For One Percent: An Innovative Blood Bank in Nigeria
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This week’s guest post is by Temie Giwa-Tubosun, director of the One Percent Project, whose aim is to improve the blood transfusion…
Universal Health Coverage – President Buhari’s opportunity to become a national hero
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This week’s guest blog comes from Robert Yates, an internationally recognized expert on progressive health financing. He works for Chatham House, the…
Waiting for the promised Change in the Health Sector
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This piece is contributed by Remi Adeseun. Remi is a pharmacist and health sector entrepreneur, Chairman of Rodot Nigeria Limited (a Medical…
Introducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project
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Cervical Cancer is the most common female cancer in developing countries, with approximately 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. In…
Will “Future of Health” spark an Awakening?
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On the 18th of June 2015, at the Shehu Yar’adua Centre in Abuja, about four hundred Nigerians passionate about their health sector…
Tribute to Dr. Oluyombo Adetilewa Awojobi
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by Shima K Gyoh As we prepare for our conference “The Future of Health“, we also reflect on some of our…
Accountability for Universal Coverage Efforts in Nigeria: an Agenda for the Future
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These first few days of a new government, ahead of our The Future of Health Conference on the 18th of June, are a…
A Preventable Death: How our poor Medical Emergency Services kill Nigerians
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We receive many pieces for publication on Nigeria Health Watch. We review these with a great sense of responsibility regarding what should…
Defining the Health Sector of our Dreams in Nigeria – Future of Health Conference 2015
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On Thursday June 18 2015, Nigeria Health Watch invites you to join health professionals, health enthusiasts, government agencies and the media to…
Teaching Traditional and Missionary Birth Attendants to save Lives at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Ile-Ife
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The usefulness of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in contemporary times is a highly disputed subject. Many reasons have been given in support…
Are we at a Turning Point on Malaria?
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On World Malaria Day we asked Dr Uchenna Nwokenna, a Medical Epidemiologist and Health Systems Specialist who has spent most of the…
How safe is our Food?
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Today is World Health Day, and the theme for this year is “Food safety: from farm to plate, make food safe”. The…
Have we, the Citizens, done our Part?
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Have we, the Citizens, done our Part? It is a period of election in Nigeria. Vote counting is going on all across…
On World TB Day, there is little to celebrate in Nigeria
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As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa slows and falls away from the headlines, there is a temptation to view this outbreak…