AfricaDiasporaHealthNigeriaVisits to Health ProjectsExtraordinary Humans – The Hospitals For Humanity Team visits Abuja By Nigeria Health Watch June 7, 2016 6 Mins read Reading Nigerian newspapers, or browsing the plethora of social media platforms, it is easy to think that the country is doomed. On… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaFive takeaways of the 69th World Health Assembly from a Nigerian Perspective By Nigeria Health Watch May 31, 2016 5 Mins read The 69th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization held between the 23rd and 28th of May in Geneva. It had… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaThe Global Fund, Governance and the Shame of a Country By Nigeria Health Watch May 24, 2016 4 Mins read Gloria is a vibrant young lady who is “living positively” with HIV. She featured on our #OpenMoH radio show five months ago… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaSpecial Edition: Conference brings attention to Tuberculosis in Nigeria By Nigeria Health Watch May 16, 2016 3 Mins read In the week that a major announcement was made by WHO shortening the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the scientific community is coming together… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaFive big issues at the International Conference of Midwives in Abuja By Nigeria Health Watch May 10, 2016 5 Mins read May 5 was this year’s International Day of the Midwife. To commemorate this day in Nigeria, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, UNFPA,… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaAs the Health Minister’s 10,000 PHC transformation agenda starts, we urge him to keep primary health care under ONE roof By Nigeria Health Watch May 3, 2016 5 Mins read We are in May. Later this month we will mark one year into the tenure of the Buhari administration, a quarter of… Read more
AfricaDiasporaNigeriaTechnologyThought LeadershipOn World Tuberculosis Day - Reflections on a Forgotten Epidemic By Chikwe Ihekweazu March 22, 2016 4 Mins read March 24 is World TB Day, yet for most people that have the privilege of reading this piece, tuberculosis is an abstract… Read more
AfricaEventsHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipNigerian health policy makers gather in Sokoto for the 58th National Council on Health By Chikwe Ihekweazu March 15, 2016 6 Mins read Once every year, the Ministers of Health, leaders of all the health parastatals, and the commissioners of health and their teams gather… Read more
AfricaEventsHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipReality check: Pictures from around Nigeria By Nigeria Health Watch February 23, 2016 3 Mins read We often sit in the big cities and talk and write about health issues. We attend conferences and seminars, dissemination events and… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipTime for courage: Nigeria’s health security and the National Centre for Disease Control By Chikwe Ihekweazu February 16, 2016 4 Mins read Nigeria defeated Ebola! That was the single story. No one asked about how the N1.9B released for the response was used. What… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipAccountability NOW: A Summit to Advance Newborn and Maternal Health in Nigeria By Nigeria Health Watch February 9, 2016 3 Mins read Editor: The National Summit on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) will take place in Abuja on February 16-18. The… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipWill the 2016 Health Budget fund the 2014 National Health Act? By Nigeria Health Watch February 2, 2016 6 Mins read Editor: In this week’s piece Edwin Ikhuoria of ONE Campaign reviews the 2016 Budget Proposal for Health, highlighting its inherent gaps, especially… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipLack of trust in health sector: the underlying cause of the large Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria By Chikwe Ihekweazu January 26, 2016 4 Mins read Strange deaths in a community in Niger State in 2015 left the community confused, this was followed by a period of uncertainty… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaTechnologyThought Leadership‘A Beautiful Mind – Opening up about Mental Health’ at Social Media Week Lagos By Nigeria Health Watch January 19, 2016 3 Mins read On February 26, 2016, Nigeria Health Watch will partner with Asktoks.com at a Masterclass during this year’s Social Media Week Lagos, to… Read more