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Strengthening PHCs Through “Make Our Hospitals Work” Campaign

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 16, 2024
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) In the 1950s, the second-ever hospital was built in Igala land. Located in Ogugu community, Government Cottage Hospital…
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Thought Leadership

Could a new typhoid vaccine end the most misdiagnosed disease in Nigeria?

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 27, 2018
4 Mins read
Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership on Health Series comes from Pharmacist and Public Health Specialist Chijioke Nwosu. He writes about the…
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Thought Leadership

The State of the Nigerian Health Sector in 2017

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 30, 2017
3 Mins read
The year 2017 rounds up this week, and we at Nigeria Health Watch reflect on what has been a challenging year for…
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Top 10 Health News

Top Ten News Items on Health, 11 August 2017

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 11, 2017
1 Mins read
Nigeria Records Poor Outing as Only 23% of Children Get Immunised. Revamp PHCs in your states, Health Minister urges governors. FG plans relocation of…
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Top 10 Health News

Top Ten News Items on Health, July 28 2017

By Nigeria Health Watch
July 28, 2017
1 Mins read
FG committed to elimination of viral hepatitis in Nigeria by 2021. NHIS controversy worsens as Reps reject agency’s budget. Nigeria sets up task force…
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Thought Leadership

A mighty Iroko in the Nigerian health sector has fallen: A tribute to the late Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 7, 2017
3 Mins read
“I shall not mourn you! Not at all. You were a blessing. Your footprints are large but your humanity much larger. First,…
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Top 10 Health News

Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th February 2017

By Nigeria Health Watch
February 17, 2017
1 Mins read
FG approves new National Health Policy. FG Signs Seventy Million Euro EU Support For Health . Nigeria to benefit from MacArthur foundation’s…
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Thought Leadership

Is the Nigerian government one step closer to evidence-based decision making in health?

By Nigeria Health Watch
February 7, 2017
4 Mins read
Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership Piece was contributed by Olusesan A. Makinde, Senior Health Information Systems Advisor with MEASURE Evaluation project,…
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Top 10 Health News

Top Ten News Items on Health, 20 January 2017

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 20, 2017
1 Mins read
Lassa Fever: NCDC confirms cases in 7 states, advices on preparedness by hospitals and healthcare workers. NHIS covers cancer, other tertiary ailments…
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Top Ten Health News Items in 2016

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 23, 2016
1 Mins read
Government of Nigeria reports 2 wild polio cases, first since July 2014. Lassa Fever Outbreak: 41 Nigerians killed in 10 states –…
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Top 10 Health News

Top Ten News Items on Health, 07 October 2016

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 7, 2016
1 Mins read
FG releases N9.8bn for polio eradication. WHO provides medical supplies to 15,000 Boko Haram victims. Children below one-year-old to get new pneumonia…
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Lack of trust in health sector: the underlying cause of the large Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria

By Chikwe Ihekweazu
January 26, 2016
4 Mins read
Strange deaths in a community in Niger State in 2015 left the community confused, this was followed by a period of uncertainty…
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Thought Leadership

The Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program

By Chikwe Ihekweazu
June 29, 2011
1 Mins read
Those that read our blog regularly will remember the early days when we called for a Field Epidemiology Training Programme in Nigeria to train…
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