Do medical missions really help? We joined Pro Health International on one to find out.
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Medical missions have grown in relevance in Nigeria over the past 20 years. This is largely as a consequence of the failure…
The Public Hearing of the Tobacco Smoking Control Bill and nine others
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A Nigeria Health Watch team attended a public hearing of 10 health sector bills by the House of Representatives, joint committee on…
Can the returning Diaspora Professionals inspire improved Quality in the Health Sector?
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The last few years have seen an increasing number of African professionals who have studied and worked abroad returning to work in…
Something special: donating blood
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14 June 2014 was the “World Blood Donor Day”. Members of the NHW team recently visited the Nigerian National Blood Transfusion Service…
NOIPolls – Asking Nigerians what they Think about Everything, including their Health
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Did you hear that smoking in public places is now banned in Lagos? According to a recent poll conducted by NOIPolls, nine…
As elections draw close - where are Nigerian CSOs in advocacy and policy?
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We have offered our Tuesday blog this week to Florida Uzoaru, an independent public health consultant. She reflects on some tough questions about…
Ignore your heart, at your own risk
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This blog post is the result of the first of a series of joint polls by the NOIPolls team and the EpiAFRIC team….
Spread of polio from Pakistan leads WHO to declare public health emergency; is Nigeria next?
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In recent years, the threat of polio has risen in Pakistan, where Taliban militants have targeted health workers administering the vaccine. When…
An inconvenient truth about WEFA, the economy and health
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This article was written from home, as most residents of Abuja have been asked not to go to work to ensure the…
#BringBackOurDaughters
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This piece was contributed by Ifeanyi Nsofor. Ifeanyi is a public health physician, working for EpiAfric, in Abuja, Nigeria. Lately in Abuja,…
The passing of the HIV and AIDS Anti-Stigma and Discrimination Bill
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When the Nigerian National Assembly passed the HIV and AIDS Anti-Stigma and Discrimination Bill, we could no think of any one better…
In search of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control
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Earlier this year, we wrote a blog wondering aloud about the N701Million (USD5M) allocated to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…
Rumors of Ebola in Nigeria: the blind leading the blind?
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The piece below was contributed by Anja Choon, who is joining the Nigeria Health Watch Team. The Ebola outbreak in parts of…
On World TB Day - what we should know and do
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The World TB Day passed quietly in Nigeria. The government probably prefers it this way. Nigeria is among the 22 high TB…