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'Life after cancer’: Nigerian survivors challenge taboos, …

(1 days ago) WebDr. Tessy Ahmadu is the clinical oncologist and head of the oncology department at the Federal Medical Center, Abuja, Nigeria. Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman/The World Equity and access to care. Most Nigerians lack general health care protection, …

https://theworld.org/stories/2024/05/13/life-after-cancer-nigerian-survivors-challenge-taboos-push-for-better-health-care

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Nigeria crisis - World Health Organization (WHO)

(7 days ago) WebPersistent armed conflict by and with Boko Haram in North-Eastern Nigeria is resulting in widespread displacements, food insecurity, and many victims of violence. Displacement away from infrastructure leads to poor sanitation, water-borne diseases and an increased risk of communicable diseases. The number of people in need of urgent assistance

https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/nigeria-crisis

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Health systems challenges, mitigation strategies and …

(8 days ago) WebThe COVID-19 pandemic control strategies disrupted the smooth delivery of essential health services (EHS) globally. Limited evidence exists on the health systems …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-024-11072-2

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Nigeria - World Health Organization

(6 days ago) WebNigeria’s health outcome indicators are still unacceptably high, in spite modest improvements. care strategy are a major step. Implementation of the Primary Health Care(PHC) revitalization adopt and implement regional and global resolutions on priority health issues, such as resolutions from WHA, regional planning meetings, UN, AU and

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/136785/ccsbrief_nga_en.pdf?sequence=1

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Primary Health Care in Nigeria: Progress - Nigeria Health Watch

(8 days ago) WebHealth is a human right and everyone, irrespective of location or socioeconomic status has a right to healthcare at their point of need. For a heavily populated country like Nigeria where there are income inequalities, there is a need to examine the healthcare system through the lens of health equity, which is accessible, affordable, and …

https://articles.nigeriahealthwatch.com/primary-health-care-in-nigeria-progress-challenges-and-collaborating-for-transformation/

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Nigeria (NGA) - Demographics, Health & Infant Mortality

(6 days ago) WebPercentage of women (aged 20-24 years) married or in union before age 18. Percentage of children (aged 5-17 years) engaged in child labour (economic activities and household …

https://data.unicef.org/country/nga/

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Restrategizing Health Sector Responses in the BAY states, …

(4 days ago) Web20 May 2024. In Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States, at least 7.9 million people are in need of urgent support as a result of the humanitarian crisis. Of the millions of …

https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/restrategizing-health-sector-responses-bay-states-nigeria

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What Nigeria must do to eliminate malaria: three researchers …

(9 days ago) WebThe malaria burden in Nigeria is high – 25% of cases globally. The causes include the climate, high transmission potential, socioeconomic development, an overstretched health care system and

https://theconversation.com/what-nigeria-must-do-to-eliminate-malaria-three-researchers-offer-insights-159460

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Barriers to accessing health care in Nigeria: implications for …

(3 days ago) WebThis process produced a minimum of ‘0’ and a maximum of ‘4’ for A and B, and a minimum of ‘0’ and a maximum of ‘3’ for C (i.e. physical barrier). A higher score on this scale describes a situation of increased difficulty in accessing health care services, while a lower score typifies less difficulty.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957799/

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Bridging the Gap to Wellness: Community strategies for …

(5 days ago) WebIn Nigeria, substance use and mental health challenges are rising concerns, affecting people from all walks of life. These issues are often exacerbated by a lack of …

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/05/bridging-the-gap-to-wellness-community-strategies-for-tackling-substance-use-mental-health-issues-in-nigeria/

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10 things you should know about the crisis in north-eastern Nigeria

(Just Now) Webjpg, 1.85Mb. Malnutrition rates are well above emergency thresholds in many parts of north-eastern Nigeria. The need for food assistance is likely to increase even further next month when stores from last year’s poor harvest run out. According to the Nigeria-National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHS-2015), 2.6 % of children aged 6-59 months

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-crisis-in-north-eastern-nigeria

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Are Wealthy Countries Always Healthy? Health Outcomes …

(3 days ago) WebThe main reason why Nigeria has a health system that has performed poorly is because the primary health care Political crisis and high rate of corruption in the economy is also one of the major reasons …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21582440211040793

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Malnutrition UNICEF Nigeria

(Just Now) WebNigeria’s integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM) programme is the largest in the world. From 2009 to 2020, the programme was scaled up from less than 7,000 children treated to …

https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/topics/malnutrition

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Environmental health situation in Nigeria: current status and …

