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What Has Climate Change Got to Do With Me?

By | December 10, 2023

Wetin concern Nigeria and climate change? (how does climate change concern Nigeria?) This was a post shared on the social networking site X on the very same day that the Conference of the Parties (COP) held a full day dedicated to climate change and health, as part of its 28th convening in Dubai, United Arab […]

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Finding the ‘NorthStar’-Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Initiative at the 64th National Council on Health

By | December 8, 2023

Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead Writer) Working differently with a sense of urgency were some of the undertones that shaped the deliberations at the 64th National Council on Health (NCH) that took place between the 13th and 17th of November 2023. Ekiti State hosted the highest health policymaking body, a first for the state since the […]

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Breaking Barriers for Better Health: 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa Opens in Lusaka, Zambia

By | November 28, 2023

The 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2023) opened today in Lusaka, Zambia, with African Heads of State, ministers of health, and leading scientists, innovators and researchers attending as speakers and participants. Under the theme Breaking Barriers: Repositioning Africa in the Global Health Architecture, the four-day conference will spotlight cutting-edge research and […]

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Sustaining the Diaspora Brain Gain through Policies and Private Sector Collaboration

By | November 24, 2023

Nigeria, like many other countries, has been experiencing a health worker migration crisis which is posing a challenge to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. Migration is a natural human occurrence, and low- and middle-income (LMICs) countries have benefitted from health worker migration through the receipt of remittances, […]

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Health Commissioners’ Induction: Navigating Health Leadership For Improved Performance And Outcomes

By | November 18, 2023

“There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.” — Haile Selassie The power and responsibility of authority There is an inseparable link that exists between authority and the responsibility and consequences of the power that arises from it. In public service especially, effective leadership should […]

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