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,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 12 April 2024
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Tinubu to construct 8,800 new PHCs, approves national health fellows programme – Official. “WHO unveils fourth medium-term strategic framework for Nigeria. UNICEF…
What Does Nigeria’s Sector-Wide Approach Mean for the Health Sector?
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On December 12th, 2023, key health sector stakeholders gathered at the presidential villa to commemorate Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. This culminated…
Tricycles to the Rescue: Bridging Healthcare Gaps in Ogun Waterside
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Odeyinka Oluwatobi (Lead Writer) Lookman Okikiola had worried about having another child after his first daughter was born in 2019. His wife…
Lessons Learned: Strategic Purchasing for Family Planning in Nigeria
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Family planning remains an integral component of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Nigeria, challenges with Family Planning (FP) and Maternal, Newborn,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 5 April 2024
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EU, FG partner to reduce environmental waste. Breastfeeding alone can’t prevent autism, says expert. Plateau develops five-year strategic plan on efficient healthcare…
National Public Health Institutes: Route to accelerating Health Security in the ECOWAS Region
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If there were any doubts of what may happen when countries don’t take prioritise epidemic preparedness, the covid-19 pandemic is still a…
Participants in Nigeria vaccinated in first-ever Phase 2 Lassa fever vaccine clinical trial, sponsored by IAVI
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The CEPI-funded study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of IAVI’s single dose Lassa fever vaccine candidate Key takeaways • Participants…