Between experts and experience: Compassionate advocacy and support for exclusive breastfeeding
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These are some of the reasons Nigerian mothers give for why they are unable to exclusively breastfeed their babies in the first…
Federal Ministry of Health Celebrating 2019 World Breastfeeding Week -Empower Parents. Enable Breastfeeding
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Preparations are in earnest for the celebration of 2019 World Breast Feeding week. A series of activities is planned to promote optimal…
NCDC PARTNERS WITH RESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES (RTSL) TO PREVENT EPIDEMICS IN NIGERIA
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has formally launched its collaboration with Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), an initiative of Vital…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 2nd August 2019
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Doctor harps on exclusive breastfeeding to reduce infant mortality. FG spent N9.8bn to eradicate polio in the last three years. 20m Nigerians…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th July 2019
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WHO set to declare Nigeria polio free. HIV/AIDs: Total Group launches awareness project in Ogun. 7,500 Gombe kids at risk of acute…
Lassa Fever: Why the Nigerian government should fund disease diagnostics for epidemic preparedness
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Editor’s Note: Chidindu Mmadu-Okoli is a 2019 #PreventEpidemicsNaija Fellow at Nigeria Health Watch. In this piece she writes about a doctor whose…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 25th July 2019
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Senior Project Management Specialist (Integrated Health), USAID, Abuja, deadline 16th August, 2019. Apply for this job Senior Malaria Specialist, Malaria Consortium, Abuja,…
A Tale of Two PHCs in Niger State: Accessing Equitable Healthcare From Beji to Maito
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Beji village, Bosso Local Government Area (LGA), in Niger State is an agrarian community, 30 kilometres from the state capital, Minna. Renowned…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th July 2019
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For 170,000 Nigerians to die from TB disease yearly, is unacceptable – Aisha Buhari. Integrating financing mechanisms to achieve universal health coverage….
Let's talk about sex: What do Nigerian adolescents know about sexual reproductive health?
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Editor’s Note: Nigeria Health Watch in collaboration with Education As A Vaccine (EVA) recently conducted two Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) in Nyanya…
A Dual Approach: Tackling Maternal deaths in Southern Nigeria using technology and birth kits
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When Abiodun Adereni founded HelpMum two years ago, his dream was to provide basic health information to pregnant women and to help…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 12th July 2019
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Polio: Gates foundation urges FG, States to up vaccination. Tuberculosis: Nigeria has ‘sixth highest burden globally’. 3.9m women, girls need reproductive health…
World Population Day 2019: Is Nigeria in trouble?
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Thirty years ago, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) established World Population Day, an annual event observed on July 11 every year….
National TB Conference 2019: Building Stronger Partnerships to End TB in Nigeria
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Despite years of neglect — these are exciting times for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB)! A new treatment regimen for drug resistant…