Tuberculosis and HIV: The need for a stronger and sustained collaboration against a deadly duo
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Nigeria ranks fourth among the 22 high-burden Tuberculosis (TB) countries in the world. The WHO 2015 Global report gave the estimated TB…
Nigeria Health Jobs Published on 22nd March, 2017
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Field Officer, International Committee of the Red Cross, Abuja, deadline 29th March, 2017. Details here Health Programme Coordinator,…
Health Meets Tech Application Challenge
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Are you a health worker or techie looking to improve Nigerian healthcare via technology? EpiAfric and Digital Health Nigeria invite you to…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17 March 2017
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UNICEF Scales up Intervention in Malnutrition by 400% in North-east. FG disburses $500m maternal, child fund. Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control to…
Nigeria Health Jobs Published on 16th March, 2017
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Health Journalist, Christian Aid/Nigeria Health Watch Journalism Masterclass, deadline 25th March, 2017. Details here Request for Expressions of Interest for a Consultant, Nigeria Health…
The silent thief of sight: Early detection can prevent blindness from Glaucoma
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Editor’s Note: Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world, with the highest number affected in Sub-Saharan Africa. This…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10 March 2017
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FG explains plans to upgrade seven cancer centres across Nigeria. Eight years after raising billions, Turai Yar’Adua’s Cancer Centre remains abandoned, overtaken…
US Ambassador visits APIN-supported Centre at JUTH
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The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador W. Stuart Symington this week visited the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), to tour the…
“I banged on the hospital door at 1 a.m. with my daughter screaming in pain” – The difficulty of healthcare access in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership Piece recounts the harrowing experience of Nneoma Wokemba, a mother who found herself fighting to get…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 03 March 2017
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Hope dims for cancer patients as radiotherapy machines break down nationwide. How Twitter posts may have cost Nigeria’s former minister top position…
Nigeria Health Jobs Published on 1st March, 2017
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State Lead Consultant for Intensifying Adolescent HIV programming, NOC, UNICEF, Benue and Kaduna, deadline 5th March, 2017. Details here LGA Consultant for…
Zero Discrimination Day
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Abuja 1st March 2017– The world has struggled against the HIV and AIDS epidemic for the past three decades with substantial progress…
Evaluating the impact of health programmes in Nigeria to build evidence for policy
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Health policy is almost always driven by conventional wisdom. This week’s Thought Leadership piece comes from Emily Elizabeth Crawford, the World Bank’s…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th February 2017
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Nigeria’s Mohammed Pate, two other candidates shortlisted for Global Fund’s ED post. Health Minister Inaugurates Statutory Committees for National Health Act. Minister…