Health
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50AfDB, AU- Commission launch continental food safety initiative
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have launched the Strengthening Food Safety Standards and Nutrition in Africa...
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69Fixing Nigerian hospitals, ending medical tourism
AN ANALYSIS BY ABIEMWENSE MORU Nigeria is standing at a transformational crossroads in its healthcare journey. While challenges exist, so do opportunities,...
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61The quest to support Nigeria’s breastfeeding mothers
BY FOLASADE AKPA Breastfeeding is widely recognised as the single most important source of nutrition for infants in the first months of...
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75Safe medicines and local pharma: Nigeria’s path forward
BY ABIEMWENSE MORU In the bustling markets of Kaduna State, where traders, artisans, and shoppers mingle daily, a quiet revolution is underway–one...
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74X-raying financial toll of Nigeria’s high fertility rates
BY ABUJAH RACHEAL Data from the 2018 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) indicates that Nigerian women have an average birth rate...
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67Safe medicines and local pharma: Nigeria’s path forward
BY ABIEMWENSE MORU In the bustling markets of Kaduna State, where traders, artisans, and shoppers mingle daily, a quiet revolution is underway–...
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55Enhancing patient safety in Nigerian hospitals
BY ABIEMWENSE MORU In Enugu state, a 34-year-old mother of two, Mrs Sarah Njoku, sought medical attention at a general hospital for...
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125Nigeria’s fight to eliminate hepatitis in prisons
BY ABUJAH RACHEAL In Nigeria, estimates from the National AIDS, STIs and Hepatitis Control Programme (NASCP) show that 8.1 per cent of...
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78Health Insurance: A promise unfulfilled or partner in health delivery?
BY FEMI OGUNSHOLA When former President Olusegun Obasanjo launched the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), now the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA),...
