The silent thief of sight: Early detection can prevent blindness from Glaucoma
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Editor’s Note: Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world, with the highest number affected in Sub-Saharan Africa. This…
“I banged on the hospital door at 1 a.m. with my daughter screaming in pain” – The difficulty of healthcare access in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership Piece recounts the harrowing experience of Nneoma Wokemba, a mother who found herself fighting to get…
Evaluating the impact of health programmes in Nigeria to build evidence for policy
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Health policy is almost always driven by conventional wisdom. This week’s Thought Leadership piece comes from Emily Elizabeth Crawford, the World Bank’s…
A tribute to a great Epidemiologist and a great friend of Africa
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Editor’s note: Chikwe Ihekweazu was Curator of Nigeria Health Watch until he was appointed as Chief Executive of the Nigeria Centre for…
Can your love survive the genotype test?
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February the 14th means a number of things to different people. Popularly known as Valentine’s Day, it is often replete with messages…
Is the Nigerian government one step closer to evidence-based decision making in health?
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Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership Piece was contributed by Olusesan A. Makinde, Senior Health Information Systems Advisor with MEASURE Evaluation project,…
Cancer: Time to wake up to the challenge in Nigeria!
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As the world marks World Cancer Day, it forces us to focus again on the challenge of prevention, detection and treatment of…
Should the health sector be tasked with road safety?
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There is hardly anyone in Nigeria who does not have a personal tale of road crashes to tell. In 2007, my mother…
Will revitalization of Primary Health Care lead to ‘BETTER HEALTH FOR ALL?’
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President Muhammadu Buhari last week commissioned the newly revitalized Kuchigoro PHC. The event also served to flag off the start of the…
Nigeria Health Watch: Stronger Together in 2017
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As 2017 dawns, we at Nigeria Health Watch continue our advocacy for the health sector of Nigeria’s dreams with a deep sense…
The Elephant in the Room: Nigeria’s population growth crisis
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There have been many salient issues that we at Nigeria Health Watch have drawn to our audience’s attention in the span of…
Can the ASLM Conference reinvigorate Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria?
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Iruka Okeke is at the University of Ibadan. She writes this week about the progress made in the world of laboratory medicine…
Has the Nigerian patient been “Failed by Angels?”
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This week in Abuja the Centre for the Right to Health (CRH) will hold the premiere of an advocacy documentary, “Failed by…
Re-Positioning the NHIS for Success: A To-Do List for the Executive Secretary
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Editor’s Note: Dr. Cheluchi Onyemelukwe is Lead Consultant at Health Ethics and Law Consulting, a health law and policy firm, which provides…