Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th May 2019
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‘Midwives championing women’s rights to quality health care’. ‘Nigeria still at moderate risk of Ebola outbreak’. #PHC4UHC: Etsu Nupe laments medical tourism…
Generation Next: Nigeria is failing young people's need for sexual health services
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Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership blog comes from Precious Ereka, a Youth Service Corps Member serving at Nigeria Health Watch. She…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd May 2019
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‘103 senators’ salary enough to vaccinate over 1 million Nigerian children’. Community health programme to be replicated across Nigeria by December –…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 3rd May 2019
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Marketing and Brand Communications Manager, Total Health Trust Limited (THT), Lagos, deadline 7th May, 2019. Apply for this job Procurement & Operations…
Money for Midwives: Will the BHCPF solve Midwifery's Funding Woes?
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Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, recently made waves when he asserted that he was not worried about doctors leaving Nigeria,…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 27th April 2019
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Health Officer, NO-B, UNICEF, Bauchi, deadline 10th May, 2019. Apply for this job State Malaria Service Delivery Expert, Malaria Consortium, Jigawa, Katsina,…
Nigeria: The long crawl to polio eradication - Op-Ed
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Editor’s Note: Today’s piece is an OpEd from renowned Virologist and Chair of Nigeria Expert Review Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication and Routine…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th April 2019
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African Vaccination Week: Nigeria to conduct mass immunisation. Malaria kills 81,640, infects 53.7m yearly in Nigeria. 21.1m children denied first dose of…
Health Watch Forum 2019 - Prevent Epidemics: Immunise
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Immunisation is key to preventing epidemics across the world. According to UNICEF, immunisation is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions…
“No woman must die giving life - making every maternal death count”
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The “Giving Birth In Nigeria” project in Kebbi, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Lagos, Niger and the FCT is to understand why women die…
#PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Fellowship Announcement
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Nigeria Health Watch is thrilled to announce the recipients of the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Fellowship. The goal of the fellowship is to generate…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th April 2019
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Senate passes National Health Insurance Bill 2019. PharmAccess, others advocate PPP in health care. Reducing Maternal Deaths Through Community Collaborations. Rotary International…
Top Ten News Items On Health, 13th April 2019
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Addressing care challenges requires multi-sectoral approach. Embracing PPP key to developing Nigerian healthcare system – Wada. Nigeria to establish emergency centre to…
Mothers Lives Matter – A Call to Action to Catalyse Accountability for Maternal Deaths in Nigeria
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“In Rwanda, a combination of community-based health insurance, community health workers, and good external partnerships led to the steepest reductions in maternal…