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By Nigeria Health Watch | May 25, 2023

Closing the Gap: Partnering for ‘the Big Catch-Up’ on Routine Immunisation in Nigeria

By Misbahu El-Hamza and Bunmi Oyebanji Obot (Lead Writers) Routine immunisation (RI) plays a critical role in reducing morbidity and mortality among children under five, as vaccine-preventable diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, and pneumonia are among the leading causes of mortality of under-five children in developing countries like Nigeria. With pneumonia alone claiming the lives […]

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Essential Tools for Safe Childbirth Lacking at Ubandoma Primary Health Care Center

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 1, 2023

Ubandoma PHC is a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Magajiya Ward of Kontagora Local Government Area. The facility provides immunisation, antenatal, and delivery services, not only to Ubandoma community, but also to neighbouring communities. As a result, the facility has become overburdened and can no longer provide adequate services to its growing number of patients. […]

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Simple but effective: The community mobilisers driving immunization in Borno State

By Bashar Abubakar | September 17, 2018

Polio immunization in Nigeria has arguably received more consistent publicity than any other disease. The focus on eradicating polio via immunization has often taken centre stage in global health conversations, so it is clear why for most people immunization is often synonymous with polio vaccination. There is, however much more to routine immunization than eradicating […]

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The last mile: On the frontlines of polio eradication in Kano State

By Bashar Abubakar | August 20, 2018

In August 2016, the last poliovirus case in Nigeria was diagnosed in Monguno Local Government Area in the North-Eastern state of Borno. Since then, those working in the polio space, nationally and globally, have worked hard and are watching vigilantly with bated breath as Nigeria again comes close to being declared polio-free by 2019, incidentally […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 13 January 2017

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 13, 2017

Nigeria flags off scheme to revive 10,000 primary health care centres. Millions of children to receive measles vaccine in north-eastern Nigeria. President Buhari Appoints Dr. Faisal Shuaib To Head National Primary Healthcare Development Agency. Dangote asks Kano gov to audit 2016 polio immunization account. Health:FG to adopt new financing model. Nigeria To Construct Mental Health […]

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