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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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Nigeria: A hub for substandard publishing in biomedical science?

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 31, 2013

By Iruka Okeke Academic publishing is the major mode of communication within specialist fields.  New biomedical findings almost always debut in the peer-reviewed literature.  Participants in a scholarly discussion publish their ideas, experiments and findings, and field leaders publish more, or better.  The most common reason for denying US tenure-track faculty tenure is an inadequate […]

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When a system fails, our children die…

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 10, 2013

A lot has been said and written about the HIV/AIDS epidemic since its emergence. No doubt, it is one of the most difficult infectious diseases to manage, and this is especially the case in our chameleon like hypocritical approach to issues relating to sexuality in Nigeria. Until we decide to take prevention seriously, which will […]

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Advanced heart procedures come to Ibadan

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 13, 2013

We always have a quote by Margaret Mead at the bottom of each blog that says “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has“, so when we hear from Nigerians really trying in their own way to change the trajectory of […]

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Muhammad Pate’s resignation, a profound loss for Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 29, 2013

On Tuesday 23rd July, the health sector in Nigeria was rocked by the resignation of the Minister of State for Health, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate. It was announced that he was resigning to take up a position as Professor for Global Health at Duke University in the USA. It was also reported by Mr Reuben […]

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Meeting Nigerians working on TB from all over the continent meet in Ghana

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 26, 2013

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases known, yet one of the most difficult to control. Nigeria has the second highest burden of TB in Africa and the 4th highest in the world. In order to have a good estimate of the burden of TB in Nigeria, the National TB Control Programme of the Federal […]

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