(9 days ago) WebThe environmental risk factors that cause DALYs and death in Nigeria are WaSH, followed by air pollution in 2017 with changes between 2007 to 2017 of WaSH -38.5% and air pollution -14.4%; showing low air quality is one of the most causes of death in Nigeria ( Figure 3 ). This indicates a concern in Nigeria's current environmental health

https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(21)00435-7

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Ministry Emphasises Multi-sectoral Approach To Addressing Public …

(3 days ago) Webmaternal and child health issues, and lifestyle-related conditions. According to her, addressing these challenges require a well-coordinated and robust framework to …

https://nannews.ng/2024/05/16/ministry-emphasises-multi-sectoral-approach-to-addressing-public-health-challenges/

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World Neglected Tropical Disease Day: Achieving health equity to …

(5 days ago) WebThe World Health Organization (WHO) is building a better future for people everywhere. Health lays the foundation for vibrant and productive communities, stronger economies, safer nations and a better world. Our work touches lives around the world every day – often in invisible ways. As the lead health authority within the United Nations (UN) …

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/nigeria/news/world-neglected-tropical-disease-day-achieving-health-equity-end-neglect-poverty-related-diseases

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(PDF) Achieving Healthy Lives and Well-being for All in …

(2 days ago) WebTo address these issues, Nigeria must strengthen its primary health care system by embracing universal health coverage principles and empowering communities in health …

https://www.academia.edu/106515438/Achieving_Healthy_Lives_and_Well_being_for_All_in_Nigeria_Pursuing_Sustainable_Development_Goal_3

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58 years of poor health services, outcomes The Guardian Nigeria …

(9 days ago) WebNigeria, on Monday October 1, 2018, marked her 58th Independence anniversary. While the country keeps increasing in population size, with an estimated growth of over 180 million people, which

https://guardian.ng/features/science/58-years-of-poor-health-services-outcomes/

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Factors responsible for health inequalities in Nigeria – DOAJ

(7 days ago) WebThe results from the study indicates that the causes of health inequalities in Nigeria are multifactorial however, secioeconomic inequality is a fundamental cause of health inequality. The socioeconomic factors such as poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and place of residence reflect on and affect other components of a health system resulting

https://doaj.org/article/ca2ee171907d4b8bb74b6765c2400154

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Need for Stable and Sustainable Energy for better …

(Just Now) WebThe following four major data sources were utilized; list of health facilities extracted from the eHA data portal, Grid Clusters (potential location for off-grid infrastructure), Jul 25, 2016 eHA Global …

https://www.ehealthafrica.org/blog/2021/2/6/need-for-stable-and-sustainable-energy-for-better-healthcare-delivery-in-nigeria-a-case-study-of-kano-and-osun-state-health-facilities66

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Challenges in Healthcare system in Nigeria – BIDI

(1 days ago) WebHealthcare delivery in Nigeria needs a drastic reform due to so many problems that have lingered on over the years. This has direct impacts on the productivity of citizens and Nigeria economic growth. …

https://bidis.org/challenges-in-healthcare-system-in-nigeria/

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Public Health in Nigeria: A General Overview – Nigerian Finder

(2 days ago) WebMalaria. Malaria has been a public health problem for several decades in Nigeria. In 2016, Nigeria had the highest out of fifteen countries who accounted for 80% of global malaria deaths with approximately 51 million cases and 207,000 deaths reported annually. This means that an estimated 30% of the total malaria burden in Africa can be …

https://nigerianfinder.com/public-health-in-nigeria/

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Nigeria not ready for next epidemic – NSSF boss, Chinye-Nwoko

(9 days ago) WebTo maximise the population health in Nigeria, the major challenges in the healthcare sector have to be overcome by increasing the national budget allocation …

https://punchng.com/nigeria-not-ready-for-next-epidemic-nssf-boss-chinye-nwoko/

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Mental Health in Nigeria Survey - Africa Polling Institute

(1 days ago) WebThe survey was conducted by Africa Polling Institute (API) in collaboration with EpiAFRIC as a contribution by both organizations towards creating awareness on mental health and changing the perception about mental health disorders in Nigeria. A total of 5,484 respondents were contacted, with 5,315 interviews completed who were …

https://africapolling.org/2020/01/13/mental-health-in-nigeria-survey-report-2020/

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