Will “Future of Health” spark an Awakening?
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Dear Friends – an important chapter was lost in error from the post sent out earlier during the editing process; this is…
Tribute to Dr. Oluyombo Adetilewa Awojobi
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by Shima K Gyoh As we prepare for our conference “The Future of Health“, we also reflect on some of our…
Nigeria Health Watch Resources Portal
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The following post, written by our team member Ifeanyi Nsofor, pictures the difficulties he encountered when trying to access texts on health…
Accountability for Universal Coverage Efforts in Nigeria: an Agenda for the Future
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These first few days of a new government, ahead of our The Future of Health Conference on the 18th of June, are a…
A Preventable Death: How our poor Medical Emergency Services kill Nigerians
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We receive many pieces for publication on Nigeria Health Watch. We review these with a great sense of responsibility regarding what should…
Defining the Health Sector of our Dreams in Nigeria – Future of Health Conference 2015
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On Thursday June 18 2015, Nigeria Health Watch invites you to join health professionals, health enthusiasts, government agencies and the media to…
As Liberia is declared Ebola free, can Nigeria do more to support its Neighbours?
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As the Ebola outbreak is declared over, Chikwe Ihekweazu reflects on the two months that he spent supporting the outbreak response in…
Teaching Traditional and Missionary Birth Attendants to save Lives at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Ile-Ife
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The usefulness of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in contemporary times is a highly disputed subject. Many reasons have been given in support…
Are we at a Turning Point on Malaria?
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On World Malaria Day we asked Dr Uchenna Nwokenna, a Medical Epidemiologist and Health Systems Specialist who has spent most of the…
Who remembers the Presidential Summit on Universal Healthcare?
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A little over a year ago, on the 7th of March 2014, top level officials in the Nigerian health sector were called…