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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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How Ethiopia Improved the Quality of Maternal Care Through the Strengthening of Midwifery Training
25 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
How Ethiopia Improved the Quality of Maternal Care Through the Strengthening of Midwifery Training

By Metasebia Dereje and Beti Baiye The thrill and anticipation of becoming a new mother is universal and the life of every pregnant woman matters....

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 22nd April 2022
22 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 22nd April 2022

President orders minister to submit progress report on vaccine production. Over one million African children protected by first malaria vaccine, says WHO. Pregnant, lactating mother...

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Inadequate Antenatal and Family Planning Commodities at Maternal and Child Health Clinic, Gwada
21 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Inadequate Antenatal and Family Planning Commodities at Maternal and Child Health Clinic, Gwada

Maternal and Child Health Clinic (MCH) Gwada is the only government owned primary health centre (PHC) in Gwada community of Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA)...

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Breaking the Silence on Domestic Violence in Nigeria: We Must All Be Advocates
20 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Breaking the Silence on Domestic Violence in Nigeria: We Must All Be Advocates

By Aloysius Ugwu and Michael Atima (Lead Writers) It can be said that the death of popular gospel singer, late Mrs. Osinachi Nwachukwu opened up...

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