Nigeria: New round of surgery brings hope for noma patients
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Abuja, Nigeria, 5 March 2021 – New hope is being offered to people with severe facial deformities caused by the disease noma…
What you should know about the new COVID-19 variants in Nigeria
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When 2020 drew to a close, public health experts warned about a highly transmissible variant of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — first detected…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 4th March 2021
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Director, Public Health – CONMESS GL05, Edo State Government, Edo, 17th March 2021. Apply Medical Director (MD), Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Lagos, deadline…
Assessment of WASH services in FCT and Niger State PHCs reveals huge gaps
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By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Bashar Abubakar (Lead Writers) Healthcare, according to the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, is a basic human right of…
Ten lessons from Ogun State - from first COVID-19 case in Nigeria to building a resilient response
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On the day marking one year since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Nigeria, this article reflects on the experience and…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26th February 2021
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First clinical trials for Lassa fever vaccine begins in West Africa. UNICEF orders 4m doses of AstraZeneca vaccines for Nigeria. USAID launches…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 25th February 2021
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Monitoring & Evaluation/Health Systems Strengthening (M&E/HSS) Officer, Management Sciences for Health – MSH, Abuja. Apply Senior Program Officer – Child Health and…
Drug-Resistant Malaria: A Public Health War Nigeria Cannot Afford to Fight
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Editor’s Note: In today’s Thought Leadership Piece, Dr. Okonkwor Oyor of Hygeia HMO explains the looming threat that ACT-resistant malaria poses to…
Heart and Grit: Girl Child Concerns is empowering adolescent girls to offer maternal health services in Borno State
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“Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.” — Adelaide Hoodless In Nigeria, maternal health care…
Through our Hands: Collaborating for a cancer-free world for children and adolescents in Nigeria
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By Olubunmi Oyebanji (Lead Writer) On the 15th of February every year, the world observes the International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD). It…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th February 2021
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NCDC issues public health advisory on Ebola disease. NAFDAC approves AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria. COVID-19: Governors’ Forum given 7-day…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 18th February 2021
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Health Cluster Coordinator, the World Health Organization (WHO), Borno, deadline 2nd March 2021. Apply Medical Manager, Health Partners International, Abuja, Lagos, Rivers….
Conspiracy theories and COVID-19 vaccine introduction in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: This week’s piece comes from researchers Dr. Chizoba Wonodi, Chisom Obi-Jeff, Dr Carleigh Krubiner, Elana Felice Jaffe, Dr. Ruth Karron,…
Hope from the Pulpit: The church easing transport woes for Malawi's riverine pregnant women
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By Rabson Kondowe and Feston Malekezo (Lead Writers) “I thought I was going to die, I nearly gave birth on a ship,”…