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Meeting Nigerians working on TB from all over the continent meet in Ghana

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 26, 2013

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases known, yet one of the most difficult to control. Nigeria has the second highest burden of TB in Africa and the 4th highest in the world. In order to have a good estimate of the burden of TB in Nigeria, the National TB Control Programme of the Federal […]

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Nigerian Minister of Health delivers his midterm report – judge for yourself

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 20, 2013

In his recent widely publicized “midterm report“, our President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON barely mentioned the health sector, other than a few references to the “achievements” of his SURE-P programme. So, we were excited when we gathered that our Minister of Health, Professor C. Onyebuchi Chukwu was asked to brief the press […]

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A medical Exhibition in Africa with very few African Exhibitors

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 10, 2013

There is a lot of talk everywhere about Africa “rising“. This is definitely the case in many sectors of the economy in several African countries. There is definitely a rise in the extractive sectors, which has fuelled the consumerism produced by a growing middle class. This is not only manifest in the expansion of Walmart […]

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Millions of girls in developing countries to be protected against cervical cancer, but …

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 24, 2013

…countries will need to develop the infrastructure to deliver the HPV vaccine to those that need it! This is precisely where we struggle the most in our Nigeria. Most people working in the public health community were excited at the recent announcement by GAVI that it had negotiated a new price of $4 for the […]

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Nigeria – well represented at the 66th World Health Assembly

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 21, 2013

This year, as in most years, we are well represented at the 66th World Health Assembly currently going on in Geneva, with a small delegation of 47 official delegates (listed below). On the opening day, our Minister of Health has assured the world that we will eradicate polio – no shaking. We wish them a […]

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