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…
“Turning the tide” of family planning services in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) project commenced in 2009 to address gaps in access to family planning services…
It’s time for Nigeria to provide better care for children born with heart defects
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Editor: One paediatric intensivist’s return home to Nigeria highlights the efforts of organizations working to provide cardiac surgery care for children born…
Urgent Public Service Announcement: Product withdrawal to save the sight of our children
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Early in September 2015, in Yobe State in Nigeria, a three-week old baby was brought to a doctor with corneal ulceration leading…
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…