Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria: The Only Language Cholera Understands
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Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever,…
Lessons from Oleju: Improving Equality & Efficiency in Achieving Health for All
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Gender inequality constitutes a major barrier to realising equitable access to health-care services. Promoting gender equality is a major component in promoting…
Access Bank spotlights issues around blood donation with Employee Volunteering Scheme
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In a bid to address issues surrounding the low rates of blood donation in the country, the Corporate Communications Group of Access…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th August 2021
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WHO alerts to fake COVID-19 vaccines as FG receives more doses, begins vaccination. COVID-19: FG seeks private sector’s support for vaccine production….
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 19th August 2021
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Public Health Administrative Management Specialist – All Interested Candidates (Cooperative Agreements), US Embassy, Abuja, deadline 24th August 2021, Apply Operations Manager, APIN…
My Body, My Choice: Promoting Bodily Autonomy and Gender Equality in Nigeria
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Zainab was only 11 years old when she became the fourth wife of a 42-year-old cobbler in her community. She is from…
Healthy Mother, Healthy Child: Encouraging ANC, PMTCT uptake in Akwa Ibom State
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By Kelechukwu Iruoma (Lead Writer) Eme Okon was two months pregnant with her third child when she started attending antenatal care (ANC)…
Getting COVID-19 Shots in Arms: A Vaccine Rollout in Nigeria Like Nothing Before
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By Gabriel Oke and Kenni Ndili (Lead Writers) In December 2020, the first COVID-19 vaccine was issued emergency use authorisation (EUA) by…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 13th August 2021
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816 killed as Cholera spreads across 23 States. NPHCDA, others inspect 177,600 J&J COVID-19 vaccines. WHO confirms West Africa’s first-ever case of…
Protect Breastfeeding: Strengthening Workplace Policies for Exclusive Breastfeeding in Nigeria
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Breastfeeding provides essential nutrients to newborns and infants, which translate to proper growth and development from childhood to adulthood. There are many…
Building back better from COVID-19: Four insights from the inaugural NiCAFE conference
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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that there is no dropping the ball when it comes to preventing, detecting and responding to infectious…
Salient Advisory report calls on stakeholders to accelerate the impact and scale of African health-tech innovators
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6th August 2021 |Abuja – Nigeria Health Watch in partnership with Salient Advisory recently held a webinar themed “Innovation in Health Product…
Family Planning 2030: CSOs as Advocates for Achieving Nigeria's FP2030 Targets
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By Stephen Enoch (Lead Writer) Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has an estimated population of about 200 million people, making it the…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 6th August 2021
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FG declares third wave of COVID-19 pandemic amid strike action by medical doctors. COVID-19: US delivers 4m doses Moderna vaccines to Nigeria…