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From land to sea: Improving maternal and child health access in Lagos State

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 16, 2019

Ensuring that people everywhere have access to affordable, quality healthcare at the point of need, is an imperative that requires urgent action. Access is one of the three important components of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The global health and development community marked UHC Day on December 12, bringing attention to the important role of quality […]

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Meet your Match: J Blood Artificial Intelligence connects blood donors to receivers in the FCT

By Guest Author | December 13, 2019

Bashar Abubakar Is there an alternative to blood for humans? The answer is no.One of the most vital requirements for a woman experiencing severe bleeding during childbirth is a blood transfusion. It is also the most essential need of a child suffering from severe anaemia due to chronic malnutrition or malaria. Accident victims, organ transplant […]

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Living In Dirt: Nigeria’s waste crisis requires urgent action

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 12, 2019

Editor’s Note: In this Thought Leadership Piece, Nigeria Health Watch Health Events Manager, Thelma Thomas highlights the breakdown of sanitation in Nigeria and how this is contributing to the country’s public health disease burden. She outlines potential measures that should help manage Nigeria’s waste crisis if taken into serious consideration by the necessary authorities.  A […]

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In the fight against HIV/AIDS, communities can make a lot of difference: World AIDS Day 2019

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 6, 2019

Editor’s Note: For World AIDS Day 2019, Dr. Obehioye Aimiosior, Medical Officer, Augustine University, Ilara, reflects on the importance of the theme, “Communities make a difference,” and proffers ways that we can all ensure that Nigeria reaches the important UNAIDS target of 90–90–90.  World AIDS Dayis celebrated on December 1 every year and is dedicated […]

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Behind the 66%: Pathfinder International Initiative helps reduce maternal deaths in Cross River

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 28, 2019

No woman should die while giving life… These words took on a whole new meaning for me when I lost my sister-in-law a few hours after she gave birth to her third child. She died from excessive bleeding after delivery (postpartum hemorrhage) and although the hospital said that they had done all they could, I’ve […]

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