Special Announcement: Introducing the “Health Leadership Academy”
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The Health Leadership Academy has a bold vision to transform healthcare in Africa by developing a generation of healthcare leaders who will…
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…
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…
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…
Defining the Health Sector of our Dreams in Nigeria – Future of Health Conference 2015
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On Thursday June 18 2015, Nigeria Health Watch invites you to join health professionals, health enthusiasts, government agencies and the media to…
Person of the Year
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We rarely have much to celebrate in the health sector, and broadly this is still the case. The fundamental reform that the…
The Neglected
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In continuation of our series of visits aimed at bringing some of the interesting healthcare interventions in Nigeria to the public, Dr….
On World AIDS Day, we remember our Brother OMOLOLU FALOBI
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It was World AIDS Day yesterday. We debated about writing a piece about the size of the epidemic, which at over 3…
Why is no one talking about these three big challenges the Nigerian health sector is facing?
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The National Health Bill For the second time since he became president, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has the chance to sign a…
We must focus on pneumonia if we want to reduce preventable child deaths in Nigeria
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Six days ago, the world marked World Pneumonia Day, with the aim of drawing global attention to the number one killer of…
Lessons from Brazil
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The blog below are reflections from a learning tour of key health institutions in Brazil with the TEDxChange Pilot Programme supported by…
The Devils We Know
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This post was contributed by Iruka N. Okeke – a Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Haverford College in the USA. Her book, Divining…
Demonizing Nigerian Doctors - an Agenda for Change
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Reflecting on the recent doctors strike, and the threat by other health sector workers of further strikes, we took a fresh look…