Reality check: Pictures from around Nigeria
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We often sit in the big cities and talk and write about health issues. We attend conferences and seminars, dissemination events and…
Top Ten Health News: 19 February, 2016
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Death of 25 Children: Lagos confirms outbreak of killer disease in Lekki. Health workers may resume strike tomorrow. Nigeria gets $290,000 health…
Time for courage: Nigeria’s health security and the National Centre for Disease Control
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Nigeria defeated Ebola! That was the single story. No one asked about how the N1.9B released for the response was used. What…
Top Ten Health News: 12 February, 2016
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Minister shocks Senate, disowns Health budget. Aisha Buhari, UNFPA/ UNICEF push against female genital mutilation. FG to Set up National Cancer Agency. Nigeria’s…
Accountability NOW: A Summit to Advance Newborn and Maternal Health in Nigeria
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Editor: The National Summit on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) will take place in Abuja on February 16-18. The…
Top Ten Health News: 05 February, 2016
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Mosquito-transmitted Zika virus may spread to Nigeria. Zika Is the Next Front in the Mosquito Wars. Figures you won’t believe about Lassa…
Will the 2016 Health Budget fund the 2014 National Health Act?
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Editor: In this week’s piece Edwin Ikhuoria of ONE Campaign reviews the 2016 Budget Proposal for Health, highlighting its inherent gaps, especially…
Top Ten News on Health: 29 January, 2016
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FG marshals National Health Agenda – Minister. Health: Nigeria should learn from Ondo – Director, Chatham House. Combating diarrhea in Nigeria. Lagos…
Lack of trust in health sector: the underlying cause of the large Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria
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Strange deaths in a community in Niger State in 2015 left the community confused, this was followed by a period of uncertainty…
Top Ten Health News: 22 January, 2016
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NGF partners with Dangote Foundation, Gates Foundation, USAID in the fight against polio. IFC, IFHA II, Swiss Re and CIEL Healthcare Invest…
‘A Beautiful Mind – Opening up about Mental Health’ at Social Media Week Lagos
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On February 26, 2016, Nigeria Health Watch will partner with Asktoks.com at a Masterclass during this year’s Social Media Week Lagos, to…
Top Ten Health News: 15 January, 2016
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Patients flee as doctor of Lassa fever victims dies. Nigeria: FG Earmarks N140 Million to Fight Lassa Fever, Death Toll Hits 41….
Top Ten Health News: 08 January, 2016
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Press Release by the Hon Min of Health – Prof. Isaac F. Adewole. Hurdles before Nigeria’s health care in 2016. Budget 2016:…
Dear President Buhari, honour the 2001 Abuja declaration and deliver a genuinely Pro-Poor 2016 Budget
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Editor: On the 19th of December 2015, we at Nigeria Health Watch joined the ONE Campaign and 24 other Non-Governmental Organisations in writing…