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Prioritising Health Security to Make Nigeria ‘Pandemic Proof’
17 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Prioritising Health Security to Make Nigeria ‘Pandemic Proof’

By Sunday Oko and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) The Federal Government Budget for the Health Sector has more than doubled over the past five years,...

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Haihuwa Lafiya: Preventing Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State One Trip at a Time
14 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Haihuwa Lafiya: Preventing Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State One Trip at a Time

By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji (Lead Writer) Hadiza Haladu’s first pregnancy almost ended in a double tragedy when she went into early labour. The closest health...

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Build Sheshimandiko Community a New Health Facility
12 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Build Sheshimandiko Community a New Health Facility

Sheshimandiko is a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. Although the community has a health centre, it lacks the most...

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Development Partners, CSOs, Media Seek Legislative Intervention For Increased Public Investment in the Health Sector in 2023
11 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Development Partners, CSOs, Media Seek Legislative Intervention For Increased Public Investment in the Health Sector in 2023

Nigeria’s health sector has been fraught with suboptimal public investment to sustain its development and achievement of key development objectives such as Universal Health Coverage...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 11th November 2022
11 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 11th November 2022

FG disburses N101bn from Basic Healthcare Provision Fund – Official. Cancer deaths in Africa could rise over 30% – WHO. Over 14M children in Nigeria...

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Strengthening Local Capacity for Disease Detection, Reporting, and Response
09 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Strengthening Local Capacity for Disease Detection, Reporting, and Response

Larry Brilliant, a renowned epidemiologist, once said that “outbreaks are inevitable, but pandemics are optional.” Globally, this inevitability of outbreaks has been even more evident...

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Nigeria Health Watch announces #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards 2022. Nominations are now open!
08 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch announces #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards 2022. Nominations are now open!

Nigeria Health Watch has announced the third edition of the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards ceremony to celebrate evidence-based and accurate reporting of epidemic preparedness in Nigeria...

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Oral Health Advocacy Initiative: Tackling Cleft Lip in Rural Communities through Surgery and Advocacy
07 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Oral Health Advocacy Initiative: Tackling Cleft Lip in Rural Communities through Surgery and Advocacy

The joy of welcoming their new-born son was dampened when Delight Sunday’s parents saw that the infant had a large tear on both sides of...

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Danbare Community Seeks the Opening of a ‘Newly-Built’ PHC
05 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Danbare Community Seeks the Opening of a ‘Newly-Built’ PHC

Danbare community has a well-constructed Primary Health Center (PHC) however, community members have not been able to access the facility as it has remained closed...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th November 2022
04 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th November 2022

‘2023 proposed national budget for health not sufficient to improve sector’. FG Tightens Measures against Ebola Outbreak. Lassa fever experts gather in Abuja for workshop...

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When Floods Threaten Nigeria’s Food Security Everyone Suffers
02 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
When Floods Threaten Nigeria’s Food Security Everyone Suffers

Media reports have been filled with reports of flooding in several states in Nigeria in the last few months. Thousands of hectares of farmland has...

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The SASA Initiative: Changing Mindsets About Female Genital Mutilation in Kween District in Uganda
31 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
The SASA Initiative: Changing Mindsets About Female Genital Mutilation in Kween District in Uganda

By Namuli Hasifah (Lead Writer) Born and raised in Atari Village, Kaptoyoy sub-county, in the Kween district of eastern Uganda, 23-year-old Mercy Chebet was married...

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