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Covid19 Thought Leadership Series

Fragile progress at the brink - COVID-19 and the Nigerian health sector

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, health facilities continued to offer routine health care services. Photo source: NCDC

“Waves keep coming, that’s the one thing you can count on in life” — Gerry Lopez Following the easing of the lockdown restrictions, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has created the perfect storm that runs the risk of worsening many of the already poor health indicators in Nigeria. From transport restrictions, to anxiety among health care […]

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Health Thought Leadership Series

The Need for Access: Is Nigeria failing persons living with disabilities?

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“I want everyone to remember, to reflect, that they are one fall away from being a person with a disability. How would you want to be treated?” — Dr. Stella Iwuagwu, Executive Director, Centre to the Right for Health. In January 2019, Blessing Mary Ocheido, Pharmacist and Founder of Ramp Up Nigeria wrote to a bank, sharing […]