“Turning the tide” of family planning services in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) project commenced in 2009 to address gaps in access to family planning services…
It’s time for Nigeria to provide better care for children born with heart defects
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Editor: One paediatric intensivist’s return home to Nigeria highlights the efforts of organizations working to provide cardiac surgery care for children born…
What you need to know about the Yobe eye drops Story
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This is a follow up story to the public service announcement concerning the misuse of Chlorhexidine digluconate 7.1% solution packaged as eye…
Urgent Public Service Announcement: Product withdrawal to save the sight of our children
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Early in September 2015, in Yobe State in Nigeria, a three-week old baby was brought to a doctor with corneal ulceration leading…
Three reasons Strikes will continue in Nigeria's Health Sector
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No part of public service in Nigeria has experienced more strikes than the health sector. Right now, public tertiary hospitals in Nigeria…
For One Percent: An Innovative Blood Bank in Nigeria
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This week’s guest post is by Temie Giwa-Tubosun, director of the One Percent Project, whose aim is to improve the blood transfusion…
Inside a Nigerian IDP camp - a Public Health Perspective
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A few weeks ago, my colleague Chioma and I volunteered with Pro Health International to provide free medical care for IDPs in…
Universal Health Coverage – President Buhari’s opportunity to become a national hero
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This week’s guest blog comes from Robert Yates, an internationally recognized expert on progressive health financing. He works for Chatham House, the…
Waiting for the promised Change in the Health Sector
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This piece is contributed by Remi Adeseun. Remi is a pharmacist and health sector entrepreneur, Chairman of Rodot Nigeria Limited (a Medical…
Can technology-based measurement transform the Nigerian Health Sector?
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The Nigerian Banking Sector is almost unrecognizable compared to where it was just a few years ago. As a consumer, you can…
Nigeria interrupts Polio, but the fight is not over
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Nigeria is about to cross an important milestone in its fight to eradicate polio. July 24th will mark one year since the…
Nigerian Doctors in the Americas meet in Orlando
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Every year, Nigerian doctors meet all over the world in their organisations to find ways to inspire each other to engage more…
Against all Odds, a small Miracle is taking place in Bauchi
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The Nigeria Health Watch team recently visited Bauchi State. We had been invited by USAID’s Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP). The…
Introducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project
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Cervical Cancer is the most common female cancer in developing countries, with approximately 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. In…