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…
Fragile progress at the brink - COVID-19 and the Nigerian health sector
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“Waves keep coming, that’s the one thing you can count on in life” — Gerry Lopez Following the easing of the lockdown restrictions, it is…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd July2020
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COVID-19: Expect rise in cases with eased restrictions – FG. FG converts all govt hospitals in FCT to COVID-19 sample collection centre….
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 2nd July 2020
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Supervisor (MHPSS) Counsellor, Medecins Du Monde, Borno, deadline 14th July August 2020. Apply Health & Care Delegate,…
Is COVID-19 the same as malaria?
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Is COVID-19 the same as malaria? No. COVID-19 and malaria may have similar symptoms but they are very different diseases with different…
COVID-19 has exposed Nigeria's Sexual Violence Menace: OpEd
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By Mike Lawal (Guest Writer) She was only nine years old when she walked into the consultation room with her outraged mother,…
Documenting the Nigerian Government’s Response to COVID-19 Project
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Duration: April 2020 – September 2020 Nigeria recorded its first confirmed case of the virus in February 2020, and since then the…
WhatsApp for Social Good: How Nigerians used the platform to show care during the COVID-19 lockdown
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Quiet streets. Closed office buildings. Empty public spaces. This was the reality for many Nigerian cities from March 30 to May 4,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th June 2020
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WHO accepts Nigeria polio-free status ‘documentation’. COVID-19: National Council on Health approves Health Response Action Plan. NGF, NCDC sign MoU on World…
Nuhu Bammali Maternity: Sustaining immunisation gains in Kano despite COVID-19
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Nuhu Bammali Maternity Hospital is a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Yakasai Ward, Kano Municipal area council in Kano state. The facility…