‘A Beautiful Mind – Opening up about Mental Health’ at Social Media Week Lagos
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On February 26, 2016, Nigeria Health Watch will partner with Asktoks.com at a Masterclass during this year’s Social Media Week Lagos, to…
Top Ten Health News: 15 January, 2016
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Patients flee as doctor of Lassa fever victims dies. Nigeria: FG Earmarks N140 Million to Fight Lassa Fever, Death Toll Hits 41….
Top Ten Health News: 08 January, 2016
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Press Release by the Hon Min of Health – Prof. Isaac F. Adewole. Hurdles before Nigeria’s health care in 2016. Budget 2016:…
Dear President Buhari, honour the 2001 Abuja declaration and deliver a genuinely Pro-Poor 2016 Budget
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Editor: On the 19th of December 2015, we at Nigeria Health Watch joined the ONE Campaign and 24 other Non-Governmental Organisations in writing…
Top Ten Health News: 01 January, 2016
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As 2015 Winds Down On Nigeria’s Health Sector. FG to build 10,000 health centres across Nigeria. Lagos abolishes contract doctors, moves to…
Nigeria Health Watch: Our Continuing Promise in 2016
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For each day that we have been on this journey, to put health front and centre of the political agenda in Nigeria,…
ARCHIVE: Top Ten Health News [2014 - 2015]
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View the Top Ten Health News Archive collecting stories from January 2014 to December 2015. Click HERE to view.
An assignment of Hope: An insight into living with disabilities in Nigeria
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By Ebele Vivien Okoli Editor: The 3rd of December was World Disability Day. Ebele Vivien Okoli, a Resident Doctor specialising in Community…
Time to engage with mental health care in Nigeria
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Enyi Anosike is a Public Mental Health professional, and a trustee of the Public Health Foundation of Nigeria. He writes this special…
Adewole stands 'On the Shoulders of Giants': The 18 torchbearers of the Nigerian Health Sector
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Editor: In this piece, Andrew F. Alalade, a Neurosurgeon and current Public Relations Officer of the Medical Association of Nigerians across Great…
Balancing access and excess in the fight against antibiotic resistance in Nigeria
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Resistance to antibiotics is a growing global problem. It is particularly acute in Nigeria because of our extensive and often inappropriate use…
Time for a comprehensive strategy on stroke service delivery in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: On October 29 the World will mark Stroke Day. Strokes are one of the highest causes of death in Sub-Saharan…
A dialogue on Nigeria’s ‘role’ in the African Union’s response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak
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At the height of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the three most affected West African countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and…
Special Announcement: Introducing the “Health Leadership Academy”
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The Health Leadership Academy has a bold vision to transform healthcare in Africa by developing a generation of healthcare leaders who will…