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Top Ten News Items on Health, 2 October 2020 

This Day, 1 October 2020
60 years after, qualitative healthcare still a dream
As Nigerians today commemorate 60 years of independence with mixed feelings, Martins Ifijeh x-rays the country’s healthcare system since...
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Relief Web, 26 September 2020
NCDC Donates Treatment Centre to Federal Capital Territory for Management of Cases
On the 25th of September 2020, the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire led the official handover ceremony of the Infectious...
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Business Day, 25 September 2020
What does “#TAKERESPONSIBILITY” mean for Institutions in the COVID-19 Response in Nigeria
Since Nigeria reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19 in February 2020, the response has been led and driven by the government through...
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This Day, 1 October 2020
World Heart Day: Speedy enforcement of tobacco control laws will save lives, says CAPPA
As the global community marks the World Heart Day 2020, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has...
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Sun, 25 September 2020
World Contraception Day: 7,516 estimated maternal deaths averted through our services, says Marie Stopes
Marie Stopes International, Nigeria , said on Friday, that, through its routine family planning campaign across states in Nigeria between...
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Business Day, 20 September 2020
Is Nigeria winning war against COVID-19 misinformation?
Even as the Federal Government has not relapsed completely the coronavirus lockdown, Nigerians doubt the government’s sincerity in...
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African Renewal, 29 September 2020
Temie Giwa-Tubosun: the Nigerian entrepreneur delivering blood to patients
 In 2016 Ms. Giwa-Tubosun founded LifeBank, a logistics company that collects blood from registered blood banks and delivers it to...
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Business Day, 2 October 2020
Malnutrition, protein deficiency surges in Nigeria amid COVID-19 pandemic
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria has seen a surge in the number of malnourished persons in the country, experts...
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Sun, 28 September 2020
Gov Bagudu seeks stakeholders’ support in tackling rabies disease.
Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abaubakar Atiku-Bagudu has canvassed for connective efforts by the stakeholders to fight the menace of rabies...
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This Day, 1 October 2020
Nigeria COVID-19 Response: UNICEF, IHS Nigeria contribute medical supplies
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) received the delivery of 115,800 COVID-19 test kits to support the fight against the COVID-19...
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WEEKLY BLOG RECAP

COVID-19 has shown that without health, we have nothing

On April 8, 2018, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) affirmed the linkage between Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and global health security as two sides of the same coin in an interview with Nigeria Health Watch. ‘‘Health Systems Strengthening and Universal Health Coverage are two sides of the same coin so if we invest in Universal Health Coverage and health systems strengthening that will be a guarantee for health security to prevent, detect and respond to epidemics,” he said.
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How Nigeria’s health insurance scheme works | An exclusive interview with ES, NHIS Part 1






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