Beyond a building: Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Primary Healthcare in Sauka Community
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Water, electricity and good roads are some of the basic amenities every community needs to thrive, while health and education are the…
Poor knowledge and practice around oxytocin could put women in Nigeria at risk during childbirth
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By Chioma S. Ejekam, University of Lagos and Chimezie Anyakora, Pan Atlantic University Severe bleeding after childbirth — postpartum haemorrhage — is a leading cause of…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th February 2022
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Six African countries to get own mRNA jab production. HIV/AIDS Fund: A Welcome Initiative. Nigeria reports additional 58 confirmed Lassa fever cases…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 17th February 2022
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Clinical Psychologist, GOALPrime Organization Nigeria (GPON), Borno, deadline 25th February 2022. Apply Radiographer/Sonographer, Total Image Medical Diagnostic Clinic, Lagos, deadline 31st March…
Mental Health: Vital for Overall Health and Total Well-being
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By Ramatu B. Hassan (Lead Writer) It felt like no time at all had passed as the ‘Happy New Year! New Year,…
News Agency of Nigeria sets up Solutions Journalism Desk with support from Nigeria Health Watch
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has committed to setting up a dedicated Solutions Journalism desk in the organisation that will focus…
Beji Primary Health Centre: Leveraging the Basic Health Care Provision Fund to Improve Service Delivery
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“We received one million naira from October 2020 to February 2022”, said Halima Musa, the officer in charge of Beji Primary Health…
Nigeria Health Watch awards exemplary reporting on Epidemic Preparedness and Response funding
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Nigeria Health Watch recently held the second edition of the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards, an annual ceremony that celebrates TV, radio, and print…
FCT Health Insurance Scheme: Redefining Ways to Target the “Missing Middle”
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“Enrolling people into insurance schemes is not easy, considering the fact that you are asking people to come and pay for health…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 11th February 2022
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Nigerian Healthcare and Its Non-existent Medical Emergency Services. COVID-19: How To Tackle Challenges Of Routine Immunisation Financing. Nigeria’s Bird Flu Control Stalls…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 10th February 2022
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Public Health Specialist (Prevention) – Employees of Mission-All/or USEFMs, EFMs or MOHs (Community and Gender Services Lead), US Embassy, Abuja, deadline 16th…
WASH in PHCs – How Fulfilling Evidence Gaps Contributes to Improved Policy and Practice
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By Oguntola Ibukun & Dara Ajala-Damisa Nigeria is among the countries where about 17% of health care facilities had no access to…
From a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community
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Big things every so often start in small ways. Louis Pasteur may never have fully conceived the far reaching effects of his…
World Leprosy Day 2022: Highlighting the Pressing Needs of the Inhabitants of Alheri Special Village, FCT
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By Thelma Chioma Abeku, Kenni Ndili and Kenneth Ibe (Lead Writers) World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January…