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Every first of December, the world unites to commemorate World AIDS Day, showing support for people living with HIV and remembering those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses. This year, as stakeholders come together to observe World AIDS Day 2022 under the theme ‘Equalize’, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on global leaders and […] The post World AIDS Day 2022: End AIDS. Equalize appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

It can be quite devastating when your doctor tells you that the specialist care you urgently need is not available in Nigeria. I have been there before, so I know what it feels like. First you count the cost of treatment — including travel — converting naira into dollars, dirham, pounds, or euro. Then you worry about the emotional […] The post Doctors for Change: From a WhatsApp Group to a Movement appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

Assessing Nigeria’s Commitment towards Financing Health Security. Antibiotics resistance killing many Nigerians, NCDC. WHO raise the alarm. Gbajabiamila Seeks Urgent Measures to Maximise Nigeria’s Population. Advancing investments in Nigeria’s health sector. WHO says 40 million children susceptible to measles. HIV/AIDS: Nigeria records decline in new infections — Official. Pharmaceutical summit to address health sector problems. […] The post Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th November 2022 appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

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There has been a significant setback in global progress towards achieving and maintaining measles elimination and the decline leaves millions of children susceptible to infection. Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose: 25 million […] The post Measles is an imminent threat worldwide appeared first on healthnews.ng.

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is still a global health issue. In 2019, the United Nations Ad hoc Interagency Coordination Group on AMR warned that drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050, damage the economy and force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, if no action is taken. Results […] The post World AMR Awareness Week 2022: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

By Joyce Chimbi (Lead Writer) Kamboo, Yindalani and Yiuma Mavui are a set of hard-to-reach villages located 17 and 28 kilometres away from Makindu sub-county hospital and 10 and 22 kilometres away from the nearest electricity grid. As a result of the distance from the sub-county hospital and not being connected to the grid, the […] The post Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

The Consulate of the  Kingdom of Netherlands, in collaboration with PharmAccess Foundation, the implementing partner for the Government of the Netherlands health-related activities, organised a three day fact-finding mission to the Netherlands between the 18th-20th October 2022. The delegation included private sector healthcare providers, financial investors and public sector officials.  The Government of the Netherlands […] The post ­­­Fact-Finding Mission Travels to the Netherlands To Advance Investments in Nigeria’s Health Sector appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

UN Says Nigeria’s Development Unsustainable, Urges Family Planning. Nigeria’s poverty exceeds World Bank projection, five states lead. WHO Begins Clinical Trials for Ebola Vaccine. FCCPC seizes tobacco products without graphic health warning in Kano. Kogi Declares War against Quacks in Health Sector. Bridging access gap in medical services in local communities. Analysis shows 13% decline […] The post Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th November 2022 appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

The United States Government, through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), launched the Accelerating Progress in Pediatrics and PMTCT (AP3) program in Oyo State to scale up HIV case identification among pediatric and adolescent populations and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Through AP3, the US CDC supports Nigeria’s efforts to close […] The post Nigeria: Program launched in Oyo state to expand HIV treatment coverage among children and pregnant women appeared first on healthnews.ng.

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By Sunday Oko and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) The Federal Government Budget for the Health Sector has more than doubled over the past five years, increasing from N305.1 billion in 2016 to N876.4 billion in 2022. Now, for the first time in the history of health funding in Nigeria, over a trillion Naira has been […] The post Prioritising Health Security to Make Nigeria ‘Pandemic Proof’ appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

New research from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reveals that only 47% of people living with diabetes in Nigeria find their healthcare practitioner to be the most useful source for information to help manage their condition. This means people are turning elsewhere  to receive education, with the figures – released ahead of World Diabetes Day […] The post New study shows Nigerians are turning elsewhere for diabetes education appeared first on healthnews.ng.

Duration: October 2022 – March 2024 The second phase of the advocacy and communications programme of the Giving Birth in Nigeria campaign is aimed at raising awareness of polices and strategies that increase access to quality maternal health care to the Nigerian government and health care stakeholders, through the deployment of innovations and local private […] The post Giving Birth in Nigeria: Advocacy and Communications II appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji (Lead Writer) Hadiza Haladu’s first pregnancy almost ended in a double tragedy when she went into early labour. The closest health centre was 16 kilometres — about 30 minutes to one hour — away; and with only a traditional birth attendant (TBA) in attendance, Haladu lost her baby. She nearly bled to death from post-partum […] The post Haiyuwa Lafiya: Preventing Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State One Trip at a Time appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji (Lead Writer) Hadiza Haladu’s first pregnancy almost ended in a double tragedy when she went into early labour. The closest health centre was 16 kilometres — about 30 minutes to one hour — away; and with only a traditional birth attendant (TBA) in attendance, Haladu lost her baby. She nearly bled to death from post-partum […] The post Haihuwa Lafiya: Preventing Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State One Trip at a Time appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

Only 46% of people living with diabetes in the African region know their status, raising the risk of severe illness and death, potentially worsening the situation in the region which already has the world’s highest mortality rates due to the disease, a new analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows. Globally, 55% of people with […] The post Less than half of people living with diabetes in Africa know their status appeared first on healthnews.ng.

