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Doctors for Change: From a WhatsApp Group to a Movement
28 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Doctors for Change: From a WhatsApp Group to a Movement

It can be quite devastating when your doctor tells you that the specialist care you urgently need is not available in Nigeria. I have been...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th November 2022
25 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th November 2022

Assessing Nigeria’s Commitment towards Financing Health Security. Antibiotics resistance killing many Nigerians, NCDC. WHO raise the alarm. Gbajabiamila Seeks Urgent Measures to Maximise Nigeria’s Population....

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Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya
21 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya

By Joyce Chimbi (Lead Writer) Kamboo, Yindalani and Yiuma Mavui are a set of hard-to-reach villages located 17 and 28 kilometres away from Makindu sub-county...

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­­­Fact-Finding Mission Travels to the Netherlands To Advance Investments in Nigeria’s Health Sector
19 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
­­­Fact-Finding Mission Travels to the Netherlands To Advance Investments in Nigeria’s Health Sector

The Consulate of the  Kingdom of Netherlands, in collaboration with PharmAccess Foundation, the implementing partner for the Government of the Netherlands health-related activities, organised a...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th November 2022
18 Nov
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th November 2022

UN Says Nigeria’s Development Unsustainable, Urges Family Planning. Nigeria’s poverty exceeds World Bank projection, five states lead. WHO Begins Clinical Trials for Ebola Vaccine. FCCPC...

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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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