Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th April 2018
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Expert calls for men’s inclusion in family planning advocacy. Nigeria’s Lassa fever cases decline to lowest level in four months – NCDC. FG, BVGH…
Where are the Men in the Family Planning Discourse? - #NaijaMen4FP
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From inception, family planning interventions and responsibility for the uptake of family planning commodities has pre-dominantly been targeted at women. This seems…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 13th April 2018
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At 2nd THISDAY Healthcare Policy Dialogue, Leaders Task Nigeria on Universal Coverage. 21 million Nigerians to be protected against Yellow Fever in 2018…
SimEx: Fine-tuning Nigeria’s response to potential disease outbreaks
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Editor’s Note: This week in Abuja the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) alongside the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the National…
Fighting Lassa: Five lessons from three special hospitals managing most cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria
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At the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Mrs. Martha Okonofua moves around the ward with a smile. The Lassa Fever isolation ward at…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 6th April 2018
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Osinbajo says all Nigerians must have access to health insurance scheme. NHIS delists 23 HMOs, grants 34 provisional nod. NHIS chief denies investing scheme’s…
The Foundation of Human Solidarity – Strengthening Accountability in African Healthcare Systems
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“Tell me how you will measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave” – Eliyahu M. Goldratt When thinking…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 30th March 2018
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Meningitis, not ‘strange disease’, killed eight in Kano – Official. 559 hospitalised in Bauchi cholera outbreak—MSF. Experts accede to impressive progress by Nigeria’s Polio…
Keeping Nigerian Hospitals Infection-Free: Lagos team develops curriculum to train infection control specialists
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Primum non nocere is a Latin phrase attributed to the ancient Greek Hippocrates that means, “First, to do no harm.” Non-maleficence is one of…
The story of Madadi: How an act of courage created a unique maternal care clinic in Kebbi
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Over the years, different methods have been applied to provide solutions to the long list of problems the world faces, from cutting…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd March 2018
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Nigerian govt inaugurates committee on basic healthcare fund. Bill Gate, Dangote sign MoU with 6 governors on immunisation fund. Own the fight against HIV/AIDS,…
What’s the BHCPF got to do with it? – The Universal Health Coverage Dialogue
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The setting was cosy, but the goal was clear: the participants who attended the Nigeria Health Watch policy dialogue on Universal Health…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 16th March 2018
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302,096 tuberculosis cases undetected in Nigeria – NTBLCP. NCDC, WAHO simulates Yellow fever outbreak. Minister of Health inaugurates Isolation Unit, other projects at…
Lost in the Debate: Five questions no one is asking about the National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria
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As the debate rages on regarding the return of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), after his suspension…