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Mothers Lives Matter – A Call to Action to Catalyse Accountability for Maternal Deaths in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 13, 2019

“In Rwanda, a combination of community-based health insurance, community health workers, and good external partnerships led to the steepest reductions in maternal mortality ever recorded.” — President Kagame of Rwanda at the WHO General Assembly in Geneva, 2018 Despite several discussions around “maternal mortality”, how much do people really understand about this term? Why would the president […]

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Babymigo: How a Genius Company in Lagos is empowering mums using tech

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 9, 2019

Ever wondered how a Nigerian startup came to be listed as one of Time Magazine’s 50 Genius Companies of 2018, standing alongside global giants like Amazon, Apple, Merck and AirBnB? The company’s founders did this by studying a traditional cultural motherhood practice found in most parts of Nigeria… and they then digitised it. When a […]

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Fighting Fake Drugs Is Fighting For Universal Health Coverage: World Health Day 2019 – Op-Ed

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 5, 2019

Editor’s Note: This week’s Op-Ed comes from Howard Catton, CEO of The International Council of Nurses (ICN). Ahead of World Health Day 2019, which is on Sunday, April 7th, he writes about the importance of the fight against counterfeit drugs through training and the use of technology and how this is critical if Nigeria and […]

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Drops of refreshing dew: The Centre bridging the gap for special needs children in Abuja

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 2, 2019

It’s a bright sunny afternoon in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja, and in a small bungalow in a highbrow Maitama estate, about 20 children between the ages of two and seven sit in three separate classrooms. Each classroom has three circular tables with several chairs arranged around them. On the light green walls are colourful posters […]

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It’s not Typhoid – Tackling misdiagnosis of Typhoid fever in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 28, 2019

Editor’s Note: This week’s blog is a personal story from a Nigeria Health Watch team member, Patience Adejo. She writes about her experience being diagnosed with Typhoid Fever multiple times using the Widal test, only to recently learn that the test does not give the most accurate diagnosis for typhoid fever. She delves into the […]

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