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Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th June 2019

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 14, 2019

Confirmation of case of ebola virus disease in Uganda. NCDC and RKI Launch New Project to Strengthen Health Security in Nigeria. Rotary announces $100 million funding to help eradicate polio. How personnel shortage, ‘internal brain drain’ threaten primary healthcare in Niger. What Nigeria must do to combat HIV/AIDS- U.S. Diplomat. What Pro-Vaccination Campaigns Can Learn […]

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Empty Promises: The Bane of Health Sector Reform in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 12, 2019

Editor’s Note: This week’s Op-Ed comes from Chiamaka P. Ojiako, a lawyer and health equity advocate. On this Democracy Day 2019, she writes about the negative impact of inadequate political commitment on successive attempts to achieve sustainable reform in the Nigerian health sector. She makes the case for structures and enforcement mechanisms that hold the […]

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Patient-Centred Policy revives Family Planning uptake in Lagos State

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 11, 2019

Three years ago, Olubunmi Taiwo, then a mother of three girls, had an unplanned pregnancy. Though she was desperate to have a son, it was not the right time to get pregnant, so she terminated the pregnancy. “I cried because I was not ready for the baby; it was painful. The day I aborted, I […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th June 2019

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 7, 2019

Polio Vaccination: Nigerian soldiers to lead health workers to hostile locations – Buratai. Community Pharmacists reject FG’s proposal on drug distribution, to seek legal action. Lassa fever: NCDC announces end of emergency phase in Nigeria. Buhari, where is the $16m for mosquito nets? FG inaugurates gov boards of health regulatory boards, councils. Over 1 million […]

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Herd Immunity: Jigawa’s community-driven approach boosts immunisation coverage

By Bashar Abubakar | June 3, 2019

Jigawa State has been largely characterised by its poor development indices. The latest States Domestic Product report from the Nigeran National Bureau of Statistics identifies it as being one of Nigeria’s poorest states. In addition, its literacy rates are among the lowest in Nigeria and the number of out of school children is among the highest in […]

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