Preparedness is Key: Strengthening the Research Ecosystem in West Africa
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Oluomachukwu Omeje and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Infectious disease outbreaks remain a challenge in the West African region, driven in part by…
Pandemic Preparedness in West Africa: Multiplayer Collaborative Solutions for a Changing Climate
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Oluomachukwu Omeje (Lead Writer) The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as one of humanity’s most significant health threat, with…
Mpox Vaccine: Africa’s Wait Continues Two Years After Global Outbreak
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Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead Writer) The African Continent is experiencing a new wave of Mpox (formerly monkeypox virus) cases, driven by a…
Vaccines are a Modern Day Miracle: Gavi's Role in Sustaining Life-Saving Access
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Vivianne Ihekweazu and Alexander Chiejina (Lead Writers) “Thanks to the power of immunisation, the number of childhood deaths from vaccine preventable diseases…
Can the ASLM Conference reinvigorate Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria?
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Iruka Okeke is at the University of Ibadan. She writes this week about the progress made in the world of laboratory medicine…
Antibiotic Resistance in Nigeria: From Awareness to Action
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Editor’s Note: Iruka N. Okeke is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a UK Medical Research Council African…
Ten highlights from the 21st International Conference on AIDS
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[dropcap]O[/dropcap] ver the last week, your Nigeria Health Watch team has been at the 21st International AIDS Conference, the largest conference on…
Almost no Science from Nigeria at International Conference on AIDS
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[dropcap]F[/dropcap]inally, the moment came – The 21st International Conference on AIDS kicked off in Durban, South Africa on the 18th of July,…
Back to Durban, for the International Conference on AIDS
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I have profound memories of the 13th International AIDS Conference that was held in Durban, South Africa, in July 2000. I was…
How many Nigerians are living with HIV?
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This has been an increasingly controversial question recently. Understanding the burden of HIV in Nigeria is more important now than ever before,…
Extraordinary Humans – The Hospitals For Humanity Team visits Abuja
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Reading Nigerian newspapers, or browsing the plethora of social media platforms, it is easy to think that the country is doomed. On…
Five takeaways of the 69th World Health Assembly from a Nigerian Perspective
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The 69th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization held between the 23rd and 28th of May in Geneva. It had…
The Global Fund, Governance and the Shame of a Country
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Gloria is a vibrant young lady who is “living positively” with HIV. She featured on our #OpenMoH radio show five months ago…