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Is it time for alumni to lead the Resuscitation of Nigerian Teaching Hospitals? – the Enugu Example
16 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Is it time for alumni to lead the Resuscitation of Nigerian Teaching Hospitals? – the Enugu Example

A few weeks ago, the alumni of a single graduating set from the College of Medicine of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu,...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 12 August 2016
12 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 12 August 2016

FG: New polio cases have set Nigeria backwards. FG has disbursed N16bn to states for primary health care delivery, Says Minister. EFCC reopens probe of GAVI...

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2016 ANPA NAPPSA Joint Communique
11 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
2016 ANPA NAPPSA Joint Communique

ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN PHYSICIANS IN THE AMERICAS (ANPA) AND NIGERIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENTISTS IN THE AMERICAS (NAPPSA) JOINT POST-CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUE This conference...

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Announcing “Future of Health II – Health meets Tech”
09 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Announcing “Future of Health II – Health meets Tech”

We are announcing our second annual flagship event – “The Future of Health Conference.” This year’s theme is “Health meets Tech.” The Nigerian healthcare system...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 05 August 2016
05 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 05 August 2016

Patients storm LUTH as nurses resume work. ICPC arraigns Professor of medicine for allegedly demanding bribe before surgery. JUTH workers protest against no-work-no-pay policy. Delta...

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Is this the breaking of a new dawn in Nigeria’s health sector?
02 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Is this the breaking of a new dawn in Nigeria’s health sector?

Last Friday’s news flash that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed new heads to five public health institutions took the Nigerian health sector by surprise, with...

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New data from PMA2020 shed light on menstrual hygiene management in Kaduna, Nigeria
01 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
New data from PMA2020 shed light on menstrual hygiene management in Kaduna, Nigeria

Data on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) are scarce, especially at a large scale. As Melinda Gates noted at the recent Women Deliver conference in May,...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 29 July 2016
29 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 29 July 2016

Convoy attack: UN suspends aid to Borno. Nigeria marks 2 years without Polio. Buhari appoints heads of health institutions. Global donors meet Buhari, express displeasure...

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Ten highlights from the 21st International Conference on AIDS
26 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Ten highlights from the 21st International Conference on AIDS

[dropcap]O[/dropcap] ver the last week, your Nigeria Health Watch team has been at the 21st International AIDS Conference, the largest conference on any global health...

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Press Briefing by Borno State MoH and the FMoH on the Health and Nutrition Humanitarian Crisis in Borno State
25 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Press Briefing by Borno State MoH and the FMoH on the Health and Nutrition Humanitarian Crisis in Borno State

The Borno State Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Health recently held a press briefing on the health and nutrition humanitarian crisis in...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 22 July 2016
22 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 22 July 2016

FG launches Rapid Result Initiative for Better Health. Senate seeks urgent funds to address malnutrition among IDPs. About 30% of children suffer chronic malnutrition in...

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Address of the Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Adewole at the press briefing to launch the Rapid Results Initiative of the Federal Ministry of Health
20 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Address of the Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Adewole at the press briefing to launch the Rapid Results Initiative of the Federal Ministry of Health

ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF HEALTH, PROFESSOR I. F ADEWOLE FAS, FSPSP,DSC(Hons) AT THE PRESS BRIEFING TO LAUNCH THE RAPID RESULTS INITIATIVE OF THE...

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