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
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipDear President Buhari, honour the 2001 Abuja declaration and deliver a genuinely Pro-Poor 2016 Budget By Nigeria Health Watch January 5, 2016 5 Mins read Editor: On the 19th of December 2015, we at Nigeria Health Watch joined the ONE Campaign and 24 other Non-Governmental Organisations in writing… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipNigeria Health Watch: Our Continuing Promise in 2016 By Nigeria Health Watch December 29, 2015 3 Mins read For each day that we have been on this journey, to put health front and centre of the political agenda in Nigeria,… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipProfessor Eyitayo Lambo’s ‘Tour de Force’ and Call to Action By Chikwe Ihekweazu December 22, 2015 5 Mins read On December 9th 2015, we gathered in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, for the first Public Service Lecture of the Nigerian Primary Health… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipTime to engage with mental health care in Nigeria By Nigeria Health Watch December 5, 2015 4 Mins read Enyi Anosike is a Public Mental Health professional, and a trustee of the Public Health Foundation of Nigeria. He writes this special… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipHIV elimination goals and the reality of living with HIV in Nigeria By Chikwe Ihekweazu December 1, 2015 4 Mins read Today is World AIDS day 2015. All over the media in Nigeria, there have been reports on the new goal of the… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipBefore the SDGs, how did Nigeria really do with the MDGs? By Chikwe Ihekweazu November 10, 2015 4 Mins read In August 2015, reports emerged in the Nigerian press that “Nigeria had attained the Millennium Development Goals”. The article below quoted the… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipOne year later, 5 most important lessons from the Nigerian Ebola response By Chikwe Ihekweazu October 20, 2015 6 Mins read On October 20 2014, almost exactly one year ago, the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria Ebola free, 42 days after the last… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipVisits to Health ProjectsHealth Watch Forum opens with a celebration of Nigerian heroes By Chikwe Ihekweazu October 13, 2015 4 Mins read In September 2014, the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone was getting worse by the day. Nigeria had managed to… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipSpecial Announcement: Introducing the “Health Leadership Academy” By Nigeria Health Watch September 23, 2015 2 Mins read The Health Leadership Academy has a bold vision to transform healthcare in Africa by developing a generation of healthcare leaders who will… Read more
AfricaDiasporaNigeriaTechnologyThought LeadershipIt’s time for Nigeria to provide better care for children born with heart defects By Nigeria Health Watch September 15, 2015 5 Mins read Editor: One paediatric intensivist’s return home to Nigeria highlights the efforts of organizations working to provide cardiac surgery care for children born… Read more
AfricaDiasporaNigeriaThought LeadershipWaiting for the promised Change in the Health Sector By Nigeria Health Watch August 4, 2015 4 Mins read This piece is contributed by Remi Adeseun. Remi is a pharmacist and health sector entrepreneur, Chairman of Rodot Nigeria Limited (a Medical… Read more
AfricaDiasporaNigeriaTechnologyThought LeadershipCan technology-based measurement transform the Nigerian Health Sector? By Chikwe Ihekweazu July 28, 2015 4 Mins read The Nigerian Banking Sector is almost unrecognizable compared to where it was just a few years ago. As a consumer, you can… Read more