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Is Nigeria’s Current Demographic Trend a Dividend or a Disaster?
16 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Is Nigeria’s Current Demographic Trend a Dividend or a Disaster?

My great-grand father had five wives and 23 children, 18 of whom were male. It was said that he was deliberate about having a large...

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Making Good on a Promise: How Nasarawa State Vaccinated Seventy Percent of its Eligible Population
13 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Making Good on a Promise: How Nasarawa State Vaccinated Seventy Percent of its Eligible Population

By Gabriel Oke (Lead Writer) Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is not a competition and there are no prizes for the state that successfully vaccinates all...

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Somajigi PHC: Seeking a Resolution to its Multiple Challenges
10 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Somajigi PHC: Seeking a Resolution to its Multiple Challenges

Somajigi is a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. A Primary Health Centre (PHC) was established to meet the health...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th May 2022
10 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th May 2022

Monkeypox Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases, WHO Warns Of ‘Real’ Risk. Reducing maternal deaths via evidence-based interventions. Nigeria seals 25,000 illegal pharmacies in eight years –...

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#OnlyOneEarth: Making Sustainable Living Our Only Option
08 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
#OnlyOneEarth: Making Sustainable Living Our Only Option

Nigeria’s power situation has been at an all time low since the national grid collapsed early this year. A few days ago, Nathaniel Bassey, a...

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Monkeypox - When the World Did Not Listen to Nigeria
04 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Monkeypox - When the World Did Not Listen to Nigeria

Again, the world is paying attention to another infectious disease outbreak. This time it is monkeypox, a rare disease that many people may never have...

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Tungan Habu Primary Health Centre: A Human Right Violation
02 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Tungan Habu Primary Health Centre: A Human Right Violation

Tungan Habu is a rural community in Madara ward of Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State. The community has a Primary Health Centre (PHC)...

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Leveraging Digital Health to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Nigeria’s Youth
01 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Leveraging Digital Health to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Nigeria’s Youth

By Patience Adejo and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Adolescents, who account for about 1.3 billion of the global population, may become sexually active despite their...

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Medicines Should Save Lives: Here’s How DrugStoc is Ensuring This Happens for Nigerians
30 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Medicines Should Save Lives: Here’s How DrugStoc is Ensuring This Happens for Nigerians

As a Procurement and Supply Management (PSM) officer, when Chukwunonso Umeh began his search for a vendor who could supply some of the life-saving commodities...

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Emi Umaru Clinic Where Health Inequity Thrives
28 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Emi Umaru Clinic Where Health Inequity Thrives

Adamu Jiya is the only health worker in the only health facility in Emi Umarua rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 27th May 2022
27 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 27th May 2022

WHA75: Don’t use health issues to settle political scores, WHO warns world leaders. Panels to ensure implementation of National Health Insurance Authority Act. Monkeypox: ‘Too...

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From A Scheme to an Authority - 5 Things You Need to Know About the New NHIA Act
25 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
From A Scheme to an Authority - 5 Things You Need to Know About the New NHIA Act

By Dara Ajala-Damisa and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Last Thursday evening, some great news was delivered to health advocates and Nigerians at large. The President...

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