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A Step towards Tackling Open Defecation in Nigeria: Executive Order 009

December 3, 2019 / cheluchi / Blog, Community Health
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Open defecation. Source: thenationonlineng.net   Earlier in the year, a Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH NORM) survey conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) showed the prevalence of open defecation in Nigeria. This survey ranked Nigeria as the African country with the highest number of population still practicing open defecation and the second ranking […]

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Health policy, Medical law, Open defecation, Public health, SDGs, UNICEF, WASH

Nigeria’s National Policy for Mental Health Delivery 2013

February 5, 2015 / / Blog, Mental Health
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“There are less than 150 psychiatrists in the country (around 1 per 1 million population) and very few neurologists., with many newly trained specialists leaving the country to work abroad. There are around 5 psychiatric nurses per 100,000 population and only very few other mental and neurological health professionals like clinical psychologists, social workers, neurophysiotherapists, […]

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Blogs, health education., Health policy, Mental Health

Engaging Lawyers in the Fight against Maternal Mortality in Nigeria

September 3, 2013 / / Blog

In June this year, Save the Children released their annual report, the State of the World’s Mothers Report, 2013. Unsurprisingly, Nigeria found itself near the bottom,the eighth worst place. According to that report, Nigeria was the 169th most unsafe place out of 176 countries surveyed in which a woman could give birth.   1 in 13 […]

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Blogs, Community Health, Health law, Health policy, Maternal Mortality

APPRAISING THE LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR MATERNAL HEALTH IN NIGERIA – THE WAY FORWARD

September 3, 2013 / / Blog

Introduction  The increasing fanciful terms used to describe the state of maternal health in Nigeria has and should become a cause of urgent concern for policy makers, stakeholders and other persons interested in the health, wellbeing and image of the most populous country in Africa. At a Millenium Summit held in New York, World Leaders […]

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