Meet the 2024 Solutions Journalism Africa Mentors
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Since the commencement of the Solutions Journalism Africa Initiative (SJAI) in Nigeria in late 2021, newsrooms and journalists have understood the importance…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3 May 2024
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Polio: Getting Certified Is Not The End Of The Job – UNICEF. Nigeria still has the highest burden of children born with…
Leading the Charge: Nigeria's Milestone in Meningitis Vaccination.
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Tzar Oluigbo and Sunday Oko (Lead Writers) Vaccines are by far one of the greatest inventions known to mankind, making it possible…
World Malaria Day 2024: What Hope Does the Malaria Vaccination Hold for Nigeria?
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Oladimeji Solomon Yemi and Patience Adejo (Lead Writers)
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26 April 2024
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Kano Assembly passes bill to establish Centre for Disease Control. NCDC investigates as mysterious illness breaks out in Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara. Vaccination…
Achieving Healthcare Reform in Nigeria — Learning from PharmAccess’ Initiatives
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Njide Ndili (Guest writer) Nigeria’s health indices remain an issue of concern. The life expectancy rate is one of the lowest in…
Tackling the Budget Utilisation Challenges in the Nigerian Health Sector
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The Nigerian health sector is severely underfunded. Each budget year, the majority of health advocates lament the federal government’s inability to meet…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18 April 2024
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C’ Rivers has 849 non-functional PHCs, commissioner reveals. Health workers’ capacity training will reduce migration – NPHCDA. NCDC convenes emergency meeting as…
Gavi and UNICEF welcome approval of new oral cholera vaccine
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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF welcome the news that a new oral cholera vaccine (OCV), Euvichol-S, has now received WHO prequalification…
Saving Mothers and Giving Life through Quality Accreditation of Private Health Facilities
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Adanna Opara (Lead Writer) Increasing evidence suggests that quality care prevents a significant number of maternal deaths and disability. High-quality care is…
Small by Small: Becoming a Doctor in 1990s’ Nigeria
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Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) Since Ike Anya’s book, “Small by Small” called “a small miracle of a book” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,…