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DFID launches PATHS II in Nigeria
17 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
DFID launches PATHS II in Nigeria

The UK Department for International Development has just launched the second phase of the Partnerships for Transforming Health Systems in Nigeria. The project has been...

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Who will cast the first stone?
13 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Who will cast the first stone?

by ndubuisi edeogaIt seems everywhere I look its always bad news coming from Nigeria, bad news about Nigeria and an even worse future for Nigeria....

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Nigeria still on our minds:  even in Iceland
10 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria still on our minds: even in Iceland

I hear you asking “Iceland?…Yes! The same thought crossed my mind when I saw that this year’s International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococccal Diseases was...

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Masters in Public Health
04 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Masters in Public Health

by chikwe ihekweazu Have you noticed how many Nigerians are doing MPHs these days? I teach a specific module at a few MPH classes in...

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Read the new National Health Bill
02 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Read the new National Health Bill

Quoting Prof Grange, our last Minsiter of Health: “….the absence of a National Health Act to back up the National Health Policy has been a...

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Pls Mr President…Give us the Minister of Health we deserve
29 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Pls Mr President…Give us the Minister of Health we deserve

by chikwe ihekweazuToday is the 29th of May. In Nigeria it is called “Democracy Day” and celebrated by 140 million Nigerians staying at home. While...

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Why are we not all celebrating?
27 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Why are we not all celebrating?

by ndubuisi edeoga The National Health Bill finally came to life after a very long gestation…good…APGAR (used to assess children’s health imediately after birth) score...

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Finally…National Health bill passed
18 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Finally…National Health bill passed

The National Health bill seeking to enact a comprehensive health policy for Nigeria was finally passed by the Nigerian Senate yesterday after playing with if...

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Letter to the Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police Force, Sir (Dr.) Mike Mbama Okiro CFR, NPM, mni, following the death of CP Haz Iwendi
12 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Letter to the Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police Force, Sir (Dr.) Mike Mbama Okiro CFR, NPM, mni, following the death of CP Haz Iwendi

by chikwe ihekweazuDear IG, It is with a heavy heart, but total submission to the Almighty that we write to express our heartfelt sympathy over...

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Six weeks…
08 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Six weeks…

by ndubuisi edeoga That’s how long it has been estimated that it takes to develop a new habit. Some will argue that it depend on...

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Remembering the Children I lost…
02 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Remembering the Children I lost…

by chikwe ihekweazu The 25th of April just gone was the World Malaria day. Round the world there was the usual awareness raising campaigns, and...

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Can we walk the walk: Yes we can?
29 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Can we walk the walk: Yes we can?

Charity they say begins at home, have we covered our bases as we go on in the fight for equitable distribution of health and attempt...

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