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Nigeria Cannot Prevent the Next Outbreak if It Cannot Diagnose It

Jun 17, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Moji Makanjuola on Building Public Trust Through Health Journalism

Jun 16, 2026
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Beyond Awareness: Why Nigeria Must Fund a Period-Friendly Future

Jun 11, 2026
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The Anatomy of an Outbreak in a Conflict Setting & Nigeria’s Preparedness for Ebola 

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Africa’s Precision Medicine Future Depends on Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems

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An evening with Agnes Binagwaho – Minister of Health of Rwanda

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 11, 2013

A few days ago, we attended the Annual Lecture organised by THE LANCET. The Editor is still the ever pleasant Richard Horton, who we met when we attended the lecture for the first time. At that time, The Lancet had invited Professor Adenike Grange to speak at the lecture series early in her short stint […]

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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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