AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipVisits to Health ProjectsIntroducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project By f5shc June 30, 2015 4 Mins read Cervical Cancer is the most common female cancer in developing countries, with approximately 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. In… Read more
AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipAccountability for Universal Coverage Efforts in Nigeria: an Agenda for the Future By f5shc June 2, 2015 5 Mins read These first few days of a new government, ahead of our The Future of Health Conference on the 18th of June, are a… Read more
AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipA Preventable Death: How our poor Medical Emergency Services kill Nigerians By f5shc May 26, 2015 5 Mins read We receive many pieces for publication on Nigeria Health Watch. We review these with a great sense of responsibility regarding what should… Read more
AfricaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipDefining the Health Sector of our Dreams in Nigeria – Future of Health Conference 2015 By f5shc May 19, 2015 2 Mins read On Thursday June 18 2015, Nigeria Health Watch invites you to join health professionals, health enthusiasts, government agencies and the media to… Read more
AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipAs Liberia is declared Ebola free, can Nigeria do more to support its Neighbours? By f5shc May 12, 2015 4 Mins read As the Ebola outbreak is declared over, Chikwe Ihekweazu reflects on the two months that he spent supporting the outbreak response in… Read more
AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipVisits to Health ProjectsTeaching Traditional and Missionary Birth Attendants to save Lives at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Ile-Ife By f5shc May 5, 2015 4 Mins read The usefulness of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in contemporary times is a highly disputed subject. Many reasons have been given in support… Read more
AfricaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipAre we at a Turning Point on Malaria? By f5shc April 28, 2015 4 Mins read On World Malaria Day we asked Dr Uchenna Nwokenna, a Medical Epidemiologist and Health Systems Specialist who has spent most of the… Read more
AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipSomething to be proud of: Nigeria’s Role in the AU Response to the Ebola Outbreak By f5shc April 14, 2015 3 Mins read By Chikwe Ihekweazu There is increasing optimism that we will get to the end of the Ebola epidemic that has so badly… Read more
AfricaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipHave we, the Citizens, done our Part? By f5shc March 31, 2015 3 Mins read Have we, the Citizens, done our Part? It is a period of election in Nigeria. Vote counting is going on all across… Read more
AfricaNigeriaThought LeadershipOn World TB Day, there is little to celebrate in Nigeria By f5shc March 24, 2015 4 Mins read As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa slows and falls away from the headlines, there is a temptation to view this outbreak… Read more