Assessment of WASH services in FCT and Niger State PHCs reveals huge gaps
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By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Bashar Abubakar (Lead Writers) Healthcare, according to the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, is a basic human right of…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th February 2021
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First clinical trials for Lassa fever vaccine begins in West Africa. UNICEF orders 4m doses of AstraZeneca vaccines for Nigeria. USAID launches…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 25th February 2021
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Monitoring & Evaluation/Health Systems Strengthening (M&E/HSS) Officer, Management Sciences for Health – MSH, Abuja. Apply Senior Program Officer – Child Health and…
Drug-Resistant Malaria: A Public Health War Nigeria Cannot Afford to Fight
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Editor’s Note: In today’s Thought Leadership Piece, Dr. Okonkwor Oyor of Hygeia HMO explains the looming threat that ACT-resistant malaria poses to…
Through our Hands: Collaborating for a cancer-free world for children and adolescents in Nigeria
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By Olubunmi Oyebanji (Lead Writer) On the 15th of February every year, the world observes the International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD). It…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th February 2021
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NCDC issues public health advisory on Ebola disease. NAFDAC approves AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria. COVID-19: Governors’ Forum given 7-day…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 18th February 2021
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Health Cluster Coordinator, the World Health Organization (WHO), Borno, deadline 2nd March 2021. Apply Medical Manager, Health Partners International, Abuja, Lagos, Rivers….
Conspiracy theories and COVID-19 vaccine introduction in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: This week’s piece comes from researchers Dr. Chizoba Wonodi, Chisom Obi-Jeff, Dr Carleigh Krubiner, Elana Felice Jaffe, Dr. Ruth Karron,…
Hope from the Pulpit: The church easing transport woes for Malawi's riverine pregnant women
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By Rabson Kondowe and Feston Malekezo (Lead Writers) “I thought I was going to die, I nearly gave birth on a ship,”…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 12th February 2021
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COVID-19: Nigeria records 13 cases of variant found in UK – NCDC. CBN to partner investors to build modern health facilities, sponsor…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 11th February 2021
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Senior Technical Specialist (State Engagement: Community Systems Strengthening & Integrated Service Delivery), The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Abuja,…
“Noma, a disease that should not exist anymore”
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Online conference on Thursday, 11 February Abuja, Nigeria, Monday 8 February 2021 – Medecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in partnership with…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 5th February 2021
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COVAX releases list of COVID-19 vaccine recipients, gives Nigeria 16m doses. ANALYSIS: FG budgets N340m to prepare for next health crisis —…
Preparing Nigeria for future pandemics will require building our scientific and research capacity
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By Vivianne Ihekweazu & Atinuke Akande-Alegbe (Lead Writers) “Is Nigeria no longer the GIANT OF AFRICA? Why are we not producing the…