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Demonizing Nigerian Doctors – an Agenda for Change
30 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Demonizing Nigerian Doctors – an Agenda for Change

Reflecting on the recent doctors strike, and the threat by other health sector workers of further strikes, we took a fresh look at a piece...

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SURE-P MCH: Fighting for the Life of every Mother and every Child
23 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
SURE-P MCH: Fighting for the Life of every Mother and every Child

Following the feedback from our story on the work of Pro Health International, we realised that very little is known by many Nigerians on what...

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The largest medical Exhibition in West Africa, to hold in Lagos Oct 15 – 17
16 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
The largest medical Exhibition in West Africa, to hold in Lagos Oct 15 – 17

Next month, another edition of Medic West Africa will hold in Lagos. This event has grown to become the largest medical exhibition in West Africa,...

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Heroes in Health
09 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Heroes in Health

A hero is a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his/her brave deeds and noble qualities. A health system is incomplete without the...

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MDGs: “Every Day counts, every Action counts, every Life counts”
02 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
MDGs: “Every Day counts, every Action counts, every Life counts”

We recently attended the “2014 Partners’ Forum” in Johannesburg, South Africa, together with about a thousand other colleagues from the public and private sectors who...

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Seven out of ten Nigerians not confident in Capacity of their local Hospitals to manage Ebola
26 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Seven out of ten Nigerians not confident in Capacity of their local Hospitals to manage Ebola

We will be surprised if there is a Nigerian out there that has not yet heard about the Ebola virus. It’s on Radio, TV, Facebook,...

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Five inconvenient Truths that the Ebola Outbreak has revealed
19 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Five inconvenient Truths that the Ebola Outbreak has revealed

  As at the 18th of August 2014, there are 11 confirmed Ebola cases in Nigeria and 4 deaths. About 190 contacts of cases are...

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Hospitals at the Frontline of the Ebola Response
12 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Hospitals at the Frontline of the Ebola Response

Hospitals have been at the heart of the spread of the Ebola virus from the first outbreak ever reported; but they are also at the...

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Ebola in Nigeria: should we be worried?
07 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Ebola in Nigeria: should we be worried?

Prologue We are putting up this post as a result of increasing demand for information on this disease. As of today, the 7th of August...

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An island of hope: Visiting the Obio Community Health Insurance Scheme
05 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
An island of hope: Visiting the Obio Community Health Insurance Scheme

There have been many calls for universal health coverage recently. Nigeria is one of the signatories to the universal health coverage plan which states that...

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Do medical missions really help? We joined Pro Health International on one to find out.
29 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Do medical missions really help? We joined Pro Health International on one to find out.

Medical missions have grown in relevance in Nigeria over the past 20 years. This is largely as a consequence of the failure of the health...

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The Public Hearing of the Tobacco Smoking Control Bill and nine others
22 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Public Hearing of the Tobacco Smoking Control Bill and nine others

A Nigeria Health Watch team attended a public hearing of 10 health sector bills by the House of Representatives, joint committee on health on Wednesday...

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