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Increased advocacy and social marketing are key components in increasing health insurance coverage among Nigerians. Similarly, dearth of credible information has created a wrong...

Michael Simire - May 25, 2014

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How govt’s effort to curb malnutrition is hampered

Activities of smugglers who bring in staple foods into the country have continued to hampers government's effort at reducing malnutrition among Nigerians. Head of Nutrition,...

Michael Simire - May 12, 2014

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Concern over health, safety hazards at work place

The average Nigerian worker spends about seven to eight hours at his or her workplace every work day. One question safety experts have always asked...

Michael Simire - May 12, 2014

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Banning smoking in public in Lagos

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State last week signed a bill banning smoking in public places in the state into law. By implication, nobody...

Michael Simire - February 21, 2014

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Measles vaccine stock-out: Nigeria faces risk of under-five deaths

Nigeria faces a renewed risk of losing many children this year to vaccine preventable diseases, arising from potential vaccine stock out. In 2013, Nigeria experienced...

Michael Simire - February 10, 2014

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Dangers of Lead in paints

A team of civil society organisations (CSOs) that met recently in Lagos has joined the global campaign to eliminate Lead in paint. The activists observed...

Michael Simire - November 8, 2013

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Healthcare waste management policy formulated

"Wastes are substances or objects, which are disposed of or are intended to be disposed of or are required to be disposed of by the...

Michael Simire - November 8, 2013

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Stakeholders commit to eradicate Polio

The first of a series of round-table dialogues to support the Polio Eradication Initiative in Nigeria held recently in Sokoto, Sokoto State, courtesy of...

Michael Simire - October 7, 2013

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