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Generation Next: Nigeria is failing young people’s need for sexual health services
10 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Generation Next: Nigeria is failing young people’s need for sexual health services

Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership blog comes from Precious Ereka, a Youth Service Corps Member serving at Nigeria Health Watch. She writes about the...

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Crib A’Glow: Saving tiny hearts in the FCT through technology
06 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Crib A’Glow: Saving tiny hearts in the FCT through technology

Placed on a hospital cupboard about two meters from the ground, the little box glows with a brilliant blue light, beautiful in the dark. Unlike...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd May 2019
03 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd May 2019

‘103 senators’ salary enough to vaccinate over 1 million Nigerian children’. Community health programme to be replicated across Nigeria by December – NPHCDA Boss. SMEs,...

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Money for Midwives: Will the BHCPF solve Midwifery’s Funding Woes?
02 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Money for Midwives: Will the BHCPF solve Midwifery’s Funding Woes?

Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, recently made waves when he asserted that he was not worried about doctors leaving Nigeria, because the country...

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Immunisation Protects Our Herd: Nigeria Health Watch Forum 2019
30 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Immunisation Protects Our Herd: Nigeria Health Watch Forum 2019

Immunisation is a clear success story and its value in preventing and curtailing infectious diseases cannot be overemphasised. It prevents an estimated 2 to 3...

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Nigeria: The long crawl to polio eradication - Op-Ed
27 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria: The long crawl to polio eradication - Op-Ed

Editor’s Note: Today’s piece is an OpEd from renowned Virologist and Chair of Nigeria Expert Review Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication and Routine Immunisation, Prof. Oyewale...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th April 2019
26 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th April 2019

African Vaccination Week: Nigeria to conduct mass immunisation. Malaria kills 81,640, infects 53.7m yearly in Nigeria. 21.1m children denied first dose of measles vaccine yearly...

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“No woman must die giving life – making every maternal death count”
24 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
“No woman must die giving life – making every maternal death count”

The “Giving Birth In Nigeria” project in Kebbi, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Lagos, Niger and the FCT is to understand why women die in pregnancy and...

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Beyond Surgery: Gesse Centre’s innovative approach to fistula care in Kebbi
23 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Beyond Surgery: Gesse Centre’s innovative approach to fistula care in Kebbi

Gesse Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF) Centre in Birnin-Kebbi is the only facility in the entire state of Kebbi providing care for women suffering from fistula....

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#PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Fellowship Announcement
23 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
#PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Fellowship Announcement

Nigeria Health Watch is thrilled to announce the recipients of the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Fellowship. The goal of the fellowship is to generate support for robust...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th April 2019
19 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th April 2019

Senate passes National Health Insurance Bill 2019. PharmAccess, others advocate PPP in health care. Reducing Maternal Deaths Through Community Collaborations. Rotary International donates N2.1bn to...

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Destination Universal Health Coverage: Could PPPs be the vehicle to get us there?
18 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Destination Universal Health Coverage: Could PPPs be the vehicle to get us there?

The best stories of growth in Nigeria have been private sector driven – whether it is in telecommunications, financial services or in infrastructure. So, why...

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