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Top Ten News Items on Health, 30 July 2017
30 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 30 July 2017

With 1,166 deaths, Nigerian govt formally declares meningitis outbreak over‎. Osinbajo approves appointment of 14 heads of tertiary health institutions. Health insurance: FG calls for scrapping of...

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Are HMOs needed in Nigeria? Public hearing scrutinizes their existence
29 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Are HMOs needed in Nigeria? Public hearing scrutinizes their existence

Last week, the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services held a 2-day investigative public hearing aimed at achieving three key objectives: To investigate the...

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Nigerian healthcare awards celebrate Akinsete, Ohuabunwa, GE , Lagoon Hospitals, SaferMom, AKTH, Medplus, Nordica and others
29 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigerian healthcare awards celebrate Akinsete, Ohuabunwa, GE , Lagoon Hospitals, SaferMom, AKTH, Medplus, Nordica and others

The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) in a well-attended and glamourous ceremony in Lagos celebrated key stakeholders in the Nigeria healthcare sector. Professor Ibironke Akinsete...

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Latest Meningitis outbreak over in Nigeria; Enhanced surveillance continues
25 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Latest Meningitis outbreak over in Nigeria; Enhanced surveillance continues

With the decline in Meningitis cases, the 2016/2017 Meningitis outbreak is over and the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) responding to the epidemic has been stepped...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd June 2017
23 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd June 2017

Nigerian govt. introduces free treatment for all HIV patients. Minister Wants HMOs Scrapped over Alleged Mismanagement of N531bn. Nigeria, Germany seal N3.5bn polio aid deal. Nigeria successfully completes...

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Nigeria successfully completes Joint External  Evaluation of International Health Regulations
22 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria successfully completes Joint External Evaluation of International Health Regulations

Nigeria has made commendable progress in fulfilling the requirements of the International Health Regulations (IHR). This is the verdict of the 7-day Joint External Evaluation...

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NCDC/NFELTP Conference 5th – 7th July 2017, Abuja: How training “disease detectives” can help Nigeria better prevent epidemics
21 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
NCDC/NFELTP Conference 5th – 7th July 2017, Abuja: How training “disease detectives” can help Nigeria better prevent epidemics

In the wake of the Ebola and Lassa Fever outbreaks in Nigeria and the larger West African region, the work of “public health disease detectives”...

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World Blood Donor Day 2017: Youth who save lives in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria By Dr. Nafisa Abdu
20 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
World Blood Donor Day 2017: Youth who save lives in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria By Dr. Nafisa Abdu

Eight months pregnant, 21-year-old Suwaiba Isah got seriously ill and was taken to Yusuf Dan Tsoho Specialist hospital in Kaduna. Suwaiba was suffering from Anaemia...

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AKTH, LASUTH, Sterling Bank, St. Nicholas and over 100 others Nominated for Healthcare Awards …eVoting has commenced
20 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
AKTH, LASUTH, Sterling Bank, St. Nicholas and over 100 others Nominated for Healthcare Awards …eVoting has commenced

The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA) has nominated Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Sterling Bank, St. Nicholas and over 100 other...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 9th June 2017
09 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 9th June 2017

Nigerian former minister, head of UNFPA, Babatunde Osotimehin, is dead. FG launches health, nutrition response project in Borno. FEC approves placement of doctors. WHO updates Essential Medicines List...

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A mighty Iroko in the Nigerian health sector has fallen: A tribute to the late Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
07 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
A mighty Iroko in the Nigerian health sector has fallen: A tribute to the late Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

“I shall not mourn you! Not at all. You were a blessing. Your footprints are large but your humanity much larger. First, I shall thank...

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Hospitals for Humanity unveils Efe Ejeba as its 1K1M Fundraising Ambassador for its  Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Initiative
05 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Hospitals for Humanity unveils Efe Ejeba as its 1K1M Fundraising Ambassador for its Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Initiative

Hospitals for Humanity unveils its Fundraising Ambassador- Efe Ejeba (Winner BBN 2017) for its 1K1M fundraising campaign. Launched earlier this year, the 1K1M fundraising campaign...

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