beginning of a new administration in May 2019, Nigeria now has a new captain to steer the affairs...

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Oloibiri to Abuja: Sustainable People-centered investments in primary and tertiary care
20 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Oloibiri to Abuja: Sustainable People-centered investments in primary and tertiary care

A blue Toyota Corolla pulled to a stop inside the hospital premises and a middle-aged woman helped a frail young boy into the outpatient unit....

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