World AMR Awareness Week 2022: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is still a global health issue. In 2019, the United Nations Ad hoc Interagency Coordination Group on AMR warned…
Prioritising Health Security to Make Nigeria 'Pandemic Proof'
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By Sunday Oko and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) The Federal Government Budget for the Health Sector has more than doubled over the…
Strengthening Local Capacity for Disease Detection, Reporting, and Response
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Larry Brilliant, a renowned epidemiologist, once said that “outbreaks are inevitable, but pandemics are optional.” Globally, this inevitability of outbreaks has been…
When Floods Threaten Nigeria's Food Security Everyone Suffers
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Media reports have been filled with reports of flooding in several states in Nigeria in the last few months. Thousands of hectares…
World Polio Day 2022: Is Polio Becoming a Wicked Problem?
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“While polio exists anywhere, it’s a threat everywhere” — Ian Riseley, President, The Rotary Foundation Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free on the 25th August…
Expanding PHC Funding Frontiers: Key Takeaways From the 2022 PHC Financing Forum
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From the ‘Re-imagining Primary Health Care’ summit in April 2022 to the commitment made by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) — in August of…
Handle Your Heart with Care: Curbing the Rise of Non-Communicable Diseases in Nigeria.
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We got to Zenith Medical & Kidney Centre at 6:50am, and already, the place was beginning to fill up. Thankfully, we were…
To Build a Nation: Reflecting on the Mental Health Impact of the ASUU Strike as Nigeria Turns 62
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By Beti Baiye and Sunday Oko (Lead Writers)
Nutrition in Nigeria - What Gaps Persist? Highlights from an Interview with Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist for USAID
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Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was in Nigeria in September, and in an interview with…
For Want of a Better Life: Still on Nigeria's Medical Brain Drain
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By Dr Tanimola Owolabi (Lead Writer) Editor’s Note: Dr Tanimola Owolabi is a senior registrar, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University…
A Strong Catalyst: Strengthening Primary Health Care through Local Government Reforms
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By Sunday Ehigiator (Lead Writer) The local government system created in 1976 is still the closest form of government to the grassroots….
The Best Start in Life: Getting Exclusive Breastfeeding Right
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By Kenneth Ibe and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) Nutrition is a vital component of infant and young child development, and a major…
The State of States on Primary Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria
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It is no secret that the state of primary healthcare in Nigeria is poor. Decades of neglect by state and local governments,…
Implementing Nigeria's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax to Harness Domestic Resources for Health
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In 2021, the Federal Government of Nigeria introduced a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax. It is embedded in the Finance Act of 2021,…