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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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