Herd Immunity: Jigawa’s community-driven approach boosts immunisation coverage
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Jigawa State has been largely characterised by its poor development indices. The latest States Domestic Product report from the Nigeran National Bureau of…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 31st May 2019
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Group urges Buhari to assent to pending health bills. Health community celebrates Tejuoso, Usman for championing policies in NASS. Unsafe drinking water,…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 31st May 2019
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Stabilization Center Doctor, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Borno. Apply for this job Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager- Nigeria IHP, Palladium Group,…
Dear President Buhari; Without Health, We have Nothing
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Dear President Buhari, congratulations on your election to a second term as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. You are the…
Food for Thought – The Dako Community School Feeding Programme nourishing young minds
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The drive seemed endless. The Nigeria Health Watch and TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF) teams had driven for almost 40 minutes from Gwagwalada…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th May 2019
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Only 11 of Nigeria’s 774 LGAs are free from open defecation – UNICEF. WHO begins rehabilitation of healthcare facilities in North-east. 14…
Training for Quality Delivery: Brown Button’s drive to improve TBAs skills in Lagos
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Alhaji Sulaimon Junaid wakes up at 5:30 a.m. every day to spend time with pregnant women waiting to deliver their babies in…
The human cost of the lingering NHIS debacle
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Jocelyne Agbo still thinks about the death of little Aliyu. The questions keep recurring – “Did he die because his father didn’t…
Top Ten News Items On Health, 17th May 2019
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World Bank appoints Nigeria’s ex-minister, Muhammad Pate, as global director for health. DFID spends N4bn to support 52,393 pregnant women in Zamfara….
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 16th May 2019
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Public Health Officer, World Health Organization (WHO), Bauchi, deadline 29th May, 2019. Apply for this job Principal Program Officer (PPO), Surveillance and…
How perceived side effects of contraceptives hampers family planning in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: This week’s blog comes from Nigeria Health Watch team member Dara Ajala-Damisa. She writes about choosing a family planning method…
Isolate, trace and respond: How a new emergency operations centre has improved outbreak response in Kebbi
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Dr. Assad Hassan had just graduated from the prestigious Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (NFELTP) when he received the urgent…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th May 2019
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‘Midwives championing women’s rights to quality health care’. ‘Nigeria still at moderate risk of Ebola outbreak’. #PHC4UHC: Etsu Nupe laments medical tourism…
Generation Next: Nigeria is failing young people's need for sexual health services
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Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership blog comes from Precious Ereka, a Youth Service Corps Member serving at Nigeria Health Watch. She…