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Poor knowledge and practice around oxytocin could put women in Nigeria at risk during childbirth
19 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Poor knowledge and practice around oxytocin could put women in Nigeria at risk during childbirth

By Chioma S. Ejekam, University of Lagos and Chimezie Anyakora, Pan Atlantic University Severe bleeding after childbirth — postpartum haemorrhage — is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th February 2022
18 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th February 2022

Six African countries to get own mRNA jab production. HIV/AIDS Fund: A Welcome Initiative. Nigeria reports additional 58 confirmed Lassa fever cases in first week...

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Mental Health: Vital for Overall Health and Total Well-being
16 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Mental Health: Vital for Overall Health and Total Well-being

By Ramatu B. Hassan (Lead Writer) It felt like no time at all had passed as the ‘Happy New Year! New Year, New Me’, social...

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News Agency of Nigeria sets up Solutions Journalism Desk with support from Nigeria Health Watch
15 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
News Agency of Nigeria sets up Solutions Journalism Desk with support from Nigeria Health Watch

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has committed to setting up a dedicated Solutions Journalism desk in the organisation that will focus on reporting on...

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Nigeria Health Watch awards exemplary reporting on Epidemic Preparedness and Response funding
14 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch awards exemplary reporting on Epidemic Preparedness and Response funding

Nigeria Health Watch recently held the second edition of the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards, an annual ceremony that celebrates TV, radio, and print journalists whose reporting...

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FCT Health Insurance Scheme: Redefining Ways to Target the “Missing Middle”
12 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
FCT Health Insurance Scheme: Redefining Ways to Target the “Missing Middle”

“Enrolling people into insurance schemes is not easy, considering the fact that you are asking people to come and pay for health when they are...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 11th February 2022
11 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 11th February 2022

Nigerian Healthcare and Its Non-existent Medical Emergency Services. COVID-19: How To Tackle Challenges Of Routine Immunisation Financing. Nigeria’s Bird Flu Control Stalls In States. Media...

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WASH in PHCs – How Fulfilling Evidence Gaps Contributes to Improved Policy and Practice
09 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
WASH in PHCs – How Fulfilling Evidence Gaps Contributes to Improved Policy and Practice

By Oguntola Ibukun & Dara Ajala-Damisa Nigeria is among the countries where about 17% of health care facilities had no access to a water source...

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From a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community
07 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
From a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community

Big things every so often start in small ways. Louis Pasteur may never have fully conceived the far reaching effects of his innovative contribution to...

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World Leprosy Day 2022: Highlighting the Pressing Needs of the Inhabitants of Alheri Special Village, FCT
05 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
World Leprosy Day 2022: Highlighting the Pressing Needs of the Inhabitants of Alheri Special Village, FCT

By Thelma Chioma Abeku, Kenni Ndili and Kenneth Ibe (Lead Writers) World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January every year, to...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th February 2022
04 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th February 2022

Buhari moves against AIDS, HIV with N62.1b trust fund. 120 million Nigerians at risk of leprosy, rabies, snakebites, others – FG. Nigeria Needs To Tackle...

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The Need for Urgent Digital Disruption in Healthcare
02 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Need for Urgent Digital Disruption in Healthcare

By Mike Lawal (Lead Writer) As countries undergo a demographic and epidemiological transition, the healthcare demands of the citizen change. These transitions are triggered by...

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