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By Nigeria Health Watch | June 18, 2025

The Unsung Champions of Hope: Spotlighting Nigeria’s Blood Donor Heroes

Precious Ajayi and Samuel Gada (Lead writers) In moments of a health emergency, the availability of safe blood can be the difference between life and death. The continuous supply of this essential resource depends on the generosity of voluntary donors who give blood so that others may live. Each year on June 14, the global […]

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Nigeria’s Public Health Emergency Bill: Strengthening the Legal Framework for Responding to Public Health Emergencies

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 20, 2023

The Quarantine Act of 1926 is an important piece of legislation that establishes a legal framework for preventing and controlling infectious diseases in Nigeria. The Act empowers the Minister of Health to declare any place within or outside Nigeria as an infected area and to issue regulations and guidelines to prevent the spread of infectious […]

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Public Health Communication During a Health Emergency: What We Have Learned

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 11, 2023

By Vivianne Ihekweazu & Onyinye Oranezi (Lead writers) “We’ve learned collectively that transparency, openness, and the communication of credible information to people in real-time results in functional responses by people”- Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme Communications during public health emergenciesThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significance of credible information and communication, as […]

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