The Disease of Violence: Police brutality as a public health emergency in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: In the wake of the #EndSARS protests that have rocked several Nigerian cities, we at Nigeria Health Watch take a…
Taking ownership: Women in Jigawa community fund emergency transportation for pregnant women
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“My husband and I have always known that I would deliver at the hospital,” says Azeema Hussaini, 25, while sitting on a…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 9th October 2020
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Nigeria rolls out 10-year plan of achieving Universal Health Coverage. COVID-19: FG releases fresh guidelines for schools reopening nationwide. NCDC D-G, NAPPSA…
World Sight Day 2020: Shell, JV partners come together to give #HopeInSight
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By Beti Baiye and Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) The trip from Yenagoa was short and uneventful. We arrived the community town hall…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 8th October 2020
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Medical Doctor, eHealth Systems Africa, Abuja. Apply Drug Control Officer, P3, UNODC – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Abuja,…
AVADAR: How digital health fast-tracked Nigeria's drive to eradicate polio
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Polio, a contagious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus is transmitted primarily when stool from someone infected contaminates foods, drinks or water…
New support and guidance available to health procurement professionals in the public sector in Nigeria
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NIGERIA / AGILITYPR.NEWS / September 16, 2020 /New support and guidance available to health procurement professionals in the public sector in Nigeria…
ACEGID in Ede: Science Capacity evolving in Nigeria from an unusual Location
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When will the COVID-19 pandemic be over? Will life return to how it was before COVID-19 disrupted it? These questions probably run…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 2nd October 2020
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60 years after, qualitative healthcare still a dream. NCDC Donates Treatment Centre to Federal Capital Territory for Management of Cases. What does…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 1sth October 2020
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Senior Program Manager, Jhpiego – John Hopkins University, Abuja, deadline 12th October 2020. Apply Country Director, the Management Sciences for Health (MSH),…
World Heart Day: Coalition calls for concerted effort to eliminate trans fats in Nigeria
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As part of events marking this year’s World Heart Day, the Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation…
Call for Abstracts for Evidence Briefing: Quality of Maternal Medicines used in Nigeria
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Globally, Nigeria is the second highest contributor to maternal mortality after India, contributing to 20% of maternal deaths. Between 2005 and 2015,…
Call for Abstracts: Evidence Briefing on Quality of Maternal Medicines used in Nigeria
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Nigeria Health Watch is delighted to announce our very first Evidence Briefing for relevant research in Quality of Maternal medicines used in Nigeria….
COVID-19 has shown that without health, we have nothing
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Gabriel Oke and Omodolapo Shobowale (Lead Writers) On April 8, 2018, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO)…