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Why is Balance Better? – International Women’s Day 2019
06 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Why is Balance Better? – International Women’s Day 2019

When we talk about gender equality in society, we often think of the pay gap or in public prominence. Some may also associate it with physical...

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Partnering for Accountability: Nothing About Us Without Us
04 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Partnering for Accountability: Nothing About Us Without Us

Solving many of the challenges in health is a complex process and nobody can claim to have a silver bullet for any one problem. It...

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MTN Continues To Spearhead Intervention to Combat Deadly Scourge Of Substance Abuse
04 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
MTN Continues To Spearhead Intervention to Combat Deadly Scourge Of Substance Abuse

In furtherance of the drive to curb the increasing rate of substance abuse in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, under the Anti Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP) led...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st March 2019
01 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st March 2019

Financing primary healthcare systems vital to improving peoples’ lives — Melinda Gates. How community informants help improve polio surveillance – WHO. Hygeia HMO partners Access Bank on...

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Zero Discrimination in Nigeria: Moving from Policy to Practice
27 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Zero Discrimination in Nigeria: Moving from Policy to Practice

In January 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act, to provide for the full integration of persons...

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Ebola response in Democratic Republic of the Congo risks slowdown
26 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Ebola response in Democratic Republic of the Congo risks slowdown

26 February, Geneva – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today called on donors to continue funding the response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic...

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NCDC REVIEWS LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK RESPONSE AMIDST REDUCING NUMBER OF CASES
26 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
NCDC REVIEWS LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK RESPONSE AMIDST REDUCING NUMBER OF CASES

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported a decrease in the number of Lassa fever cases reported weekly in the country. This is...

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NGOs join hands to tackle malnutrition in Benue’s IDP camps
25 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
NGOs join hands to tackle malnutrition in Benue’s IDP camps

The morning sun is rising at Abagana Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Benue state. Eunice Gabriel sits outside a classroom hall, peeling cassava with her...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 22nd February 2019
22 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 22nd February 2019

Six states to benefit from N23.3b UK malaria intervention project. Government urged to step up to HIV as donor funding drops. FG allocates land for Afreximbank’s medical...

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Is this Nigeria’s Last Lap to Polio Freedom?
20 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Is this Nigeria’s Last Lap to Polio Freedom?

In about six months, Nigeria will achieve what will arguably be one of her recent greatest public health achievements; being declared polio-free. The journey has...

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African Private Sector leaders take the lead to rewrite Africa’s healthcare narrative with support from African Heads of State
18 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
African Private Sector leaders take the lead to rewrite Africa’s healthcare narrative with support from African Heads of State

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 14, 2019/ — GBCHealth (www.GBCHealth.org), Aliko Dangote Foundation (www.Dangote.com/foundation) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (www.UNECA.org) jointly held the inaugural Africa Business:...

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Record and Respond: How one Zaria Hospital is Tackling Maternal Deaths 
18 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Record and Respond: How one Zaria Hospital is Tackling Maternal Deaths 

The ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State is one of the most famous cities in Northern Nigeria. Aside from its cultural history, it is...

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