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Died Fixing Healthcare System
06 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Died Fixing Healthcare System

Dear Readers, At a recent conference on health and health care in in Nigeria that held in London…Dr Seyi Oyesola asked the poignant question on...

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HEALTH in Mr Presidents budget
03 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
HEALTH in Mr Presidents budget

The 2009 Budget as presented by Mr President to the National Assembly 2nd of December. The full text can be read here: Health was mentioned...

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Restoring Health to the Agenda in Nigeria- report from a conference
01 Dec
By Nigeria Health Watch
Restoring Health to the Agenda in Nigeria- report from a conference

On a cold morning on Saturday the 22nd of November, over 200 professionals with a commitment to improving the health of Nigerians met at the...

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Why organise a conference on Nigerian health….in London?
12 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Why organise a conference on Nigerian health….in London?

This piece was first publised on the BMJ blog by ike anya and chikwe ihekweazuA quiet milestone passed in May this year, when Nigerians marked...

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Medical Mission taken to another scale
01 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Medical Mission taken to another scale

In many online forums there have been discussions, often heated about the value of so called “medical missions” to Nigeria by Nigerian medical professionals living...

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Restoring Health to the Agenda
31 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Restoring Health to the Agenda

Have you registered for the Conference: Nigeria: Partnership for Health Do not sit on the fence…ENGAGE! Today is the deadline for bursaries. For details go...

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Smile Train arrives Nigeria!
30 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Smile Train arrives Nigeria!

In November 2007, on a cold November night we sat in an auditorium at UCL in London listening to the annual lecture of The Lancet....

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Medical Mission with a difference: The changing face of surgical operations
27 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Medical Mission with a difference: The changing face of surgical operations

We will occasionaly bring you a piece by a guest write Kingsley Obom-Egbulem. KC has been reporting on health issues for a few years and...

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Road Traffic Accidents and the Federal Road Safety Commision
23 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Road Traffic Accidents and the Federal Road Safety Commision

by Ndubuisi Edeoga The Federal Road Safety Commision has been in the news a lot lately. Guardian: January 1, 2009 deadline given to all motorcyclists...

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Health news around the country
21 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Health news around the country

Guardian: A LACK of funds (sic) is delaying the proposed N247 million new model sero-prevalence or (not sure what “or” means) sentinel surveillance survey on...

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NHW's response to the Ministerial Press Briefing of our Minister of Health
15 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
NHW's response to the Ministerial Press Briefing of our Minister of Health

Dr Hassan Lawal oon, Minister for LabourSupervising Minister, Ministry for HealthFederal Republic of NigeriaDear Sir,Thank you!One of the features of the YarAdua administration is that...

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Our Government and the Health sector
11 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Our Government and the Health sector

You could not make this up…but this is how our health sector is being run… 2 years after a failing agency the National Programme for...

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