Drops of refreshing dew: The Centre bridging the gap for special needs children in Abuja
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It’s a bright sunny afternoon in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja, and in a small bungalow in a highbrow Maitama estate, about…
Top Ten News Items On Health, 29th March 2019
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World TB Day: Experts want more funding to fight disease in Nigeria. Diseases cost Africa $2.4 trillion a year – WHO. Sustaining…
It’s not Typhoid – Tackling misdiagnosis of Typhoid fever in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: This week’s blog is a personal story from a Nigeria Health Watch team member, Patience Adejo. She writes about her…
Widely used malaria treatment to prevent malaria in pregnant women at risk of failing in areas where drug resistance is rising
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LIVERPOOL – OXFORD, 25 March 2019 A global team of researchers, led by a team at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine…
#ArewaMeToo and the Centre Giving Sexual Abuse Survivors a Voice in Niger State
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Mary (not her real name) is an 11-year-old girl preparing for her Common Entrance Examination. She is a kind, cheerful and brilliant…
Top Ten News Items On Health, 22nd March 2019
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Over 3.6 m Nigerians in need of water, sanitation – UNICEF. The road to NAIIS: UNAIDS’ role in better understanding Nigeria’s HIV…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 21st March 2019
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Health Financing Advisors, HRSNG, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Borno and Yobe. Apply for this job Lead Health Financing Advisor, HRSNG, Abuja, Apply for…
Is Nigeria ready to leave no one behind? World Water Day 2019
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Water is life Imagine… 10-year-old Funke kicks up dust as she makes her way out of the door to the stream. You…
Winners of the 2019 UN World Water Day Inter-School Handwashing Essay Competition
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Nigeria Health Watch, T.Y Danjuma Foundation, Water Aid and EpiAFRIC put together an inter-school handwashing essay competition in a bid to contribute…
Call for Applications: #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Fellowship
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Nigeria has taken important steps to improve its ability to find, stop and prevent disease outbreaks and other health threats before they…
Further Together: Collaboration for UHC in Africa by 2030
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As we entered Rwanda’s airspace and began our final descent to the Kigali International airport, I looked out of my window, eager…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th March 2019
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1.9 million Nigerians living with HIV – NACA boss. 2 Neonatal mortality, great challenge to developmental goals – Paediatrician. About 18 Nigerians…
Results of NAIIS – the largest HIV survey ever done are in: Nigeria not doing as badly as we thought!
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Without good data, we’re flying blind. If you can’t see it, you can’t solve it – Kofi Atta Annan There are about…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 14th March 2019
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Programme Analyst, Nigeria Health Watch, Abuja, deadline 22nd March, 2019. Apply for this job Nutrition Officer, NO-B, UNICEF, Abuja, deadline 21st March,…