Top Ten News Items on Health, 16 December 2016
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Full impact of devastated health services in north-eastern Nigeria revealed by WHO report. New WHO Country Representative formally assumes duties in Nigeria….
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…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 09 December 2016
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Humanitarian emergency directors call for US$1 billion to meet the needs of 6.9 million people in Nigeria’s North East. Reps stop NHIS’s…
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…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th November 2016
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$400m Polio funds not stolen, says Health Minister. FG, GSK freeze price of Pneumonia Vaccines for next 10 Years. Lagos records 9,579…
A Call to Action on Prevention as NACA hosts HIV Conference in Abuja
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Nigeria has the second largest burden of HIV on the African continent, with an estimated 3.5 million Nigerians infected and 60,000 new…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18 November 2016
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Nigeria records 35 per cent decline in malaria cases. Nigeria loses $2.4bn to malaria annually— FG, Dangote Foundation. WHO donates Polio Modular…
Antibiotic Resistance in Nigeria: From Awareness to Action
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Editor’s Note: Iruka N. Okeke is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a UK Medical Research Council African…
Top News Items on Health, 11 November 2016
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AfDB approves US $1-million grant to finance nutrition campaign in Nigeria’s Borno State. WHO and partners support measles vaccination in Borno State,…
Healthcare Leadership in Nigeria needs a “radical shift”
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Editor’s Note: It is no secret that we at Nigeria Health Watch contend that there are foundational challenges facing the Nigerian Health…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 04 November 2016
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We have no accurate data of health insurance beneficiaries in Nigeria -Prof Yusuf. 1,473 midwives deployed to PHCs to save mothers, children….
Genetically Modified Foods and Health; One Doctor's Perspective
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Editor’s Note: Prof. Shima Gyoh is a renowned surgeon, Professor of Surgery at Benue State University, and Former Permanent Secretary of the…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 28 October 2016
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Nigeria has sufficient Anti retro-viral drugs – NACA. FG flags-off one PHC per ward programme in Borno. FG flags-off free VVF surgeries…