How strikes are killing the Public Healthcare Sector and why it may be difficult to reclaim
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An interesting scenario played out in 2014. After a strike that lasted about two months, all resident doctors in Nigeria were sacked;…
Politics, the new National Health Act and Local Government Areas
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The next few months will be filled with politics in Nigeria. At Nigeria Health Watch, we will focus on keeping health on…
Person of the Year
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We rarely have much to celebrate in the health sector, and broadly this is still the case. The fundamental reform that the…
Christmas Wishes
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Dear Readers, Colleagues and Friends, Today is the 23rd of December. The day after tomorrow some of us will be rejoicing the…
National Health Bill finally signed by President Goodluck Jonathan
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Late last night, we got information from a very reliable source that President Goodluck Jonathan had signed the National Health Bill into…
Why is no one talking about these three big challenges the Nigerian health sector is facing?
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The National Health Bill For the second time since he became president, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has the chance to sign a…
We must focus on pneumonia if we want to reduce preventable child deaths in Nigeria
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Six days ago, the world marked World Pneumonia Day, with the aim of drawing global attention to the number one killer of…
The National Health Bill: After Ten Years in the Making is an End in Sight?
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By Felix Abrahams Obi After ten years in the making, a harmonised National Health Bill has just been sent to the President…
The Female Condom: Contraception for Her and Him
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There are many reasons why women and men should advocate and use the female condom. Like the male condom, the female condom…
The Devils We Know
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This post was contributed by Iruka N. Okeke – a Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Haverford College in the USA. Her book, Divining…
We cannot be complacent about the NIGERIA TOBACCO CONTROL BILL
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Unfortunately, public health issues rarely make headline news in Nigeria. Very few people know that there is an important bill – the…
SURE-P MCH: Fighting for the Life of every Mother and every Child
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Following the feedback from our story on the work of Pro Health International, we realised that very little is known by many…
Do medical missions really help? We joined Pro Health International on one to find out.
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Medical missions have grown in relevance in Nigeria over the past 20 years. This is largely as a consequence of the failure…
The Public Hearing of the Tobacco Smoking Control Bill and nine others
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A Nigeria Health Watch team attended a public hearing of 10 health sector bills by the House of Representatives, joint committee on…