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Top Ten News Items on Health, 6th July 2018

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 6, 2018

US to donate $90m for humanitarian AIDS survey. FG Launches Documents To Scale-Up Family Planning. Malaria prevalence has dropped significantly in Nigeria, says FG. Nigeria to be polio-free by August – WHO. INTERVIEW: Why Nigeria cannot start producing vaccines now – Professor of Virology. Nigeria tackles cholera outbreak using housecalls, jingles, and health advisories. How e-Surveillance strengthens health systems in Nigeria. FMC […]

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NAIIS: The Survey that might solve Nigeria’s HIV data dilemma

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 4, 2018

HIV prevalence rates in Nigeria have been the topic of much debate. The bone of contention, according to several authorities, is that the current HIV prevalence rates being quoted for some parts of Nigeria might not reflect reality. While surveys done in the past suggest that there should be about 3.5 million Nigerians infected, data […]

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Peanuts, Millet, Beans: simple foods helping to stem Kano’s malnutrition crisis

By Bashar Abubakar | July 2, 2018

Two-year-old Umar is in his mother Saratu’s arms, a playful boy. She says he was not always this healthy, and that just over six months ago, “His spinal cord was showing like a tree, he could not sit or stand and whenever I needed to carry him on my back, I had to tie him […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 29th June 2018

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 29, 2018

FG launches HIV/AIDS indicator survey. Medical practitioners in Nigeria to benefit as Buhari signs 2 bills into law. Adewole Recommends TB Screening as Pre-Employment Test for New Staff, Students. Nigerian govt orders probe of mass failure by foreign-trained doctors. Govt sets up traditional medicine dept. Tramadol ban gives rise to new psychoactive substances – NDLEA. […]

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Could a new typhoid vaccine end the most misdiagnosed disease in Nigeria?

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 27, 2018

Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership on Health Series comes from Pharmacist and Public Health Specialist Chijioke Nwosu. He writes about the exciting release of a new typhoid vaccine approved by the World Health Organisation that could prevent typhoid fever in children and also reduce the misdiagnoses of fevers in Nigeria. -By Chijioke Nwosu “Typhoid […]

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