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

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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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The Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 29, 2011

Those that read our blog regularly will remember the early days when we called for a Field Epidemiology Training Programme in Nigeria to train health professionals in Nigeria on the response to outbreaks of infectious diseases in Nigeria. We were delighted to meet a team at the Emerging Infectious Disease Conference in Atlanta last year that introduced themselves as […]

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A revival of Continuous Professional Development for Nigerian Doctors and Dentists

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 20, 2011

Until recently in Nigeria, on completion of your 6 years of medical training, one year housemanship and one year youth service, you could begin to work as a medical doctor anywhere in the country and continue to work for the rest of your life without having to do a single hour of further training. The […]

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Goodluck Jonathan's 105 commitments on HIV/AIDS

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 15, 2011

You would have all heard about our President’s recent  trip to New York for the UN high level meeting on HIV/AIDS. Apart from a few pictures with President Obama, the Nigerian press has been largely silent on the crux of the matter, the reason for the trip, and the commitments our president made on our […]

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Nigerian banks throwing money at medical practices

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 10, 2011

We are not quite sure whether we should be celebrating a new trend we have noticed emerging in Nigeria or not. In many Nigerian newspapers there are financial products targeted at medical institutions. At the typical interest rates of over 20%  per annum for borrowing in Nigeria , we wonder how the operations of a typical medical […]

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Thoughts of Nigeria at the Africa Health exhibition in Johannesburg

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 6, 2011

Between the 14th and 16th of May, we attended the first Africa Health exhibition that took place in Johannesburg. It attracted over 290 international exhibitors from countries as diverse as China, Germany, Taiwan, France, Italy, USA, UK, India and many more, as well as representation from Africa’s best local suppliers, all looking for space in the […]

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