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As Efforts Intensify to Contain Bundibugyo Ebola, Women Remain Most Vulnerable to Its Economic Impact

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An Epidemic of Parastatals in Nigeria’s Health Sector

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From Innovation to Integration: What It Will Take to Make Every Pregnancy Safer in Nigeria

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By Nigeria Health Watch | January 10, 2023

Towards Cancer Elimination in Africa: Is Rwanda the Example to Follow?

By Lydia Atieno (Lead Writer) Thirty-five-year-old Christelle Uwamahoro had always been aware of the significance of cervical cancer screenings. Community health workers in her village went door to door, educating residents and emphasising the importance of early screening for cervical cancer. “Despite this knowledge; I had second thoughts about screening,” she said. However, this all […]

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Waiting in Hope: Alice’s Cervical Cancer Story

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 14, 2022

It has been 10 months since 44-year-old Alice Akin* received a cervical cancer diagnosis. “Will the pain ever go away? It is better to die than to live like this, the pain is too much for me to bear,” She mutters at intervals, tears rolling down her face as she talks about her cancer journey. “It […]

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Through our Hands: Collaborating for a cancer-free world for children and adolescents in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 20, 2021

By Olubunmi Oyebanji (Lead Writer) On the 15th of February every year, the world observes the International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD). It is a global collaborative campaign designed to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, as well as the survivors and their families. A cancer diagnosis […]

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Roche Restates Commitment To Fight Cancer In Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 13, 2020

Global pharmaceutical company Roche has restated its commitment to improve outcomes for everyone affected by cancer in Nigeria. This is as the company has consistently invested resources to ensure that patients with breast cancer, the most frequently occurring and most common cause of cancer death in Nigeria, are properly diagnosed and treated. In a press […]

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If you build it, they will come; The organisations transforming cancer care in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 4, 2020

By Ada Ezeokoli & Beti Baiye (Lead Writers) In the story below, Nigeria Health Watch Graphics and Design Editor, Samuel Gada, shares his father’s cancer diagnosis and treatment journey: In the story below, Nigeria Health Watch Graphics and Design Editor, Samuel Gada, shares his father’s cancer diagnosis and treatment journey: “I’m sorry to tell you […]

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