Nigeria Health Watch (Abuja)

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April 19
Nigeria: Reclaiming Girlhood - Early Marriage a Challenging Public Health Dilemma
Bintu, (not her real name) was married off to a 49-year-old man in Dogon Daji village, Sokoto State in Northern Nigeria when she was 13. Bintu said she wanted to become a medical… Read more »
April 15
Nigeria: Cepi and the African Union Join Forces to Boost African Vaccine R&d and Manufacturing
Oslo, Norway, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; April 13, 2021--The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the African Union Commission have today announced the… Read more »
April 14
Nigeria: How One Indigenous Nigerian Foundation Is Funding Diabetes Care in Southeast Nigeria
Nothing prepared Emmanuel Uchenna, founder of PJosh Diabetes Foundation, for his meeting with Samson Tamaraubrakemi, a 17-year-old who had Type 1 Diabetes, and who was sent away by… Read more »
April 11
Nigeria: Autistic Spectrum Disorder in Nigeria - What You Should Know
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April 08
Nigeria: World Health Day - Group Demands Equitable Health System for Women, Children
Civil society organizations of the PACFaH@Scale project are demanding for improved equitable health system that will carter for the wellbeing of women and children in Nigeria as… Read more »
April 06
Nigeria: Nigerians Deserve Better Oral Health - Here's What We Must Do to Get It
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March 31
Nigeria: Poor Quality Maternal Medicines - the Slippery Slope to Maternal Deaths in Nigeria
Balarabe Danladi Zakariya, a resident of Gabari, Kano State thinks he is jinxed and the reason is not far-fetched. He was married twice and lost both his wives in childbirth. His… Read more »
March 29
Kenya: Sharing Is Caring - Kenya's Only Breast Milk Bank Expresses Care for Vulnerable Newborns
Esther Wawire, 23, delivered her daughter at Kenya's Punwani Hospital two weeks ago, but was unable to breastfeed due to complications arising from the delivery. "I had high blood… Read more »
Nigeria: Solutions-Focused Photo Exhibition Amplifies Maternal Health Interventions
Nigeria Health Watch featured in a first of its kind photo exhibition tagged "Positive Deviance". The photo exhibition was solutions journalism-inspired. Solutions Journalism tells… Read more »
March 25
Nigeria: Country Must Tackle Climate Change to Protect Its Water Resources
As one of the most important substances on earth, water is an element that is useful to living and non-living things. It is used for agriculture, recreation, industry and… Read more »
March 17
Nigeria: Cupping the Flow - Reusable Cups Putting an End to Period Poverty in Nigeria
In total, a woman menstruates for an estimated seven years during her lifetime. During this time, in addition to grappling with mood swings due to hormonal changes and stomach… Read more »
March 11
Nigeria: We Must Bridge the Funding Gap for Family Planning in Country's 2021 Budget
Jack Lew, former United States Secretary of the Treasury described a budget as "not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations". Unfortunately,… Read more »
March 08
Nigeria: Omomi Is Leveraging Digital Technology to Provide Women With Easy Access to Quality Maternal Health Care
When asked whether gender issues contribute to Nigeria's poor maternal mortality indices, Onyedikachi Nwizu, Program Officer for the OMOMi app, paused. As a single pregnant woman,… Read more »
Nigeria: Press Statement By the Coalition of Women in the PACFaH@Scale Project As They Commemorate the 2021 International Women's Day in Abuja
International Women's Day is celebrated every year on the 8th of March to celebrate the achievements of women in the social, economic, cultural and political areas of society. In… Read more »
March 05
Nigeria: What You Should Know About the New Covid-19 Variants in Nigeria
When 2020 drew to a close, public health experts warned about a highly transmissible variant of SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- first detected in the United Kingdom… Read more »
Nigeria: New Round of Surgery Brings Hope for NOMA Patients
New hope is being offered to people with severe facial deformities caused by the disease noma as a team of expert surgeons begin work at Sokoto Noma Hospital in northwest Nigeria's… Read more »
March 02
Nigeria: Assessment of Wash Services in FCT and Niger State PHCs Reveals Huge Gaps
Healthcare, according to the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, is a basic human right of all people regardless of race or socioeconomic status. The declaration went further to identify… Read more »
February 24
Nigeria: Drug-Resistant Malaria - a Public Health War Nigeria Cannot Afford to Fight
Editor's Note: In today's Thought Leadership Piece, Dr. Okonkwor Oyor of Hygeia HMO explains the looming threat that ACT-resistant malaria poses to the long global struggle to… Read more »
February 22
Nigeria: Heart and Grit - Girl Child Concerns Is Empowering Adolescent Girls to Offer Maternal Health Services in Borno State
"Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community." -- Adelaide Hoodless Read more »
February 20
Nigeria: Collaborating for a Cancer-Free World for Children and Adolescents in Nigeria
On the 15th of February every year, the world observes the International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD). It is a global collaborative campaign designed to raise awareness about… Read more »
February 17
Nigeria: Conspiracy Theories and Covid-19 Vaccine Introduction in Nigeria
This week's piece comes from researchers Dr. Chizoba Wonodi, Chisom Obi-Jeff, Dr Carleigh Krubiner, Elana Felice Jaffe, Dr. Ruth Karron, and Dr. Ruth Faden. They analyze the rise… Read more »
February 15
Malawi: Hope From the Pulpit - the Church Easing Transport Woes for Malawi's Riverine Pregnant Women
"I thought I was going to die, I nearly gave birth on a ship," Lucy Chirambo said somberly. Read more »
February 09
Nigeria: How Borno State Is Reaching Children in Conflict Zones With Routine Immunisation Services
Maina Modu is the programme manager for Routine Immunisation in Borno State, working with the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA). He coordinates the state… Read more »
Nigeria: 'Noma, a Disease That Should Not Exist Anymore'
Medecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in partnership with the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) and other organizations is… Read more »
January 12
Nigeria: How Imo State Harnessed the REDISSE Project to Improve Its Covid-19 Response
As at January 12, 2021, Nigeria has had over a hundred thousand confirmed cases of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection. The pandemic has continued to challenge… Read more »

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