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Ageing but not infirm: Getting Geriatric care right in Nigeria
06 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Ageing but not infirm: Getting Geriatric care right in Nigeria

Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership Piece comes from Nigeria Health Watch Editorial Assistant Beti Baiye. She explores the world of geriatric care in Nigeria...

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Displaced but Determined in Borno; Exclusive Breastfeeding in the midst of a humanitarian crisis
04 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Displaced but Determined in Borno; Exclusive Breastfeeding in the midst of a humanitarian crisis

The Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Maiduguri is home to over 30,000 people. It is one of several IDP camps in Borno State...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 31st August 2018
31 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 31st August 2018

Nigeria’s Polio laboratories pass another round of accreditation exercise. Donors provide 95% of HIV/AIDS funding in Nigeria –NACA DG. Fresh Crisis rocks NHIS; Governing Council...

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Patients’ Bill of Rights; Game Changer or Another Policy Paper?
29 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Patients’ Bill of Rights; Game Changer or Another Policy Paper?

Beep… beep. Beep…beep…beep! Multiple text and WhatsApp notifications all from the same unfamiliar source. It is late, so I frown with more than a little...

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Can community organisations lead in taking sexual health education to rural areas?
27 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Can community organisations lead in taking sexual health education to rural areas?

As the nation’s seat of power, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is usually associated with splendour. This opinion about the city is often formed by...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th August 2018
24 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th August 2018

Ebola cases in DR Congo jump to 103. 33 children die of acute malnutrition in Bama IDP camp — MSF. NURHI Introduces Life Planning for...

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Wetin be Universal Health Coverage?
23 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Wetin be Universal Health Coverage?

In the push for global health reforms, no initiative has been as uniting as the call for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Governments view UHC as...

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The last mile: On the frontlines of polio eradication in Kano State
20 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
The last mile: On the frontlines of polio eradication in Kano State

In August 2016, the last poliovirus case in Nigeria was diagnosed in Monguno Local Government Area in the North-Eastern state of Borno. Since then, those...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th August 2018
17 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th August 2018

U.S., FG, others fund $11m new Demographic Health Survey in Nigeria. World Bank Approves $20m to Support Nigeria’s BHCPF. WHO to donate 31 million doses of Yellow...

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Pink Oak to sponsor treatment of 25 cancer patients in 5 months
16 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Pink Oak to sponsor treatment of 25 cancer patients in 5 months

The Pink Oak Cancer Trust is excited to announce that it is working with its partners to raise N100 million and sponsor the treatment of 25...

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Crafting tailored training to improve healthcare leadership capacity: The LEAPS example
15 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Crafting tailored training to improve healthcare leadership capacity: The LEAPS example

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” Jim John Continuous capacity development is integral in healthcare service delivery and...

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From Onitsha to Silicon Valley: Teen girls’ app may save Nigerians from fake drugs
14 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
From Onitsha to Silicon Valley: Teen girls’ app may save Nigerians from fake drugs

Save a Soul, a team of five students from the Regina Pacis Secondary School Onitsha in Anambra State, won a place in this year’s global...

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