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Furanni Equips Women in Kano’s Ghari Community to Recognise Prolonged Labour and Seek Timely Care

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Nigeria Must Turn Maternal Health Commitments into Functioning Care

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New Lassa Fever Evidence To Shape Vaccine Research And Outbreak Preparedness Across West Africa

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Immunisation Protects Our Herd: Nigeria Health Watch Forum 2019

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 30, 2019

Immunisation is a clear success story and its value in preventing and curtailing infectious diseases cannot be overemphasised. It prevents an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths annually. What does immunisation have to do with preventing epidemics in Nigeria? Everything. In June 2017, Nigeria conducted a Joint External Evaluation (JEE) to assess the country’s capacity […]

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Nigeria: The long crawl to polio eradication - Op-Ed

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 27, 2019

Editor’s Note: Today’s piece is an OpEd from renowned Virologist and Chair of Nigeria Expert Review Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication and Routine Immunisation, Prof. Oyewale Tomori. This World Immunisation Week, he explores Nigeria’s long road towards polio eradication and gives insights into exactly how far we still have to go before we can confidently assert […]

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Beyond Surgery: Gesse Centre’s innovative approach to fistula care in Kebbi

By Bashar Abubakar | April 23, 2019

Gesse Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF) Centre in Birnin-Kebbi is the only facility in the entire state of Kebbi providing care for women suffering from fistula. It has served as a referral centre for VVF since 2005. Today, Dr. Abubakar Dakingari, the head of the centre and his team are performing a routine fistula repair surgery. Dr. […]

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Destination Universal Health Coverage: Could PPPs be the vehicle to get us there?

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 18, 2019

The best stories of growth in Nigeria have been private sector driven – whether it is in telecommunications, financial services or in infrastructure. So, why have we not felt the impact of the private sector in the health sector, especially on the frontlines of primary health care (PHC)? Almost everyone in Nigeria has directly or […]

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A Different Kind of Charity; Empowering Orphanages to Fight Malnutrition in the FCT

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 16, 2019

Orphanages are not uncommon in Nigeria and across different parts of the globe. The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child makes it clear that a child has the right to care and protection if they are adopted or in foster care. It also stipulates that a child has the right to special […]

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