Volunteer labour has become the go-to for understaffed health facilities in Nigeria. Aloysius Odii 🌍 & charles orjiakor discuss the precarious situations of these volunteers & connections to accountability issues. Eleanor Hutchinson provides a comparative lens using Uganda. #AfHEA2025

Dear ICPC Nigeria If we must address corruption in the health sector, let us ensure our strategies are driven by evidence. HPRG has studied this subject since 2017 (circa 8 years) and established a coalition. See hprgunn.com/communique-coa… We can share papers with you.

Achalugo, have you done your breast cancer and cervical cancer screening yet? Early detection and treatment save lives. #Chokecancer

Odogwu, you are more than 40 years old. Have you done your prostate cancer screening? Early detection and treatment save lives.  #chokecancer

Even where health facilities were functional, TBAs still enjoyed patronage. Forged relationships between TBAs & mothers, frequent referrals for cesarean surgeries in facilities, diabolism/spirituality combined to stall appropriate referrals. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Federal Ministry of Health, NIGERIA

#WorldHealthDay #HopefulFutures New paper on delayed referrals from traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to formal healthcare centres. Stronger partnerships with TBAs could reduce referral delays, which contribute to maternal and child mortality in 🇳🇬 shorturl.at/oXRBf

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PhD students in the United States make more money than professors in Nigeria. Some of our professors are leaving Nigeria to the United States and Europe for post-doctoral opportunities. Brain drain is critical issue that is going on even in the education sector.

New CHORUS Paper! HotelsParisRiveGauch explore how community leaders in urban slums can help improve access to quality healthcare services - through their positional knowledge and leverage to support the linkages with informal providers shorturl.at/5dDco FCDO Research, Science and Technology charles orjiakor

The Role of Men in Early Care-seeking for Ovarian Cancer in LMICs - Sampson Chinonso Ipiankama (Sampson Chinonso Ipiankama) @AnmolBajwa7 Runcie C.W. Chidebe oncodaily.com/insight/ovaria… #OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedTwitter #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews #OvarianCancer #LMICs

I’m touched by the part where he discussed export of African talents away from the continent, and the import of non-African experts to solve African problems. We have an idea underway. It’s time to rethink the export and import sides. We can have a balance or something close.

Today, as we celebrate Children’s Day in Nigeria, we are reminding citizens, the enormous health risks faced by 70% of our child population due to poor school health practices & failed school health policies. Dr. Tunji Alausa Dr. Muyi Aina Read our communique: hprgunn.com/communique-nat…

Crime is silently killing Nigeria's dream of achieving Universal Health Coverage. Fear shapes everyday life in cities. Stakeholders worry about this and recommend actionable solutions. Dr. Muyi Aina @hprg charles orjiakor HotelsParisRiveGauch_Nigeria Read our blog : hprgunn.com/stakeholders-w…

Urban crimes derail Nigeria from achieving good health. Health workers fear being victims, shutting down facilities, even when crimes increase illnesses’ burden. See what this study says: Nigeria Police Force charles orjiakor CHORUS Urban Health NPHCDA Dr. Muyi Aina hprgunn.com/stakeholders-w…

"Once it's dark, we rush home...no power supply and no streetlights..even if you are sick, you wait til daybreak, than lose your life from attacks" CHORUS HotelsParisRiveGauch held a dialogue on the huge impact of urban crime on health and health facilities 👉Stakeholders push for solutions

The TWG on Accountability & Anticorruption Health Systems Global is pleased to announce this call. Turn your complex and most pressing thoughts on health corruption into simple conversations. Great incentives apply, including wide readership across continents.

I will always say this; that 99% of the expenditure you’ve seen under Tinubu will not happen under PO. Buying of cars, Yacht, jet, N21bn Shettima residence, over 1,400 Dubai delegates, other really stupid frivolities included won’t happen under PO. Nigeria has a long way to go.

On July 10th, I led a co-creation meeting with gynecological cancer patients to explore the barriers to pain and palliative care in Nigeria. This is part of our “Count Me In: Pain & Palliative Project” at Project PINK BLUE, supported by the International Gynecologic Cancer Society

Looking forward to facilitating today’s session on leveraging solutions journalism to communicate science as part of our science-policy communications fellowship. This is something we have mastered at Nigeria Health Watch - taking solutions journalism conversations beyond journalism