Tackling the Budget Utilisation Challenges in the Nigerian Health Sector
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The Nigerian health sector is severely underfunded. Each budget year, the majority of health advocates lament the federal government’s inability to meet…
Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships for Family Planning Financing
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Family planning (FP) is a highly cost-effective investment that boosts global health and empowers women. By meeting the unmet needs for FP…
Building Capacity at Nigeria’s Seaports: A Journey Towards Strengthening Maritime Health Security
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It is impossible to predict when the next pandemic will occur, yet the risk of another occurrence remains high. The world’s susceptibility…
Are we there yet? Leveraging the Private Sector for Lassa Vaccine R&D
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The search for an effective vaccine against Lassa fever has gained momentum in recent years. Currently, early supportive care and the anti-viral…
Enhancing Immunisation through the Northern Nigeria States Routine Immunisation Strengthening Project
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Few global health and development interventions have yielded as profound an impact as vaccines. For over two centuries, these remarkable interventions have…
Deliberations from Budget Office Health Stakeholder Workshop on Enhancing Health Sector Budgeting
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Nigeria’s federal budget cycle is a carefully planned process that follows a general structured sequence of — preparation, approval, implementation and evaluation. The budgeting…
Nigeria's Public Health Emergency Bill: Strengthening the Legal Framework for Responding to Public Health Emergencies
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The Quarantine Act of 1926 is an important piece of legislation that establishes a legal framework for preventing and controlling infectious diseases…
Primary Health Centre Renovations Revitalise Community Healthcare in Ogun State
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Any effort to strengthen health systems must begin at the primary healthcare level, as it is the foundation of a nation’s healthcare….
Strengthening Local Capacity for Disease Detection, Reporting, and Response
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Larry Brilliant, a renowned epidemiologist, once said that “outbreaks are inevitable, but pandemics are optional.” Globally, this inevitability of outbreaks has been…
#PreventEpidemicsNaija: Advocating for Domestic Resource Mobilisation to Strengthen Nigeria's Health Security
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When the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Campaign was launched in 2018, it was likened to the story of the boy who cried wolf. Why should…
Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria: The Only Language Cholera Understands
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Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever,…
Legislative Network for UHC Summit - Achieving Universal Health Coverage and Health Security in Nigeria
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There is a global consensus on the importance of strengthening health systems to deliver quality and affordable healthcare to communities, to make…