World AIDS Day 2022: End AIDS. Equalize
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Every first of December, the world unites to commemorate World AIDS Day, showing support for people living with HIV and remembering those…
Doctors for Change: From a WhatsApp Group to a Movement
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It can be quite devastating when your doctor tells you that the specialist care you urgently need is not available in Nigeria….
Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th November 2022
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Assessing Nigeria’s Commitment towards Financing Health Security. Antibiotics resistance killing many Nigerians, NCDC. WHO raise the alarm. Gbajabiamila Seeks Urgent Measures to…
World AMR Awareness Week 2022: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is still a global health issue. In 2019, the United Nations Ad hoc Interagency Coordination Group on AMR warned…
Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya
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By Joyce Chimbi (Lead Writer) Kamboo, Yindalani and Yiuma Mavui are a set of hard-to-reach villages located 17 and 28 kilometres away…
Fact-Finding Mission Travels to the Netherlands To Advance Investments in Nigeria’s Health Sector
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The Consulate of the Kingdom of Netherlands, in collaboration with PharmAccess Foundation, the implementing partner for the Government of the Netherlands health-related…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th November 2022
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UN Says Nigeria’s Development Unsustainable, Urges Family Planning. Nigeria’s poverty exceeds World Bank projection, five states lead. WHO Begins Clinical Trials for…
Prioritising Health Security to Make Nigeria 'Pandemic Proof'
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By Sunday Oko and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) The Federal Government Budget for the Health Sector has more than doubled over the…
Giving Birth in Nigeria: Advocacy and Communications II
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Duration: October 2022 – March 2024 The second phase of the advocacy and communications programme of the Giving Birth in Nigeria campaign…
Haihuwa Lafiya: Preventing Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State One Trip at a Time
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By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji (Lead Writer) Hadiza Haladu’s first pregnancy almost ended in a double tragedy when she went into early labour….
Build Sheshimandiko Community a New Health Facility
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Sheshimandiko is a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. Although the community has a health centre, it…