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Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th June 2019
14 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th June 2019

Confirmation of case of ebola virus disease in Uganda. NCDC and RKI Launch New Project to Strengthen Health Security in Nigeria. Rotary announces $100 million...

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Empty Promises: The Bane of Health Sector Reform in Nigeria
12 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Empty Promises: The Bane of Health Sector Reform in Nigeria

Editor’s Note: This week’s Op-Ed comes from Chiamaka P. Ojiako, a lawyer and health equity advocate. On this Democracy Day 2019, she writes about the...

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TIDEy project: 2-Day public health Outreach in the University of Abuja
11 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
TIDEy project: 2-Day public health Outreach in the University of Abuja

The TIDEy project is a public health campaign by the CMDA, Nigeria to schools and universities to tackle issues surrounding water, sanitation and hygiene, preventable...

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Patient-Centred Policy revives Family Planning uptake in Lagos State
11 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Patient-Centred Policy revives Family Planning uptake in Lagos State

Three years ago, Olubunmi Taiwo, then a mother of three girls, had an unplanned pregnancy. Though she was desperate to have a son, it was...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th June 2019
07 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th June 2019

Polio Vaccination: Nigerian soldiers to lead health workers to hostile locations – Buratai. Community Pharmacists reject FG’s proposal on drug distribution, to seek legal action....

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To the last mile – Can Nigerian states improve health access in rural areas through innovative finance mechanisms?
06 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
To the last mile – Can Nigerian states improve health access in rural areas through innovative finance mechanisms?

Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership piece comes from Nigeria Health Watch Director of Finance and Administration, Christopher Nnaji. In the midst of discussions around...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 31st May 2019
31 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 31st May 2019

Group urges Buhari to assent to pending health bills. Health community celebrates Tejuoso, Usman for championing policies in NASS. Unsafe drinking water, open defecation fuelling...

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Dear President Buhari; Without Health, We have Nothing
29 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Dear President Buhari; Without Health, We have Nothing

Dear President Buhari, congratulations on your election to a second term as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. You are the second president to...

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Food for Thought – The Dako Community School Feeding Programme nourishing young minds
27 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Food for Thought – The Dako Community School Feeding Programme nourishing young minds

The drive seemed endless. The Nigeria Health Watch and TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF) teams had driven for almost 40 minutes from Gwagwalada town, one of...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th May 2019
24 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th May 2019

Only 11 of Nigeria’s 774 LGAs are free from open defecation – UNICEF. WHO begins rehabilitation of healthcare facilities in North-east. 14 States Yet to...

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Training for Quality Delivery: Brown Button’s drive to improve TBAs skills in Lagos
24 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Training for Quality Delivery: Brown Button’s drive to improve TBAs skills in Lagos

Alhaji Sulaimon Junaid wakes up at 5:30 a.m. every day to spend time with pregnant women waiting to deliver their babies in his birthing home...

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The human cost of the lingering NHIS debacle
20 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
The human cost of the lingering NHIS debacle

Jocelyne Agbo still thinks about the death of little Aliyu. The questions keep recurring – “Did he die because his father didn’t do everything he...

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