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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

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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

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

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Laboratory medicine matures in Africa: How should Nigeria translate talent to impact?

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 20, 2012

We could not attend an important conference on Laboratory Medicine in Africa this month because we were involved in another important event in London at the same time, so you can imagine our excitement when a dear colleague – Iruka Okeke sent us her take from the conference. Iruka has contributed a lot to the development of […]

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Another MANSAG meeting in the UK

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 12, 2012

Each year, the umbrella group for Nigerian Doctors in the UK, MANSAG, holds an annual conference. The 2012 conference held recently in Leeds and there was a good turnout from Nigerian doctors, nurses and medical students and their families from across the UK as well as key speakers from Nigeria and the UK.  IKE ANYA […]

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Saving 1 million lives in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 18, 2012

On the 16th October 2012, most people involved in maternal and child health in Nigeria gathered at the Banquet Hall of the presidential villa in Abuja to participate in a new initiative from the Minister of State for Health; Dr Muhammad Ali Pate – Saving one Million Lives, by 2015. Close followers of this blog […]

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SOLD – Rochas and the privatisation of Imo Hospitals

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 2, 2012

Something interesting is happening to the public hospitals in Imo;  the State Government appears to have concessioned  them out to a private firm. While one newspaper reports that that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with a British company to manage the hospitals, others report that the beneficiary for the concession is a certain […]

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The International Conference on AIDS 2012, Washington DC

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 20, 2012

We could not attend the International Conference on AIDS in Washington DC this year, so we asked Fiona Makia to share her experience at the conference. This is her story!  This year’s conference was held in Washington DC with the theme “Turning the Tide”. The tide had indeed turned as it had taken 22 years […]

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