Follow us
Nigeria Health Watch
Follow us:
Subscribe to our Newsletter

Search Results for: label/my pikin teething mixture health nigeria paracetamol

Making Every Nigerian Mother and Child Count
A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. Maternal mortality is one of the most powerful indicators…
"Health" websites from Nigeria
That the Ministry of Health in Nigeria has not had a website of any substance over the past years is a tragedy and we appeal to the new Minister, Prof…
Health news out of Nigeria…some positive signals in the air
BBC - Nigeria's government says it has begun legal action against three leading international cigarette companies. Surprisingly I have not found this picked up by any of the local papers?…
The Budget for Health
Find below the budget for health as presented to the Joint Session of the National Assembly in Abuja, Thursday, on November 8, 2007 by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua....For the Health…
Health must be seen, felt and palpated in every household
With these words the new Nigerian Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange started of her the talk titled "Implementing Health Sector Reform for better Performance" delivered at the the annual…
Grange takes centre stage
The Lancet is one of the preeminent medical journals in the world. Every year it invites someone whose work has had, or has to potential to have a profound effect…
Health news in October
The quality of some of the health reporting in the Nigerian press is still extremely poor. It is obvious that most of those reporting health stories apart from the few…
125,000 people living with HIV are accessing antiretrovirals in Nigeria
In 2001, the Nigerian Government government declared an ambitious national treatment antiretroviral target (the drug treatment for HIV/AIDS) to reach 100,000 people by 2003, scaling up to 250 000 by…
Nigerian Doctors in the UK meet
The Medical Association of Nigerian Specialists and General Practitioners (MANSAG) is holding its annual conference and general meeting this weekend. For details click hereIn other news, the health minister proposes…
Why children continue to die from a disease that can be prevented with 50 cents!
...Our inability to raise coverage of routine immunisation in Nigeria remains one of the biggest scandals of our age. Huge outbreaks are still happening in 2007! 3 years ago I…