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TED Global Photos
30 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
TED Global Photos

Photos from TED Global 2007 http://www.nigeriahealthwatch.com/ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world; indeed it is the only...

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Proudly Nigerian at TEDGlobal
28 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Proudly Nigerian at TEDGlobal

Having been recommended by a friend, I ended up with 99 other young Africans that received a fellowship to attend a conference called TEDGlobal in...

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Pfizer and the 1996 meningitis outbreak in Nigeria: Who is lying?, and 9 other questions
23 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Pfizer and the 1996 meningitis outbreak in Nigeria: Who is lying?, and 9 other questions

It is now common knowledge that Pfizer used a drug trovafloxacin (commonly called Trovan) to treat Nigerians in a 1996 cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) outbreak in...

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Measles outbreak update, civil society oversight and some cheering notes
21 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Measles outbreak update, civil society oversight and some cheering notes

The death toll from the measles outbreak in Borno continues to rise with 80 deaths reported by Thisday newspaper as at yesterday. There is still...

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Another Measles Outbreak
19 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Another Measles Outbreak

The Nigerian Guardian reports that 60 children have died from a measles outbreak in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. 400 other children are said to be...

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Blogging Nigeria's Health Scene
19 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Blogging Nigeria's Health Scene

Why start a blog about health and health care in Nigera, who has time to read them…and really who cares? Questions we asked ourselves. Ike...

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