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Top Ten News on Health: 29 January, 2016
29 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News on Health: 29 January, 2016

FG marshals National Health Agenda – Minister. Health: Nigeria should learn from Ondo – Director, Chatham House. Combating diarrhea in Nigeria. Lagos State targets 4...

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Lack of trust in health sector: the underlying cause of the large Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria
26 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Lack of trust in health sector: the underlying cause of the large Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria

Strange deaths in a community in Niger State in 2015 left the community confused, this was followed by a period of uncertainty and anxiety, and...

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Top Ten Health News: 22 January, 2016
22 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News: 22 January, 2016

NGF partners with Dangote Foundation, Gates Foundation, USAID in the fight against polio. IFC, IFHA II, Swiss Re and CIEL Healthcare Invest in Hygeia Nigeria...

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‘A Beautiful Mind – Opening up about Mental Health’ at Social Media Week Lagos
19 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
‘A Beautiful Mind – Opening up about Mental Health’ at Social Media Week Lagos

On February 26, 2016, Nigeria Health Watch will partner with Asktoks.com at a Masterclass during this year’s Social Media Week Lagos, to provoke rigorous discussion...

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Top Ten Health News: 15 January, 2016
15 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News: 15 January, 2016

Patients flee as doctor of Lassa fever victims dies. Nigeria: FG Earmarks N140 Million to Fight Lassa Fever, Death Toll Hits 41. Lagos Assembly orders...

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Top Ten Health News: 08 January, 2016
08 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News: 08 January, 2016

Press Release by the Hon Min of Health – Prof. Isaac F. Adewole. Hurdles before Nigeria’s health care in 2016. Budget 2016: Give Nigerians functional...

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Dear President Buhari, honour the 2001 Abuja declaration and deliver a genuinely Pro-Poor 2016 Budget
05 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Dear President Buhari, honour the 2001 Abuja declaration and deliver a genuinely Pro-Poor 2016 Budget

Editor: On the 19th of December 2015, we at Nigeria Health Watch joined the ONE Campaign and 24 other Non-Governmental Organisations in writing a letter to...

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Top Ten Health News: 01 January, 2016
01 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten Health News: 01 January, 2016

As 2015 Winds Down On Nigeria’s Health Sector. FG to build 10,000 health centres across Nigeria. Lagos abolishes contract doctors, moves to resolve sector crisis....

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Nigeria Health Watch: Our Continuing Promise in 2016
29 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch: Our Continuing Promise in 2016

For each day that we have been on this journey, to put health front and centre of the political agenda in Nigeria, we have done...

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ARCHIVE: Top Ten Health News [2014 – 2015]
25 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
ARCHIVE: Top Ten Health News [2014 – 2015]

View the Top Ten Health News Archive collecting stories from January 2014 to December 2015. Click HERE to view.

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Professor Eyitayo Lambo’s ‘Tour de Force’ and Call to Action
22 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Professor Eyitayo Lambo’s ‘Tour de Force’ and Call to Action

On December 9th 2015, we gathered in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, for the first Public Service Lecture of the Nigerian Primary Health Care Development Agency. ...

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An assignment of Hope: An insight into living with disabilities in Nigeria
15 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
An assignment of Hope: An insight into living with disabilities in Nigeria

By Ebele Vivien Okoli Editor: The 3rd of December was World Disability Day. Ebele Vivien Okoli, a Resident Doctor specialising in Community Medicine at the...

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