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By Nigeria Health Watch | April 20, 2023

Nigeria’s Public Health Emergency Bill: Strengthening the Legal Framework for Responding to Public Health Emergencies

The Quarantine Act of 1926 is an important piece of legislation that establishes a legal framework for preventing and controlling infectious diseases in Nigeria. The Act empowers the Minister of Health to declare any place within or outside Nigeria as an infected area and to issue regulations and guidelines to prevent the spread of infectious […]

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The Disease of Violence: Police brutality as a public health emergency in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 14, 2020

Editor’s Note: In the wake of the #EndSARS protests that have rocked several Nigerian cities, we at Nigeria Health Watch take a look at some of the ways in which police brutality affects the mental, physical and emotional health of young people, and reflect on the conversations we must begin to have as a nation, […]

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