Can Art Heal? How a Lagos creative group is using Art as therapy
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Entering the Paediatric Oncology ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Yaba, where children are treated for cancer, you would naturally…
Defying the odds, one nutritious meal at a time: The Story of Yalwa
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Sitting in a small room outside the chief’s residence in the tiny village of Yalwa in Jigawa State, a group of Fulani…
Marie Connect: Reaching out to rural Nigerian communities with Family Planning services
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Editor’s Note: This week the FP2020 Summit took place in London to discuss efforts to reach the Family Planning 2020 goals and…
Paying it forward: What the health sector can learn from one alumni’s gift to their Nigerian alma mater
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Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago, we were delighted to hear about a donation of an electroencephalography machine (EEG) to the Neurology…
Extraordinary Humans – The Hospitals For Humanity Team visits Abuja
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Reading Nigerian newspapers, or browsing the plethora of social media platforms, it is easy to think that the country is doomed. On…
An assignment of Hope: An insight into living with disabilities in Nigeria
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By Ebele Vivien Okoli Editor: The 3rd of December was World Disability Day. Ebele Vivien Okoli, a Resident Doctor specialising in Community…
Health Watch Forum opens with a celebration of Nigerian heroes
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In September 2014, the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone was getting worse by the day. Nigeria had managed to…
“Turning the tide” of family planning services in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) project commenced in 2009 to address gaps in access to family planning services…
Inside a Nigerian IDP camp - a Public Health Perspective
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A few weeks ago, my colleague Chioma and I volunteered with Pro Health International to provide free medical care for IDPs in…
Against all Odds, a small Miracle is taking place in Bauchi
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The Nigeria Health Watch team recently visited Bauchi State. We had been invited by USAID’s Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP). The…