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Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th January 2018
19 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th January 2018

Response team in Ebonyi after outbreak of Lassa in hospital. Schools shut as health emergency hits Ebonyi State. Polio: Germany commits 150m euros in Nigeria. Thousands of displaced...

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Reported Cluster of Lassa Fever Among Health Care Workers in Ebonyi State
16 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Reported Cluster of Lassa Fever Among Health Care Workers in Ebonyi State

On Sunday the 14th of January 2018, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was notified of four cases of Lassa fever among health care...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 12 January 2018
12 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 12 January 2018

FG Appoints CMDs, MDs of Tertiary Health Institutions. Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to help Nigeria repay $76 million polio facility. Yellow Fever: Nigeria confirms nine deaths. How...

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Great Expectations for Nigeria’s Health Sector: Top Five Priorities in 2018
11 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Great Expectations for Nigeria’s Health Sector: Top Five Priorities in 2018

Every new year comes with high expectations, with the hopes of new opportunities to make a difference in the Nigerian health sector and new energy...

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Happy New Year from us at Nigeria Health Watch!
08 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Happy New Year from us at Nigeria Health Watch!

Welcome to 2018, a year with higher expectations for the Nigerian health sector, coming on the back of the tremendous amount of work done last...

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The State of the Nigerian Health Sector in 2017
30 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
The State of the Nigerian Health Sector in 2017

The year 2017 rounds up this week, and we at Nigeria Health Watch reflect on what has been a challenging year for the Nigerian health...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 22nd December 2017
22 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 22nd December 2017

Monkeypox: Nigeria records one death, confirms 61 cases. Foreign-trained doctors who failed MDCN test want registrar kicked out. I lost a lot spending 12 years for six...

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Healthcare Leadership Academy holds Graduation Ceremony, launches Alumni Association
18 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Healthcare Leadership Academy holds Graduation Ceremony, launches Alumni Association

The Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA), held the graduation ceremony for the 2017 cohort of the Healthcare Executives Leadership Program (HELP) and its Patient-Centred Care (PCC)...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th December 2017
15 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th December 2017

Adewole: Nigeria is Committed to Universal Health Coverage. Senate moves to ensure mandatory health insurance, subsidy for poor. Over 600 doctors migrated from Nigeria in 2 years...

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Universal Health Coverage and the role of “marketers” for health in Nigeria
12 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Universal Health Coverage and the role of “marketers” for health in Nigeria

On December 12, the world celebrates Universal Health Coverage Day to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the unanimous United Nations resolution calling for countries to...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 08 December 2017
08 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 08 December 2017

Time to improve Nigeria’s Maternal, Child Health Service Delivery. FG Inaugurates N28bn Special Health Intervention Projects. National Hospital Inaugurates Cancer Treatment Center. GAVI approves support for new typhoid...

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Chatham House Paper: Continued medical detentions are ‘degrading and abusive’
08 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Chatham House Paper: Continued medical detentions are ‘degrading and abusive’

A new Chatham House paper suggests medical detentions – where hospitals forcibly detain patients unable to pay their medical bills – are common practice across...

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