Articles by Nigeria Health Watch
Have we, the Citizens, done our Part? It is a period of election in Nigeria. Vote counting is going on all across the country, and...
Read MoreAs the Ebola epidemic in West Africa slows and falls away from the headlines, there is a temptation to view this outbreak as an isolated...
Read MoreWhile the experience of the average Nigerian with several sectors of the economy has evolved through the use of technology over the past decade, there...
Read MoreAs we approach the new date for the presidential elections, we decided to use the additional time provided by the postponement to scrutinize the two...
Read MoreThe World Health Organisation (WHO) recently appointed Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti as the new Regional Director for WHO’s Africa Region (WHO AFRO) succeeding Dr Luis...
Read MoreNigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world with 560 women dying for every 100,000 live births. Although there has been...
Read MoreLast week, in anticipation of the now postponed Nigerian presidential elections on February 14th, we organized a 3 hour tweetathon, focusing on health, which has...
Read MoreIt’s election season in Nigeria, and the volume of the debates online and offline are reaching a deafening pitch. Interestingly the focus of most of...
Read MoreBy Ike Anya A few days ago while in Abuja, I was surprised to hear the news presenter announce that a Federal High Court had...
Read MoreBy Chizoba Wonodi Nigeria launched the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) into its childhood immunization schedule in Lokoja, on December 22nd 2014. PCV...
Read MoreAn interesting scenario played out in 2014. After a strike that lasted about two months, all resident doctors in Nigeria were sacked; the strike was...
Read MoreWe rarely have much to celebrate in the health sector, and broadly this is still the case. The fundamental reform that the sector requires to...
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