Happy New Year from us at Nigeria Health Watch!
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Welcome to 2018, a year with higher expectations for the Nigerian health sector, coming on the back of the tremendous amount of…
The State of the Nigerian Health Sector in 2017
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The year 2017 rounds up this week, and we at Nigeria Health Watch reflect on what has been a challenging year for…
Top Ten Health News Items in 2017
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Nigeria flags off scheme to revive 10,000 primary health care centres. Former Nigerian Health Minister, Head of UNFPA, Babatunde Osotimehin is dead. WHO elects…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 22nd December 2017
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Monkeypox: Nigeria records one death, confirms 61 cases. Foreign-trained doctors who failed MDCN test want registrar kicked out. I lost a lot spending 12…
Healthcare Leadership Academy holds Graduation Ceremony, launches Alumni Association
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The Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA), held the graduation ceremony for the 2017 cohort of the Healthcare Executives Leadership Program (HELP) and its…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th December 2017
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Adewole: Nigeria is Committed to Universal Health Coverage. Senate moves to ensure mandatory health insurance, subsidy for poor. Over 600 doctors migrated from Nigeria…
Universal Health Coverage and the role of “marketers” for health in Nigeria
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On December 12, the world celebrates Universal Health Coverage Day to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the unanimous United Nations resolution calling…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 08 December 2017
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Time to improve Nigeria’s Maternal, Child Health Service Delivery. FG Inaugurates N28bn Special Health Intervention Projects. National Hospital Inaugurates Cancer Treatment Center. GAVI approves support…
Time for Nigeria to own its HIV response
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In a small cramped room in a village in Nigeria, sits a little girl called ‘Mary’ (not her real name). Her father…
Misery in the midst of plenty: Can knowledge undo Nigeria’s malnutrition tragedy?
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In September, as part of a campaign to highlight the issues around malnutrition amongst children under 5 in Nigeria, Nigeria Health Watch…