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As Efforts Intensify to Contain Bundibugyo Ebola, Women Remain Most Vulnerable to Its Economic Impact

Jul 06, 2026
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An Epidemic of Parastatals in Nigeria’s Health Sector

Jul 04, 2026
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From Innovation to Integration: What It Will Take to Make Every Pregnancy Safer in Nigeria

Jul 03, 2026
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Community Feedback Prompts PHC Upgrade in Gauraka, Niger State

Jul 03, 2026
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Why Zambia is Rethinking Tuberculosis Testing, and Why Validation Must Come First

Jul 02, 2026
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On World TB Day – what we should know and do

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 28, 2014

The World TB Day passed quietly in Nigeria. The government probably prefers it this way. Nigeria is among the 22 high TB burden countries in the world and ranks 2nd in Africa. The national response is led by the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme located within the Department of Public Health in the Federal […]

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Are we really seeing a dramatic fall in maternal mortality rates in Nigeria?

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 10, 2014

Over the past few months, there have been various reports in the media about a dramatic fall in maternal mortality rates in Nigeria. This has been carried by a few newspapers and blogs quoting various government officials… Premium Times: The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that the maternal mortality rate in Nigeria dropped […]

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Another report, same bad news on childhood mortality in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 28, 2014

On the front cover of Save the Children’s latest report “”Ending newborn deaths” is a newborn baby at a clinic in northern Nigeria. But this is about the only positive thing in the report out of our beloved country. The rest makes for very painful reading;  The NGO, “Save the Children” invited different stakeholders working on […]

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Finally some innovation drivers in the health space: Launch of the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 21, 2014

Our friend and colleague; Dr Femi Sunmonu, Director of PurpleSource Healthcare, a healthcare management and investment company transforming the mass market private healthcare space in Nigeria recently attended the launch of Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria. These are his reflections….. I recently attended the inauguration of the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN) in Lagos […]

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Where are the Nigerian health advocates?

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 14, 2014

As our public health sector continues to deteriorate, it is impossible not to notice the absence of any sustained advocacy. This is most obvious in the HIV/AIDS arena. Nigeria has the second highest number of people infected in the world, over 3 million of us! Less than 500,000 are on treatment – all funded by […]

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