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"This is a moving story"
16 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
"This is a moving story"

Dear Friends, Yesterday we brought you a piece written by Tony Can on his experience with Cancer in the family. We have received several responses. Find below two that...

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One death is a tragedy, a million deaths, a statistic
15 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
One death is a tragedy, a million deaths, a statistic

February 4 was World Cancer Day. Cancer is a BIG problem…and big problems are difficult to communicate. There is a popular adage on the difficulty...

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The tragic ineptitude of some "leaders" in our health sector
12 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
The tragic ineptitude of some "leaders" in our health sector

Find below an article that appeared in the Champion Newspaper on the 2nd of February. I have highlighted some issues I find really tragic in...

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An inconvenient Truth – watching Haiti through Nigerian eyes
10 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
An inconvenient Truth – watching Haiti through Nigerian eyes

Watching events in Haiti have been painful. Many of us have donated the little we feel we can afford….joined facebook groups…discussed it over dinner tables...

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Is the organised private sector beginning to engage in health care?
08 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Is the organised private sector beginning to engage in health care?

Realising that not even all the money in pockets of our ex-governors can buy you health care in an emergency in Nigeria, parts of the...

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Still on the NHIS
05 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Still on the NHIS

No doubt this is now one of the most important issues in health care provision in Nigeria…the Nigerian press is just picking this up.Please read this excellent...

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Ist Ladies in Cancer Rally
03 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Ist Ladies in Cancer Rally

Cancer is the health flavour of the year. Following the footsteps of our beloved “first lady”, wives of some the governors of some states (Lagos...

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Health in the Nigerian Press – you can not make this up!
01 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Health in the Nigerian Press – you can not make this up!

The Punch: Nigeria orders swine flu vaccine to all children under the age of five years, pregnant women, health workers and old people. The Minister’s spokesman...

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Book Launch – "Turning the world upside down"
29 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Book Launch – "Turning the world upside down"

Many that work in the UK will remember Lord Nigel Crisp as the Chief Executive of the NHS between 2000 and 2006. Since 2006 he...

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CARE-NET's HEALTH INSURANCE AFFAIRS
27 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
CARE-NET's HEALTH INSURANCE AFFAIRS

CARE – NET is managed by Dr. Tarry Asoka in Nigeria. The organisation provides leadership in a broad range of strategic and technical areas related...

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GUINEA WORM eliminated in Nigeria?
25 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
GUINEA WORM eliminated in Nigeria?

I still remember my assignment in my MPH class. We were asked to do a presentation to the class on a common public health problem in...

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Nigeria's disappointing response to swine flu
22 Jan
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria's disappointing response to swine flu

It has been frustrating following the response to swine flu in Nigeria. We live in hope of the day our country will to put its act together and act with...

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