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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

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Community Feedback Prompts PHC Upgrade in Gauraka, Niger State

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On yellow fever, yellow cards, Nigeria and South Africa

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 6, 2012

The recent refusal of entry and deportation of about 125 Nigerians who had arrived Johannesburg, South Africa aboard ARIK Airlines from Nigeria on Friday has caused a lot of comment in Nigerian news and social media circles. According to most of the accounts, the Nigerians were refused entry into the country because the South African Port […]

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Polio – Nigeria's role in the final push

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 22, 2012

Every quarter, an Independent Monitoring Board assesses progress towards the attainment of a polio-free world. The Independent Monitoring Board was convened at the request of the World Health Assembly to monitor the plan to interrupt polio transmission globally by the end of this year 2012…yes end of 2012! This is 10 months away and clearly the eradication programme is not on track to […]

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From Okada to Keke

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 5, 2012

I was in Owerri recently and was not sure whether to laugh or cry. The ubiquitous “Okada” motorcycles that ferried (or flew) people around the city in my formative years were gone. One now had to walk relatively long distances to get to a major route. Once there, the easiest and cheapest form of transport  was now […]

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To protest, or not to protest – a doctor's dilemma

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 17, 2012

The protests on the withdrawal of petrol subsidies in Nigeria has provided doctors with an ethical dilemma. Do they join the protests on the petrol subsidy removal and “close shop”, or stay in their clinics and hospitals since the service they provide is  an essential one? In many cases, this is a rhetorical question as […]

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My New Year's wish – an efficient, proactive and responsive Blood Service for Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 7, 2012

Over the Christmas period, our country Nigeria was again in the news for the wrong reasons. On Christmas day, we made headline news on all the major international news channels as a bomb exploded in a church on the outskirts of Abuja. Again there were calls in the press for Nigerians to run out and […]

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