Thought LeadershipCan the returning Diaspora Professionals inspire improved Quality in the Health Sector? By Nigeria Health Watch July 15, 2014 3 Mins read The last few years have seen an increasing number of African professionals who have studied and worked abroad returning to work in… Read more
Thought LeadershipVisits to Health ProjectsSomething special: donating blood By Chikwe Ihekweazu June 24, 2014 4 Mins read 14 June 2014 was the “World Blood Donor Day”. Members of the NHW team recently visited the Nigerian National Blood Transfusion Service… Read more
NigeriaThought LeadershipNOIPolls – Asking Nigerians what they Think about Everything, including their Health By Nigeria Health Watch June 17, 2014 3 Mins read Did you hear that smoking in public places is now banned in Lagos? According to a recent poll conducted by NOIPolls, nine… Read more
Thought LeadershipAs elections draw close - where are Nigerian CSOs in advocacy and policy? By Nigeria Health Watch June 3, 2014 3 Mins read We have offered our Tuesday blog this week to Florida Uzoaru, an independent public health consultant. She reflects on some tough questions about… Read more
Thought LeadershipIgnore your heart, at your own risk By Nigeria Health Watch May 27, 2014 5 Mins read This blog post is the result of the first of a series of joint polls by the NOIPolls team and the EpiAFRIC team…. Read more
Thought LeadershipSpread of polio from Pakistan leads WHO to declare public health emergency; is Nigeria next? By Chikwe Ihekweazu May 13, 2014 4 Mins read In recent years, the threat of polio has risen in Pakistan, where Taliban militants have targeted health workers administering the vaccine. When… Read more
Thought LeadershipAn inconvenient truth about WEFA, the economy and health By Chikwe Ihekweazu May 7, 2014 3 Mins read This article was written from home, as most residents of Abuja have been asked not to go to work to ensure the… Read more
Thought Leadership#BringBackOurDaughters By Chikwe Ihekweazu May 3, 2014 2 Mins read This piece was contributed by Ifeanyi Nsofor. Ifeanyi is a public health physician, working for EpiAfric, in Abuja, Nigeria. Lately in Abuja,… Read more
Thought LeadershipThe passing of the HIV and AIDS Anti-Stigma and Discrimination Bill By Chikwe Ihekweazu April 25, 2014 4 Mins read When the Nigerian National Assembly passed the HIV and AIDS Anti-Stigma and Discrimination Bill, we could no think of any one better… 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
Thought LeadershipRumors of Ebola in Nigeria: the blind leading the blind? By Nigeria Health Watch April 8, 2014 4 Mins read The piece below was contributed by Anja Choon, who is joining the Nigeria Health Watch Team. The Ebola outbreak in parts of… Read more
Thought LeadershipOn World TB Day - what we should know and do By Chikwe Ihekweazu March 28, 2014 4 Mins read The World TB Day passed quietly in Nigeria. The government probably prefers it this way. Nigeria is among the 22 high TB… Read more
Thought LeadershipAre we really seeing a dramatic fall in maternal mortality rates in Nigeria? By Chikwe Ihekweazu March 10, 2014 3 Mins read Over the past few months, there have been various reports in the media about a dramatic fall in maternal mortality rates in… Read more
Thought LeadershipAnother report, same bad news on childhood mortality in Nigeria By Chikwe Ihekweazu February 28, 2014 3 Mins read On the front cover of Save the Children’s latest report “”Ending newborn deaths” is a newborn baby at a clinic in northern Nigeria…. Read more