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#HealthMeetsTechAfrica: Building Communities and Navigating Healthcare Post COVID-19
20 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
#HealthMeetsTechAfrica: Building Communities and Navigating Healthcare Post COVID-19

Ìgwèbụ̀íké is an Igbo phrase which means “there is strength in community.” Community plays an important role in every aspect of our lives. Having a...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th September 2021
17 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th September 2021

FG Targets 52m Vaccines by Second Quarter 2022. NMA, Optimal, others set agenda for Osinbajo’s health reforms committee. Most National health act provisions inadequately implemented...

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Gender Inequality: A Mind Shift could Improve Maternal Care
15 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Gender Inequality: A Mind Shift could Improve Maternal Care

Ifeyinwa Yusuf (Lead Writer) Growing up I dreamt of being a renowned obstetrician or surgeon like Ben Carson. After reading his book, Gifted Hands, I...

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UNDP, EpiAFRIC, Nigeria Health Watch and Reboot announce open call for submissions to #Hack4COVIDWaste
14 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
UNDP, EpiAFRIC, Nigeria Health Watch and Reboot announce open call for submissions to #Hack4COVIDWaste

13 September, Abuja – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in partnership with EpiAFRIC, Reboot and Nigeria Health Watch today announced an open call for...

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Not the ‘Devil’s work’: Reversing Club Foot Deformities in Children
13 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Not the ‘Devil’s work’: Reversing Club Foot Deformities in Children

By Innocent Eteng (Lead Writer) Most mothers agree that the first meeting between mother and child invokes overwhelming joy. This was true for Joy Chinedu...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 13th September 2021
10 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 13th September 2021

Buhari approves Health Reform Committee, names VP Osinbajo Chairman. Ifedayo Adetifa replaces Ihekweazu as NCDC Director-General. EpiAFRIC Set to Hold Sixth ‘Health Meets Tech Hackathon....

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Stronger Through Collaboration and Partnership: Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum Quarterly Meeting
08 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Stronger Through Collaboration and Partnership: Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum Quarterly Meeting

The COVID-19 pandemic not only exposed weaknesses in global health systems, it also provided us with an opportunity to course-correct and build more resilient health...

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Sustaining Excellence: NCDC Gets New Director General
06 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Sustaining Excellence: NCDC Gets New Director General

Onyinye Oranezi & Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) Nigerians in the health sector and key stakeholders have waited with bated breath for the announcement of the...

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EpiAFRIC Hosts 6th Health Meets Tech Hackathon Using Technology to Provide Health Solutions
06 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
EpiAFRIC Hosts 6th Health Meets Tech Hackathon Using Technology to Provide Health Solutions

EpiAFRIC and  partners will be having the 6th edition  of the Health meets Tech Hackathon. This year’s event is Pan-African with participation from across the...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd September 2021
03 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd September 2021

NCDC boss, Ihekweazu, gets WHO job. FG plans compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for civil servants – SGF. Nigeria hard-hit as 2,035 die of cholera in 23...

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Now We Have More COVID-19 Vaccines in Nigeria: Time to Deliver
01 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Now We Have More COVID-19 Vaccines in Nigeria: Time to Deliver

After the successful deployment of the first round of vaccines received from the COVAX facility in March 2021, Nigeria has received its second batch of...

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Spotlight Initiative: Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in Nigeria Through Surveillance
30 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Spotlight Initiative: Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in Nigeria Through Surveillance

Anthonia Obokoh (Lead Writer) Any form of violence against women and girls is a human rights violation. Based on World Health Organisation estimates, one in...

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