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Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th August 2022
19 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th August 2022

How Nigeria’s Health Insurance Authority can help strengthen health security. Nigeria will save N2tr from malaria elimination, says Buhari. 64% of children in Nigeria not...

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Transitioning Polio Emergency Operations Centres to Strengthen Nigeria’s Health Security.
17 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Transitioning Polio Emergency Operations Centres to Strengthen Nigeria’s Health Security.

By Ibukun Oguntola and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writers) Emergency Operations Centres, first used in Nigeria during the national polio response, were valuable assets in Nigeria’s...

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Kano State’s Health Security Roadmap: Evaluating Strengths and Gaps and Improving Health Systems
15 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Kano State’s Health Security Roadmap: Evaluating Strengths and Gaps and Improving Health Systems

By Bashar Abubakar and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) When Nigeria conducted a Joint External Evaluation (JEE) in 2017, there was no way of knowing that...

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Human Resource, a Critical Need for Dawakiji Health Clinic
13 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Human Resource, a Critical Need for Dawakiji Health Clinic

Dawakiji Basic Health Clinic in Dawakiji community of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State provides healthcare services to the residents of Dawakiji...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 12th August 2022
12 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 12th August 2022

35 people infected as new virus hits China. PWDs demand domestication of Disability Act in Ebonyi. Advocating for Domestic Resource Mobilisation to Strengthen Nigeria’s Health....

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Innovations and Current Trends in Digitising Distribution of Health Products in Nigeria
10 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Innovations and Current Trends in Digitising Distribution of Health Products in Nigeria

Digital technology has become an integral part of daily life, and healthcare delivery can be improved by taking full advantage of the interconnectedness that technology...

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A Wearable Reminder: Prompting Caregivers to Stick to Vaccination Schedules in Kano State
09 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
A Wearable Reminder: Prompting Caregivers to Stick to Vaccination Schedules in Kano State

By Chibuike Alagboso and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead writers) Gandirwawa Primary Health Centre (PHC) is in Minjibir Local Government Area (LGA) which is 42 kilometres from...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 5th August 2022
05 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 5th August 2022

Why Africa’s healthy life expectancy rose in two decades, by WHO. Nigeria number one in global malaria deaths – WHO report. Breastfeeding key to ensuring...

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Jigawa Health Post: Accessing Healthcare with Dignity
05 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Jigawa Health Post: Accessing Healthcare with Dignity

Jigawa, a rural community in the Warawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State has a health post that provides healthcare services to residents. Health...

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Healthcare Services Should be Inclusive of Persons with Disabilities – Here is How
03 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Healthcare Services Should be Inclusive of Persons with Disabilities – Here is How

By Selben Penzin Editor’s Note: We must pay attention to the needs of persons with disabilities to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to...

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Girl Child Concerns Academy: Unleashing the Potential of Girls in Borno State
01 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Girl Child Concerns Academy: Unleashing the Potential of Girls in Borno State

By Ibukun Oguntola and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) The boko haram insurgency has negatively impacted girl child education which is vital to any country’s growth....

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What’s Next for Global Health Security? Key Takeaways from the Global Health Security Conference on Building Back Better
30 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
What’s Next for Global Health Security? Key Takeaways from the Global Health Security Conference on Building Back Better

A team from Nigeria Health Watch attended the Global Health Security Conference 2022 in Singapore. This article highlights key takeaways from the conference on what...

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