Sheshimandiko is a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. Although the community has a health centre, it lacks the most basic infrastructure necessary to support its everyday operations and provide quality healthcare to the community members who are predominantly farmers. Gata Ndako, is the only health worker providing care for […] The post Build Sheshimandiko Community a New Health Facility appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

Nigeria’s health sector has been fraught with suboptimal public investment to sustain its development and achievement of key development objectives such as Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and other health components of the Sustainable Development Goals. Over the last years, appropriation to the health sector in the national budgets has consistently fallen shot of the Abuja […] The post Development Partners, CSOs, Media Seek Legislative Intervention For Increased Public Investment in the Health Sector in 2023 appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

FG disburses N101bn from Basic Healthcare Provision Fund – Official. Cancer deaths in Africa could rise over 30% – WHO. Over 14M children in Nigeria to suffer malnutrition without urgent action- UNICEF warns. WHO reports 90% drop in COVID-19 deaths since last winter. ‘Death every day’: Fear and fortitude in Uganda’s Ebola epicentre. Swiss government […] The post Top Ten News Items on Health, 11th November 2022 appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

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Larry Brilliant, a renowned epidemiologist, once said that “outbreaks are inevitable, but pandemics are optional.” Globally, this inevitability of outbreaks has been even more evident in the last 2 years. In 2022 alone, in addition to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a case of Circulating vaccine-derived polio virus (cVDPV) was detected in the United States in […] The post Strengthening Local Capacity for Disease Detection, Reporting, and Response appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

7th November, Abuja – Nigeria Health Watch has announced the third edition of the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards ceremony to celebrate evidence-based and accurate reporting of epidemic preparedness in Nigeria is now open. Nominations close on Monday, January 2, 2023, and winners will be announced at an award ceremony on January 27, 2023. The #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism […] The post Nigeria Health Watch announces #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Awards 2022. Nominations are now open! appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

The joy of welcoming their new-born son was dampened when Delight Sunday’s parents saw that the infant had a large tear on both sides of his mouth. According to Mr Sunday, after visiting numerous medical facilities, unable to afford the cost of treatment, they “decided to accept their fate”. Delight faced a lot of rejection […] The post Oral Health Advocacy Initiative: Tackling Cleft Lip in Rural Communities through Surgery and Advocacy appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

Danbare community has a well-constructed Primary Health Center (PHC) however, community members have not been able to access the facility as it has remained closed since completion, about a year ago. Although Danbare is one of the most populous communities in Kano State’s Kumbotso Local Government Area (LGA), most residents, particularly pregnant women, have nowhere […] The post Danbare Community Seeks the Opening of a ‘Newly-Built’ PHC appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

‘2023 proposed national budget for health not sufficient to improve sector’. FG Tightens Measures against Ebola Outbreak. Lassa fever experts gather in Abuja for workshop hosted by CEPI and Nigeria CDC to advance Lassa research. Global Tuberculosis cases increase for first time in 20 years – Report. Health professionals blame increasing ill-health, brain-drain on unconducive […] The post Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th November 2022 appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

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Media reports have been filled with reports of flooding in several states in Nigeria in the last few months. Thousands of hectares of farmland has been destroyed by floodwater, and the president of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Kabiru Ibrahim has warned that food supplies will be adversely affected, as most farmers were ready […] The post When Floods Threaten Nigeria’s Food Security Everyone Suffers appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

By Namuli Hasifah (Lead Writer) Born and raised in Atari Village, Kaptoyoy sub-county, in the Kween district of eastern Uganda, 23-year-old Mercy Chebet was married off at the tender age of 14 and had her first child at 15. Kween district is one of the regions that still practices female genital mutilation (FGM), despite being […] The post The SASA Initiative: Changing Mindsets About Female Genital Mutilation in Kween District in Uganda appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.

FG praises Jigawa for becoming first open-defecation-free state. Nigerian health workers list conditions to halt brain drain. Challenging candidates on political economy of health. Experts Urge FG To Pass Mental Health Bill Into Law. Polio: Over 250 New Cases of Paralysis Recorded in Africa, Says WHO. Healthcare investment can solve Nigeria’s challenges – Expert. Universal […]

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Nigeria has an impressive emergency response for disease outbreaks but victims of road accidents and other emergencies are at the mercy of ‘Good Samaritans’ for a chance at survival. Death tolls continue to rise in Nigeria with more than a hundred deaths reported secondary to multiple emergency-oriented incidents within a month. One of such recent […] The post Nigeria’s worrisome emergency response and the need to look beyond infectious diseases appeared first on healthnews.ng.

By Beti Baiye and Oluwatoyosi Aibinuomo (Lead Writers) Anyone watching 23-year-old Okenyi Collins as he went about his business at the Heart Disease Prevention and Training Centre (HDPTC) Nsukka, might have mistaken him for a caregiver to any of the elderly patients waiting to see the cardiologist. It was therefore interesting when he said he […] The post From Curative to Preventive: Tackling the Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Nsukka appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch.