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By Nigeria Health Watch | October 7, 2014

We cannot be complacent about the NIGERIA TOBACCO CONTROL BILL

Unfortunately, public health issues rarely make headline news in Nigeria. Very few people know that there is an important bill – the NIGERIA TOBACCO CONTROL BILL currently going through the Senate. It has just gone through its second reading. The Bill seeks to regulate the manufacturing, advertising, distribution and consumption of tobacco products in Nigeria […]

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The Public Hearing of the Tobacco Smoking Control Bill and nine others

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 22, 2014

A Nigeria Health Watch team attended a public hearing of 10 health sector bills by the House of Representatives, joint committee on health on Wednesday the 16th of July. It was our first time at the national assembly, and it was an enlightening experience. Firstly, we wondered whether it was a good idea to have […]

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Ignore your heart, at your own risk

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 27, 2014

This blog post is the result of the first of a series of joint polls by the NOIPolls team and the EpiAFRIC team. NOI Polls is the premier country-specific polling service in the West African region. The I-narrator is Dr. Ike Anya. A full report is available as PDF. I was at work in London, that afternoon, in […]

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