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Improving Health Education - an Important Step to Achieving Universal Health Care in Nigeria
19 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Improving Health Education - an Important Step to Achieving Universal Health Care in Nigeria

By Thelma Chioma Abeku & Aloysius Ugwu (Lead Writers) “Achieving equity in health care depends on equity in health education” — University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda. Since...

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A Classroom Clinic: Bringing Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment to Schools in Malawi
17 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
A Classroom Clinic: Bringing Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment to Schools in Malawi

By Rabson Kondowe (Lead Writer) Clara still vividly remembers the day in 2019 she felt unwell while at school. “I was in Mathematics class, then...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th May 2021
14 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th May 2021

COVID-19: healthcare, pharmaceuticals get N84bn from CBN. COVID-19 variants: Lagos places 14 countries on the watch list. WHO to stop funding polio eradication in Nigeria,...

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Make it look good - How perception adjustment for local foods can impact malnutrition in Nigeria
12 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Make it look good - How perception adjustment for local foods can impact malnutrition in Nigeria

Four-year-old Terwase is not in school yet, so he often goes with his mother to the market where she has a small trinkets shop. Terwase...

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Kano State created a budget line for epidemic preparedness; Here’s how CSOs helped make it happen
10 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Kano State created a budget line for epidemic preparedness; Here’s how CSOs helped make it happen

By Ibukun Oguntola & Gabriel Oke (Lead Writers) The health security of a nation comprises the activities that lessen adverse public health incidents and ensures...

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Bayelsa Health Summit 2021 - Building back better and stronger
08 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Bayelsa Health Summit 2021 - Building back better and stronger

By Dr. Chijioke Kaduru (Guest Writer) There is widespread consensus around the globe on the need to strengthen health systems and make them more resilient....

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th May 2021
07 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th May 2021

NAFDAC approves Pfizer Biotech Vaccine for emergency use authorisation. COVID-19 Surge: FG reduces test to 72hrs, restricts travelers from Brazil, Turkey, India. COVID-19 hinders immunisation,...

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The need to provide mental health support for pregnant women in Nigeria
05 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
The need to provide mental health support for pregnant women in Nigeria

I struggled with feelings of anxiety and depression for nine months during my first pregnancy in 2016. I spoke with my gynaecologist several times about...

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How rechargeable tricycles are saving pregnant mothers and newborns in rural Zimbabwe.
03 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
How rechargeable tricycles are saving pregnant mothers and newborns in rural Zimbabwe.

By Farai Shawn Matiashe (Lead Writer) In Zana 3, Wedza District, 131 kilometres south of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, Talent Zindi, 21, a subsistence...

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Achieving Zero Malaria by 2030: What Nigeria must do to advance towards elimination
01 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Achieving Zero Malaria by 2030: What Nigeria must do to advance towards elimination

By Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writer) Malaria is one of the leading causes of death in children under five years of age globally. According to the...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 30th April 2021
30 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 30th April 2021

Nigeria expecting 29.8 million doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine – Official. COVID-19 Deaths: Nigeria to announce new travel restrictions to India, Brazil, Turkey....

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International ‘Contest Against Corona’ 2.0 by GIZ fights COVID-19 with Educational Quiz Game
29 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
International ‘Contest Against Corona’ 2.0 by GIZ fights COVID-19 with Educational Quiz Game

BERLIN, Germany, April 28, 2021/ — The fun, gamified Covid-19 international information campaign ‘Contest Against Corona’ (https://contest.atingi.org) is now back this April 21st-May 21st, after reaching 100.000...

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