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What you need to know about the Yobe eye drops Story
08 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
What you need to know about the Yobe eye drops Story

This is a follow up story to the public service announcement concerning the misuse of Chlorhexidine digluconate 7.1% solution packaged as eye drops in Yobe...

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Urgent Public Service Announcement: Product withdrawal to save the sight of our children
06 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Urgent Public Service Announcement: Product withdrawal to save the sight of our children

Early in September 2015, in Yobe State in Nigeria, a three-week old baby was brought to a doctor with corneal ulceration leading to immediate blindness....

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Three reasons Strikes will continue in Nigeria’s Health Sector
01 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Three reasons Strikes will continue in Nigeria’s Health Sector

No part of public service in Nigeria has experienced more strikes than the health sector. Right now, public tertiary hospitals in Nigeria are struggling to...

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For One Percent: An Innovative Blood Bank in Nigeria
25 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
For One Percent: An Innovative Blood Bank in Nigeria

This week’s guest post is by Temie Giwa-Tubosun, director of the One Percent Project, whose aim is to improve the blood transfusion system in Nigeria....

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Inside a Nigerian IDP camp – a Public Health Perspective
18 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Inside a Nigerian IDP camp – a Public Health Perspective

A few weeks ago, my colleague Chioma and I volunteered with Pro Health International to provide free medical care for IDPs in three camps in...

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Universal Health Coverage – President Buhari’s opportunity to become a national hero
11 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Universal Health Coverage – President Buhari’s opportunity to become a national hero

This week’s guest blog comes from Robert Yates, an internationally recognized expert on progressive health financing. He works for Chatham House, the international affairs “Think-tank”...

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Waiting for the promised Change in the Health Sector
04 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Waiting for the promised Change in the Health Sector

This piece is contributed by Remi Adeseun. Remi is a pharmacist and health sector entrepreneur, Chairman of Rodot Nigeria Limited (a Medical Devices/Water Technology and...

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Can technology-based measurement transform the Nigerian Health Sector?
28 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Can technology-based measurement transform the Nigerian Health Sector?

The Nigerian Banking Sector is almost unrecognizable compared to where it was just a few years ago. As a consumer, you can get cash from...

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Nigeria interrupts Polio, but the fight is not over
21 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria interrupts Polio, but the fight is not over

Nigeria is about to cross an important milestone in its fight to eradicate polio. July 24th will mark one year since the last polio case...

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Nigerian Doctors in the Americas meet in Orlando
14 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigerian Doctors in the Americas meet in Orlando

Every year, Nigerian doctors meet all over the world in their organisations to find ways to inspire each other to engage more with Nigeria and...

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Against all Odds, a small Miracle is taking place in Bauchi
07 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Against all Odds, a small Miracle is taking place in Bauchi

The Nigeria Health Watch team recently visited Bauchi State. We had been invited by USAID’s Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP). The programme’s purpose is...

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Introducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project
30 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Introducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project

Cervical Cancer is the most common female cancer in developing countries, with approximately 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. In Nigeria, it is...

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