Top Ten News Items on Health, 31 March 2017
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Nigeria meningitis outbreak: 282 deaths confirmed in five states. NHIS removes 23,000 ghost enrollees from health insurance scheme. Japan Contributes $903,000 To…
Nigeria Health Jobs Published on 29th March, 2017
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Chief of Health, P-5, United Nations Children’s Fund, Abuja, deadline 10th April, 2017. Details here Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant, Marie Stopes…
“Does Leadership Matter” in the Nigerian health sector?
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The greatest challenges and the greatest opportunities that any unit in society has begins with its pattern of leadership. Who makes those…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 24 March 2017
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LUTH initiates suicide prevention service. World Bank approves $200 million emergency support to North East. Japan gives US$ 33.3 million grant to…
NCDC hosts Annual Surveillance Review Meeting in Enugu
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Between the 14th and 17th of March 2017, The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control hosted its 2nd Annual Surveillance Review Meeting at…
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…