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Innovation in Emergency Medical Transportation in Nigeria
26 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Innovation in Emergency Medical Transportation in Nigeria

Editor’s Note: Nigerians pay an estimated N3 Billion every year for medical treatment outside the country. In a season where Nigeria is going through an...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 21 October 2016
21 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 21 October 2016

HIV/AIDS: Nigeria facing antiretroviral drugs shortage, says UN. Chibok girls: FG will provide medical care – Minister. US re-launches malaria hotline in Nigeria. Oyo State Assembly passes Health...

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Medic West Africa brings leaders, financiers, innovators of healthcare together at 2016 Exhibition
18 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Medic West Africa brings leaders, financiers, innovators of healthcare together at 2016 Exhibition

Last week, Nigeria hosted the fifth edition of the Medic West Africa and MEDLAB West Africa Exhibition & Congress at the Eko Hotels and Suites,...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 14 October 2016
14 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 14 October 2016

Massive immunization campaign to reach 41 million children in Nigeria and region to contain polio outbreak. Nigeria Losing Billions of Dollars to Malaria. Kaduna begins...

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Strong response to polio in the North East, stuttering response to health and nutrition
11 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Strong response to polio in the North East, stuttering response to health and nutrition

Following the detection of three new polio cases in Nigeria, The Nigerian government and its partners have mounted a massive, largely well-coordinated response. The Nigerian...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 07 October 2016
07 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 07 October 2016

FG releases N9.8bn for polio eradication. WHO provides medical supplies to 15,000 Boko Haram victims. Children below one-year-old to get new pneumonia vaccine. ‘Nigeria needs...

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Press Briefing on FG’s Update on Polio Outbreak and Response Activities in Nigeria
30 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Press Briefing on FG’s Update on Polio Outbreak and Response Activities in Nigeria

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency on Friday, 30th of September, 2016, held a press briefing in Abuja. Topic: Update on Polio Outbreak and Response...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September, 2016
30 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September, 2016

FG cancels plan to build 10,000 PHCs. UNICEF revises humanitarian funding appeal for Nigeria to US$ 115m. FG begins free screening for cancer. FG launches first national HIV...

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One Tech Expert’s Eagle Eye view of the Nigerian Health Sector
27 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
One Tech Expert’s Eagle Eye view of the Nigerian Health Sector

Editor’s Note: Our Future of Health Conference 2016, themed “Health meets Tech”, held last week at the YarAdua Centre in Abuja. For many it was...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd September, 2016
23 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd September, 2016

Cholera kills six in Lagos, 39 under observation. Government to adopt telemedicine to tackle medical tourism, manpower gap. Govt to restore peace in health sector....

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The Future of Health Conference… is Here!
21 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Future of Health Conference… is Here!

The past few weeks have been an exciting time for the African tech community. With three Google developer events announced to take place in three...

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Can this National Council on Health be the beginning of real change for the Nigerian Health Sector?
14 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Can this National Council on Health be the beginning of real change for the Nigerian Health Sector?

Editor’s Note: In this week’s Thought Leadership Piece, Felix Abrahams Obi, a health system research and policy analysis expert with the Health Policy Research Group...

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