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Special Edition: Conference brings attention to Tuberculosis in Nigeria
16 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Special Edition: Conference brings attention to Tuberculosis in Nigeria

In the week that a major announcement was made by WHO shortening the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the scientific community is coming together with health care...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 13 May 2016
13 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 13 May 2016

Global Fund has not suspended funding for Nigeria – NACA. Nigeria disagrees with Global Fund over grants’ misapplication claim. FACT-CHECK: VP Osinbajo’s claim not true:...

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Five big issues at the International Conference of Midwives in Abuja
10 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Five big issues at the International Conference of Midwives in Abuja

  May 5 was this year’s International Day of the Midwife. To commemorate this day in Nigeria, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, UNFPA, the United Nations...

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Top Ten Health News, 06 May, 2016
06 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News, 06 May, 2016

Global Fund uncovers fraud in malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS grants to Nigeria. Office of the Inspector General Investigation in Nigeria. Nigerian govt directs hospitals to treat...

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As the Health Minister’s 10,000 PHC transformation agenda starts, we urge him to keep primary health care under ONE roof
03 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
As the Health Minister’s 10,000 PHC transformation agenda starts, we urge him to keep primary health care under ONE roof

We are in May. Later this month we will mark one year into the tenure of the Buhari administration, a quarter of its four-year mandate....

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Top Ten Health News, 29 April, 2016
29 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News, 29 April, 2016

Global Fund wrestles with concerns about grant performance and risks in the Nigeria portfolio. No Nigerian will die from malaria related illness from 2020 –...

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Stronger together – increasing effectiveness of advocacy in the Nigerian health sector
27 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Stronger together – increasing effectiveness of advocacy in the Nigerian health sector

The room was almost full at 8 a.m., as advocates, leaders of civil society organisations and senior government officials gathered in Abuja to learn from...

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Top Ten Health News, 22 April 2016
22 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News, 22 April 2016

El-Rufai shuts down Government House clinic, orders staff to use public hospital. Health funding could stop in Nigeria, Bill Gates warns. Nigeria vaccine bill to...

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Making our Voices Count: Active Citizenship for Health
20 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Making our Voices Count: Active Citizenship for Health

We can see from other sectors in Nigeria, how active citizenship is driving change. From the elections, to the increased responsiveness of government in various...

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Top Ten Health News, 15 April, 2016
15 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News, 15 April, 2016

Nigeria has lowest (per capita) health budget in Africa. $274m Needed For Polio Campaign. ‘185 Of 1,000 Births Die Before 5th Birthday In Kaduna’. Government...

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Ten Big Promises Made by the Nigerian Minister of Health
12 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Ten Big Promises Made by the Nigerian Minister of Health

It is always welcome when leaders make clear and explicit promises in terms of what they seek to achieve during their tenure in office. Since...

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Top Ten Health News, 08 April 2016
08 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News, 08 April 2016

1.6m Nigerians live with diabetes as disease kills over 40,000. FG halts importation of treated mosquito nets, sets guidelines for pharmaceutical products. Resident doctors to...

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