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Saving Mothers, Giving Life 2.0:  A Collaborative Approach to Improving Maternal Care in Kaduna State.
16 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Saving Mothers, Giving Life 2.0: A Collaborative Approach to Improving Maternal Care in Kaduna State.

In 2021, we discussed the first phase of the Saving Mothers Giving Life (SMGL) project which was implemented in Cross River State; and introduced SMGL...

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A Call to Invest in Nurses to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria
14 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
A Call to Invest in Nurses to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria

“I heard that Thursday was World Nurses’ Day, I wish I’d known about it earlier, I would have called Nurse Grace to appreciate her. I...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 13th May 2022
13 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 13th May 2022

International Nurses Day: Nigeria can’t keep nurses it needs. Why manufacturers of poor-quality maternal medicines should be sanctioned. Monkeypox Case in the United Kingdom with...

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African Vaccination Week 2022: Equitable Vaccine Access can Help Build Resilient Communities
11 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
African Vaccination Week 2022: Equitable Vaccine Access can Help Build Resilient Communities

By Folakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) From the old (smallpox) to the new (COVID-19), for centuries, vaccines have helped save and promote healthier lives for people...

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One Square Meal a Day – Home-Grown Feeding Programme Keeping Niger State Children in School
09 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
One Square Meal a Day – Home-Grown Feeding Programme Keeping Niger State Children in School

By Kenneth Ibe and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead Writers) In 2017, the Federal Government of Nigeria introduced the home-grown school feeding programme (HGSFP) in primary schools...

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We have a health facility, but no health workers: Ashuwa community cries out.
06 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
We have a health facility, but no health workers: Ashuwa community cries out.

In 2012, a Primary Health Centre (PHC)) was built for the people of Ashuwa community, a rural community in Magama Local Government Area (LGA) of...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 6th May 2022
06 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 6th May 2022

Ensuring hand hygiene will help prevent infections in hospitals —Physician. WHO: COVID-19 Pandemic Killed Close To 17 Million Within Two Years. ‘Nigeria Not Where It...

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HeforShe: Enlisting Men in the Family Planning Discourse
04 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
HeforShe: Enlisting Men in the Family Planning Discourse

In 2018, on a work assignment to a rural community in Kebbi State, our team interviewed a woman who had given birth to 24 children....

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Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Access to Quality Maternal Medicines
02 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Access to Quality Maternal Medicines

The quality of healthcare a woman receives during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum is critical as it determines whether she lives or dies. Evidence shows that...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 29th April 2022
29 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 29th April 2022

Controversy shrouds initiative to begin local manufacture of vaccines. Osinbajo Acknowledges Diaspora Physicians’ Contributions To National Health Care. Vaccine-preventable disease surging in Africa, says WHO....

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Improved Uptake of Antenatal Services at Jido Primary Healthcare Centre
28 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Improved Uptake of Antenatal Services at Jido Primary Healthcare Centre

Jido Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) stands in the middle of Jido community of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. This is quite...

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Maintaining Nigeria’s Wild Poliovirus-Free Status: A Critical Step for Long Life for All
27 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Maintaining Nigeria’s Wild Poliovirus-Free Status: A Critical Step for Long Life for All

By Onyinye Oranezi and Thelma Chioma Abeku (Lead Writers) The launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) a little over three decades ago, which...

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