Does wearing gloves protect against or stop the spread of COVID-19?
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Does wearing gloves protect against or stop the spread of COVID-19? No. Gloves can only prevent infection if you don’t touch your…
NAFDAC, CSOs launch Public Service Announcements to support trans fat elimination in Nigeria
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ABUJA – The National Agency for Food & Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), along with members of the #TransfatFreeNigeria campaign, have launched a series of Public…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th July 2020
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COVID-19: ECOWAS, WAHO donate $8m medical equipment to PTF. COVID-19 has worsened maternal mortality rate in Nigeria– NPC Chairman. USAID launches $19.2m…
"He was generous to a fault" - Nigeria's TB Community remembers the late Prof. Lovett Lawson
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Editor’s Note: On Monday, July 13, 2020, Nigeria’s health community was saddened by the news of the passing of Professor Lovett Lawson,…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 16th July 2020
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Project Director – REACH, Save the Children, Abuja, deadline 24th July 2020. Apply Nutrition Assistant, Save the Children, Yobe, deadline 24th July…
Do digital thermometers kill neurons or damage the brain when a person's temperature is getting checked?
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Digital thermometers do not damage your brain in any way. Digital thermometers are universally used with children and adults and can come…
Young President Organization Set to Shut down Eti-Osa Isolation Centre
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Donate World Class Medical Equipment to Lagos State In an effort to help the community the Young President Organisation (YPO) Lagos Chapter…
Enugu's free maternal programme is providing better health for rural women and children
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“This article was produced in collaboration with Maternal Figures, a database of maternal health interventions implemented in Nigeria.” At Amorji Nike Primary…
Can drinking alcohol prevent or cure COVID-19?
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Can drinking alcohol prevent or cure COVID-19? What Meedan’s experts say No, drinking alcohol does not prevent or cure COVID-19. Alcohol-based hand…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th July 2020
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Polio-free status: Buhari vows to revitalise primary healthcare. CACOVID donates N1.4bn medical equipment, 26,400 test kits to boost COVID-19 testing across Nigeria….
What religious leaders can learn from Reverend Canon Wainaina's COVID-19 experience and leadership
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By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writers) Since the first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nigeria on the…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 9th July 2020
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Project Manager (United States Government Funded Tuberculosis Project), the Society for Family Health (SFH), Kano, deadline 10th July 2020. Apply Chief of…
Call For Applications: 2nd Prevent Epidemics Journalism Fellowship
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Nigeria Health Watch started advocating for better funding for epidemic preparedness in October 2018. With the various pressing health needs Nigeria faces,…
The importance of political will in the fight against COVID-19: The Rivers State Example
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By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi (Lead Writer) Queen Wisdom is a petty trader who had come to buy some food items for her business…