Transitioning Nigeria's National Population Policy: From Policy to Implementation
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By Folakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) The National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) is the top think tank in the federation,…
The Women in Unguwar Duniya Deserve Access to Quality Maternal Care
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Pregnant women in some rural communities in Nigeria continue to suffer from the lack of adequate and quality maternal care due to…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st July 2022
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AfDB to cut $14bn annual import of medicine into Africa. Health workers’ shortage in Nigeria, others to hit 6.1m by 2030 –…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 30th June 2022
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Nutrition and Health Officer, Action Against Hunger | ACF-International, Yobe, deadline 5th July 2022. Apply Quality Improvement Advisor, Jhpiego – John Hopkins…
Leveraging the Joint External Evaluation to Improve Health Security at Sub-National Level
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By Chibuike Alagboso and Onyinye Oranezi When the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria, Dr Johnson Simon Mafuka who heads…
From the Darkest of Days to a New Dawn: 35 Years of the Nigerian Response to HIV and AIDS
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From the Darkest of Days to a New dawn: 35 years of the Nigerian Response to HIV and AIDS is the title…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th June 2022
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N2.7tr required to get PHC right – Experts discuss current challenges and opportunities. UTA tasks Nigeria on human development index, health-related SDGs….
Warawa Primary Health Center: This is What Happens When Government Steps Up
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Like every Primary Health Center (PHC), Warawa PHC in Warawa Local Government Area of Kano State exists to cater for the health…
Monkeypox in Nigeria: Is There a Case for Vaccines?
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The current epidemiology and spread of monkeypoxThe spread of monkeypox to apparently non-endemic countries has highlighted again the inequity in the global…
Reducing Neonatal Mortality in Kenya by Skilling Neonatal Specialist Care
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By Joyce Chimbi (Lead Writer) In 2014, when Edith Mumbi’s twins were born, they had a low birth weight and were admitted…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th June 2022
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Need for Multi-faceted Approach in Achieving Zero Maternal Mortality. Over 11 million Nigerians living with diabetes. Infectious diseases fast ravaging communities in…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 16th June 2022
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Community Health Extension Worker (CHEW), Tulsi Chanrai Foundation Eye Hospital, Abuja, deadline 30th July 2022. Apply Health (SRH & MHPSS) Coordinator, Plan…
Is Nigeria's Current Demographic Trend a Dividend or a Disaster?
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My great-grand father had five wives and 23 children, 18 of whom were male. It was said that he was deliberate about…
Making Good on a Promise: How Nasarawa State Vaccinated Seventy Percent of its Eligible Population
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By Gabriel Oke (Lead Writer) Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is not a competition and there are no prizes for the state that…