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Top Ten News Items on Health, 16th April 2021
16 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 16th April 2021

Nigeria administers 2nd highest doses in Africa — WHO. Nigeria vaccinates 1.05m persons with 1st dose. High mortality rate: FG to launch Nat’l Emergency Medical...

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CEPI and the African Union join forces to boost African vaccine R&D and manufacturing
15 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
CEPI and the African Union join forces to boost African vaccine R&D and manufacturing

Oslo, Norway, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; April 13, 2021—The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the African Union Commission have today announced the signing...

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How One Indigenous Nigerian Foundation is Funding Diabetes Care in Southeast Nigeria
14 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
How One Indigenous Nigerian Foundation is Funding Diabetes Care in Southeast Nigeria

By Amarachi Okeh (Lead Writer) Nothing prepared Emmanuel Uchenna, founder of PJosh Diabetes Foundation, for his meeting with Samson Tamaraubrakemi, a 17-year-old who had Type...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 9th April 2021
09 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 9th April 2021

Lagos, Ogun lead as 964,387 people get COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19: We’re confident in AstraZeneca’s ability to save lives — FG. COVID-19: Nigerian govt gives states...

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World Health Day: Group Demands Equitable Health System for Women, Children
08 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
World Health Day: Group Demands Equitable Health System for Women, Children

Civil society organizations of the PACFaH@Scale project are demanding for improved equitable health system that will carter for the wellbeing of women and children in...

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Nigerians deserve better oral health; Here’s what we must do to get it
06 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigerians deserve better oral health; Here’s what we must do to get it

By Toluwani Oluwatola (Guest Writer) Globally, March 20 is set by the International Federation of Dentists to celebrate oral health and raise awareness about oral health....

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 2nd April 2021
02 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 2nd April 2021

Resident doctors begin nationwide strike over welfare issues. COVID-19: Nigeria vaccinates over 800,000 people. FG recovers N49.7bn debt, to spend N296bn on COVID-19 vaccination–Minister. FCTA...

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Poor Quality Maternal Medicines: The slippery slope to maternal deaths in Nigeria
31 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Poor Quality Maternal Medicines: The slippery slope to maternal deaths in Nigeria

By Olajide Adelana – Lead writer Balarabe Danladi Zakariya, a resident of Gabari, Kano State thinks he is jinxed and the reason is not far-fetched....

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Solutions-focused photo exhibition amplifies maternal health interventions
29 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Solutions-focused photo exhibition amplifies maternal health interventions

26 March 2021 | Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria Health Watch featured in a first of its kind photo exhibition tagged “Positive Deviance”. The photo exhibition...

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Sharing is Caring: Kenya’s Only Breast Milk Bank Expresses Care for Vulnerable Newborns
29 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Sharing is Caring: Kenya’s Only Breast Milk Bank Expresses Care for Vulnerable Newborns

By Christabel Ligami (Lead Writer) Esther Wawire, 23, delivered her daughter at Kenya’s Punwani Hospital two weeks ago, but was unable to breastfeed due to...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th March 2021
26 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th March 2021

Every one hour 18 Nigerians die of TB, Health Minister. Over 26.5 million Nigerian children vulnerable to water-related diseases – UNICEF. Don’t politicise COVID-19 vaccination,...

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