Thought LeadershipSustaining Excellence: NCDC Gets New Director General By Nigeria Health Watch September 6, 2021 4 Mins read Onyinye Oranezi & Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) Nigerians in the health sector and key stakeholders have waited with bated breath for the… Read more
Thought LeadershipNow We Have More COVID-19 Vaccines in Nigeria: Time to Deliver By Kenni Ndili September 1, 2021 3 Mins read After the successful deployment of the first round of vaccines received from the COVAX facility in March 2021, Nigeria has received its… Read more
Thought LeadershipState of Emergency: The Doctors' Strike and the Brain Drain of the Health Care Workforce By Bunmi Oyebanji Obot August 28, 2021 5 Mins read In 2019, when my father was in the Intensive Care Unit of one of Nigeria’s biggest tertiary hospitals in the Federal Capital… Read more
Thought LeadershipImproving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria: The Only Language Cholera Understands By Ibukun Oguntola August 25, 2021 3 Mins read Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever,… Read more
Thought LeadershipMy Body, My Choice: Promoting Bodily Autonomy and Gender Equality in Nigeria By Hadiza Mohammed August 18, 2021 4 Mins read Zainab was only 11 years old when she became the fourth wife of a 42-year-old cobbler in her community. She is from… Read more
Thought LeadershipGetting COVID-19 Shots in Arms: A Vaccine Rollout in Nigeria Like Nothing Before By Nigeria Health Watch August 14, 2021 5 Mins read By Gabriel Oke and Kenni Ndili (Lead Writers) In December 2020, the first COVID-19 vaccine was issued emergency use authorisation (EUA) by… Read more
Thought LeadershipProtect Breastfeeding: Strengthening Workplace Policies for Exclusive Breastfeeding in Nigeria By Kemisola Agbaoye August 11, 2021 4 Mins read Breastfeeding provides essential nutrients to newborns and infants, which translate to proper growth and development from childhood to adulthood. There are many… Read more
Thought LeadershipBuilding back better from COVID-19: Four insights from the inaugural NiCAFE conference By Chibuike Alagboso August 9, 2021 6 Mins read The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that there is no dropping the ball when it comes to preventing, detecting and responding to infectious… Read more
Thought LeadershipBreastfeeding Fact Sheet By Nigeria Health Watch August 4, 2021 1 Mins read Read more
Thought LeadershipThe Global Education Summit and the Nigerian Paradox By Vivianne Ihekweazu August 1, 2021 4 Mins read President Muhammadu Buhari and other global leaders gathered in London for a two-day Global Education Summit that aims to raise US$5 billion… Read more
Thought LeadershipTaking Action and Finding Safe Spaces: Supporting Child Survivors of Sexual Abuse By Nigeria Health Watch July 28, 2021 6 Mins read By Aloysius Ugwu and Kenneth Ibe (Lead writers) Emeka was only 5 years old when the abuse began. “Both my parents worked… Read more
Thought LeadershipQuality of Maternal Medicines in Nigeria: What You Should Know By Nigeria Health Watch July 14, 2021 1 Mins read By Amaka Yusuf and Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead writers) The World Health Organisation has reported that each year, between 5.7 and 8.4 million… Read more
Thought LeadershipShaping the COVID-19 Response: The Role of Social Science By Nigeria Health Watch July 8, 2021 3 Mins read By Kenni Ndili As the COVID-19 virus spread across the world in 2020, the world was gripped by the massive global health… Read more
Thought LeadershipHow misinformation impacts COVID-19 vaccine uptake By Nigeria Health Watch July 5, 2021 3 Mins read “Nobody can convince me to take the COVID-19 vaccine. I don’t trust the government to give me anything that is free and… Read more