COVID-19 Response in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Hybrid Approach is Needed - OpEd
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The 2014 Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa wreaked havoc on a number of already fragile states — Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the…
At the frontlines of Nigeria’s COVID-19 response: The Laboratory
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Ultra-low freezers hum and beep continuously in the biorespository room, supporting the non-stop diagnostic activities at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory…
Coronavirus: Time to take social distancing seriously in Nigeria
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The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis and the world is seeing the number of people affected increasing rapidly everyday. To control the…
While we were sleeping: Is Nigeria prepared for the next big global epidemic?
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Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership piece comes from Dr. Ibrahim Mamadu, Health Emergencies Programme, WHO Nigeria. He asks whether Nigeria is…
Next Generation Disease Detectives: The institutions training future Nigerian leaders to fight epidemics
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The global health community received an important announcement on the 29th October 2019 – the beginning of the first-ever human trial for…
Your meat could be killing You: Nigeria's unhealthy Abattoirs
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Editor’s Note: The Nigeria Health Watch team recently visited abattoirs in Suleja and Dei-Dei, to learn how they are managed and tease…
Lassa Fever: Why the Nigerian government should fund disease diagnostics for epidemic preparedness
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Editor’s Note: Chidindu Mmadu-Okoli is a 2019 #PreventEpidemicsNaija Fellow at Nigeria Health Watch. In this piece she writes about a doctor whose…
Isolate, trace and respond: How a new emergency operations centre has improved outbreak response in Kebbi
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Dr. Assad Hassan had just graduated from the prestigious Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (NFELTP) when he received the urgent…
The fight against Lassa fever: Will it prepare Nigeria for future epidemics?
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It is not unusual to talk about challenges and at the same time seek out available opportunities. Speaking about opportunities presented by Lassa…
Isolate & Cure: Katsina could stop spread of outbreaks with isolation centres
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A one-year-old child with suspected measles is lying in one of the small rooms outside the emergency paediatric unit of the General…