Monkeypox - When the World Did Not Listen to Nigeria
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Again, the world is paying attention to another infectious disease outbreak. This time it is monkeypox, a rare disease that many people…
Leveraging Digital Health to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Nigeria's Youth
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By Patience Adejo and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Adolescents, who account for about 1.3 billion of the global population, may become sexually…
From A Scheme to an Authority - 5 Things You Need to Know About the New NHIA Act
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By Dara Ajala-Damisa and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Last Thursday evening, some great news was delivered to health advocates and Nigerians at…
A Call to Invest in Nurses to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria
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“I heard that Thursday was World Nurses’ Day, I wish I’d known about it earlier, I would have called Nurse Grace to…
African Vaccination Week 2022: Equitable Vaccine Access can Help Build Resilient Communities
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By Folakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) From the old (smallpox) to the new (COVID-19), for centuries, vaccines have helped save and promote healthier…
HeforShe: Enlisting Men in the Family Planning Discourse
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In 2018, on a work assignment to a rural community in Kebbi State, our team interviewed a woman who had given birth…
Maintaining Nigeria’s Wild Poliovirus-Free Status: A Critical Step for Long Life for All
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By Onyinye Oranezi and Thelma Chioma Abeku (Lead Writers) The launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) a little over three…
Breaking the Silence on Domestic Violence in Nigeria: We Must All Be Advocates
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By Aloysius Ugwu and Michael Atima (Lead Writers) It can be said that the death of popular gospel singer, late Mrs. Osinachi…
Regulation: Key to Unlocking the Promise of Online Pharmacies in Sub-Saharan Africa
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By: Yuen Wai Hung1, Oladunni Lawal1, Remi Adeseun1, Mara Hansen Staples1, Elijah Nurudeen A. Mohammed2 (Lead Writers) Affiliations: Salient Advisory, Canada/Nigeria; Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, Nigeria. The…
The True Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance: New Study has Major Implications for Nigeria
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By Dr Abiodun Egwuenu (Lead Writer) Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership piece is a commentary on the Global Research on AntiMicrobial…
Population and the Dividends of Demography
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By Oluwafolakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) According to UNFPA data, Nigeria’s population as of March 2022 was 216.7 million, with a total fertility…
Our Planet Our Health - Why Nigeria's UHC Champion Must Address Environmental Health
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By Dara Ajala-Damisa and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writers) Today, April 7, is World Health Day, an important day by any standard; one…
Keeping Professor Ransome-Kuti’s Dream Alive: Re-imagining Primary Health Care in Nigeria
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By Bashar Abubakar and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) There is global consensus for countries to have a strong health system that is…
Towards FP2030: Expanding Access to Family Planning to Achieve the Twenty Seven Percent
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Improving access to quality healthcare is dependent on an effective health system that enables the promotion, prevention and reduction of premature and…