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WHO Director-General calls on world leaders to support Universal Health Coverage high-level meeting

By Nigeria Health Watch

September 3, 2019

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I have just returned from a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to review…

Statement by WHO Director-General on World Health Day 2019

By Nigeria Health Watch

April 7, 2019

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WHO was born on 7 April 1948 with a clear and ambitious vision: a world in which all people enjoy the highest…

1 in 4 health care facilities lacks basic water services – UNICEF, WHO

By Nigeria Health Watch

April 3, 2019

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3 APRIL 2019| GENEVA | NEW YORK – One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over…

Widely used malaria treatment to prevent malaria in pregnant women at risk of failing in areas where drug resistance is rising

By Nigeria Health Watch

March 25, 2019

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LIVERPOOL – OXFORD, 25 March 2019 A global team of researchers, led by a team at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine…

Ebola response in Democratic Republic of the Congo risks slowdown

By Nigeria Health Watch

February 26, 2019

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26 February, Geneva – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today called on donors to continue funding the response to the Ebola outbreak…

South Sudan vaccinates health workers against Ebola

By Nigeria Health Watch

January 29, 2019

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Yambio, 28 January 2019 – The Ministry of Health of South Sudan, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine…

Thought Leadership

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

By Nigeria Health Watch

June 27, 2018

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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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A new Regional Director, Matshidiso Moeti, brings Hope to the World Health Organisation in Africa

By Nigeria Health Watch

February 24, 2015

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently appointed Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti as the new Regional Director for WHO’s Africa Region (WHO AFRO)…

Thought Leadership

Spread of polio from Pakistan leads WHO to declare public health emergency; is Nigeria next?

By Chikwe Ihekweazu

May 13, 2014

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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…

Thought Leadership

Rumors of Ebola in Nigeria: the blind leading the blind?

By Nigeria Health Watch

April 8, 2014

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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…