Nigeria Health Watch

7 hours ago

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Improving Primary Health Care in Kano State through Sustained Financing and a Strengthened Health Workforce

By Bashar Abubakar (Lead Writer) A shortage of well trained, and motivated Human Resources for Health (HRH) and inadequate funding are some of the challenges confronting Nigeria’s Primary Health Care (PHC) system. …

Phc

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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Improving Primary Health Care in Kano State through Sustained Financing…

2 days ago

Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control: Strengthening Nigeria’s Local Capacity to Lead the Lassa Fever Response

By Beti Baiye and Ibukun Oguntola The driveway in the grounds of the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) is large and welcoming and as you enter the hospital premises, the hospital’s motto: ‘Patient is Supreme’ catches the eye. The hospital was founded in 1993 to manage viral haemorrhagic fever including…

Lassa Fever

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4 days ago

Transitioning Nigeria’s National Population Policy: From Policy to Implementation

By Folakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) The National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) is the top think tank in the federation, responsible for conducting cutting edge research on national issues. Every year, the Nigerian President assigns a theme to members of the Senior Executive Course, the flagship program of…

Nigerian Population

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Transitioning Nigeria’s National Population Policy: From Policy to Implementation

Jun 29

Leveraging the Joint External Evaluation to Improve Health Security at Sub-National Level

By Chibuike Alagboso and Onyinye Oranezi When the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria, Dr Johnson Simon Mafuka who heads the Infectious Diseases unit at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Owerri, Imo State said they knew it was a matter of time before the first case would arrive…

Health Security

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Jun 27

From the Darkest of Days to a New Dawn: 35 Years of the Nigerian Response to HIV and AIDS

By Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) From the Darkest of Days to a New dawn: 35 years of the Nigerian Response to HIV and AIDS is the title of a seminal book just published by a team of institutions that have been part of the AIDS response in Nigeria, for the…

HIV

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From the Darkest of Days to a New Dawn: 35 Years of the Nigerian Response to HIV and AIDS

Jun 22

Monkeypox in Nigeria: Is There a Case for Vaccines?

By Bunmi Oyebanji Obot (Lead Writer) The current epidemiology and spread of monkeypox The spread of monkeypox to apparently non-endemic countries has highlighted again the inequity in the global response to the infectious disease outbreak. Monkeypox is considered “endemic” in a few countries in Central and West Africa, including Nigeria where…

Monkeypox Virus

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Monkeypox in Nigeria: Is There a Case for Vaccines?

Jun 20

Reducing Neonatal Mortality in Kenya by Skilling Neonatal Specialist Care

By Joyce Chimbi (Lead Writer) In 2014, when Edith Mumbi’s twins were born, they had a low birth weight and were admitted into the neonatal unit at a public health facility in Nairobi, Kenya. Mumbi was discharged two days after giving birth but visited her babies daily to breastfeed them…

Maternal Health

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Reducing Neonatal Mortality in Kenya by Skilling Neonatal Specialist Care

Jun 16

Is Nigeria’s Current Demographic Trend a Dividend or a Disaster?

By Beti Baiye (Lead Writer) My great-grand father had five wives and 23 children, 18 of whom were male. It was said that he was deliberate about having a large family because he was a rich farmer who did not believe in hiring others to do the work when he…

Population

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Is Nigeria’s Current Demographic Trend a Dividend or a Disaster?

Jun 13

Making Good on a Promise: How Nasarawa State Vaccinated Seventy Percent of its Eligible Population

By Gabriel Oke (Lead Writer) Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is not a competition and there are no prizes for the state that successfully vaccinates all of its eligible population first, but the fact that Nasarawa State has vaccinated over 70% of its eligible population, putting it ahead of all but…

Vaccines

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Making Good on a Promise: How Nasarawa State Vaccinated Seventy Percent of its Eligible Population

Jun 8

#OnlyOneEarth: Making Sustainable Living Our Only Option

#OnlyOneEarth: Making Sustainable Living Our Only Option By Thelma Chioma Abeku (Lead Writer) Nigeria’s power situation has been at an all time low since the national grid collapsed early this year. A few days ago, Nathaniel Bassey, a Nigerian gospel music icon, shared an Instagram post with the caption, “Generator…

Climate

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#OnlyOneEarth: Making Sustainable Living Our Only Option