From land to sea: Improving maternal and child health access in Lagos State
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Ensuring that people everywhere have access to affordable, quality healthcare at the point of need, is an imperative that requires urgent action….
Quality healthcare is local: The Ijede General Hospital Story
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The Ijede General Hospital is located along the Egbin Thermal Power Station Road in Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos…
Hand in Hand: Collaboration for better maternal health in Gombe
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How do you get women in rural areas to discard harmful traditional maternal health practices and adopt the practice of going to…
A Chill on Disease: Gricd Frij, a homegrown solution to Nigeria's Cold Chain Constraints
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When Oghenetega Iortm, CEO of GRICD, a cold chain and logistics company spoke at the 2019 Health Watch Forum in Abuja themed…
Oloibiri to Abuja: Sustainable People-centered investments in primary and tertiary care
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A blue Toyota Corolla pulled to a stop inside the hospital premises and a middle-aged woman helped a frail young boy into…
Na we dey shake ground: Kuje's youth run, youth-friendly clinic
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Young people make up a significant proportion of Nigeria’s growing population and this demographic dividend could benefit the Nigerian economy if the…
Food for Thought – The Dako Community School Feeding Programme nourishing young minds
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The drive seemed endless. The Nigeria Health Watch and TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF) teams had driven for almost 40 minutes from Gwagwalada…
The human cost of the lingering NHIS debacle
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Jocelyne Agbo still thinks about the death of little Aliyu. The questions keep recurring – “Did he die because his father didn’t…
Crib A'Glow: Saving tiny hearts in the FCT through technology
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Placed on a hospital cupboard about two meters from the ground, the little box glows with a brilliant blue light, beautiful in…
A Different Kind of Charity; Empowering Orphanages to Fight Malnutrition in the FCT
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Orphanages are not uncommon in Nigeria and across different parts of the globe. The United Nations Convention on the rights of the…
Babymigo: How a Genius Company in Lagos is empowering mums using tech
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Ever wondered how a Nigerian startup came to be listed as one of Time Magazine’s 50 Genius Companies of 2018, standing alongside…
Can a passionate workforce make up for the shortcomings in our PHCs?
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The effective delivery of healthcare has many dimensions. While the focus is largely on the patient who is receiving the care, the other…
Partnering for Accountability: Nothing About Us Without Us
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Solving many of the challenges in health is a complex process and nobody can claim to have a silver bullet for any…
Remind Me: A tech solution to improve immunisation coverage in Nigeria
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If you make your way along the busy Herbert Macaulay road in densely populated Yaba, Lagos State, you may hardly notice the…