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Strengthening Health Security Cannot Be Achieved Without Universal Health Coverage and Effective Primary Health Care – Medical Experts Advocates
16 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Strengthening Health Security Cannot Be Achieved Without Universal Health Coverage and Effective Primary Health Care – Medical Experts Advocates

…Multiple Stakeholders gathered to discuss Nigeria’s health security To strengthen health security and a decentralized health system in Nigeria with regards to epidemic preparedness, the...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th July 2022
15 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th July 2022

Post COVID-19 Assessment: Stakeholders brainstorm on ways to decentralise health security in Nigeria. Nigeria loses over $2bn annually to medical tourism —Association. CSOs set to...

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Nigeria must improve health services for mothers and babies: here’s what can change
13 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria must improve health services for mothers and babies: here’s what can change

By Jamilu Tukur, Bayero University, Kano Nigeria is one of the largest contributors to maternal and newborn (neonatal) deaths in the world. It’s estimated that...

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She Writes Woman: Giving Mental Health a Voice in Nigeria
11 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
She Writes Woman: Giving Mental Health a Voice in Nigeria

In Nigeria, the road to a mental illness diagnosis is often fraught with shame, stigma and secrecy. People living with mental health conditions need to...

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Kawo Clinic: A Ward is Not a Labour Room
08 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Kawo Clinic: A Ward is Not a Labour Room

If Primary Health Centres (PHC) operate at optimal capacity, they can cater to more than 80% of an individual’s healthcare needs. Sadly, Nigeria’s PHC system...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th July 2022
08 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th July 2022

Nigeria’s health sector loses steam in first half. COVID-19 Public Health Advisory Amidst Increasing Case Numbers. Preparing for next pandemic. ‘Open drug markets threat to...

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COVID-19 Public Health Advisory Amidst Increasing Case Numbers
08 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
COVID-19 Public Health Advisory Amidst Increasing Case Numbers

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) issues this public health advisory given the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria and globally....

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Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control: Strengthening Nigeria’s Local Capacity to Lead the Lassa Fever Response
04 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control: Strengthening Nigeria’s Local Capacity to Lead the Lassa Fever Response

By Beti Baiye and Ibukun Oguntola The driveway in the grounds of the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) is large and welcoming and as you...

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Transitioning Nigeria’s National Population Policy: From Policy to Implementation
02 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Transitioning Nigeria’s National Population Policy: From Policy to Implementation

By Folakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) The National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) is the top think tank in the federation, responsible for conducting...

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The Women in Unguwar Duniya Deserve Access to Quality Maternal Care
01 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Women in Unguwar Duniya Deserve Access to Quality Maternal Care

Pregnant women in some rural communities in Nigeria continue to suffer from the lack of adequate and quality maternal care due to lack of access...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st July 2022
01 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st July 2022

AfDB to cut $14bn annual import of medicine into Africa. Health workers’ shortage in Nigeria, others to hit 6.1m by 2030 – WHO study. No...

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Leveraging the Joint External Evaluation to Improve Health Security at Sub-National Level
29 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Leveraging the Joint External Evaluation to Improve Health Security at Sub-National Level

By Chibuike Alagboso and Onyinye Oranezi When the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria, Dr Johnson Simon Mafuka who heads the Infectious Diseases...

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