Press ReleasePress Release on activities of the NCDC towards mitigating Lassa fever in Nigeria By Nigeria Health Watch December 23, 2016 3 Mins read Lassa Fever: we are better prepared but there is no magic bullet On 20th December 2016, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthThought LeadershipCan the ASLM Conference reinvigorate Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria? By Nigeria Health Watch December 14, 2016 5 Mins read Iruka Okeke is at the University of Ibadan. She writes this week about the progress made in the world of laboratory medicine… Read more
NigeriaIs this the breaking of a new dawn in Nigeria’s health sector? By Nigeria Health Watch August 2, 2016 6 Mins read Last Friday’s news flash that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed new heads to five public health institutions took the Nigerian health sector… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipTime for courage: Nigeria’s health security and the National Centre for Disease Control By Chikwe Ihekweazu February 16, 2016 4 Mins read Nigeria defeated Ebola! That was the single story. No one asked about how the N1.9B released for the response was used. What… Read more
AfricaDiasporaEventsNigeriaThought LeadershipLack 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… Read more
Thought LeadershipIn search of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control By Chikwe Ihekweazu April 22, 2014 5 Mins read Earlier this year, we wrote a blog wondering aloud about the N701Million (USD5M) allocated to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)… Read more