Minister of Health - the flawed debate
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My professional association the Nigerian Medical Association has recently found its voice – it wants a Minister of Health that fits the…
Business, just not as usual in Cross River State
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What a difference it would make if all the large companies that do business in Nigeria begin to invest in the country’s…
MANSAG mentoring Nigerian Doctors
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MANSAG is the Medical Association of Nigerians across Great Britain. Despite the odds, this association has been growing from strength to strength in supporting Nigerian doctors…
Why is the “giant of Africa” not Nigeria?
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March 21 is the day South Africans and the rest of the world marked the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, a…
Are Egyptian doctors the saviours our health sector ?
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We import almost everything in Nigeria. We import our consumables from China and Thailand, we ask Julius Berger to import our infrastructure, we…
Professor Grange, History and the Federal Ministry of Health
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We forget easily as people. These days, reflecting on the most recent change of guard at the Federal Ministry of Health, it…
Final activities of our Minister of Health
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Our Acting president has dissolved the Federal Executive Council. Conventional wisdom suggests that some of the ministers will be re-appointed while others…
UNDP report on Nigeria - startling findings
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Despite the rhetoric about apparent growth in some sectors of the Nigerian economy ours remains one of the most unequal countries in…
OUR children
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Do not look away – these are OUR children – children as old as mine, killed in Jos, in OUR Nigeria, in…
1948 - A Doctor in Nigeria
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Find this video from 1948 Nigeria received via Naijablog. Notice the tight interface between clinical medicne and public health…even in 1948! http://www.nigeriahealthwatch.com/ Never doubt that…
STATE GOVERNMENTS AND THE PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN NIGERIA
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This is a guest post by Tarry Asoka First published on the Carenet Website. Here Nigeria is a federal country of 36…
Thoughts on the JOB - CMD of our National Hospital
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A few days ago we posted a blog on the job for the CEO/CMD for Nigeria’s premier public hospital – The National Hospital, Abuja….
The fuss about telemedicine
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OK…I confess….I do not think that this is the solution to Africa’s health care problems…but I stand to be convinced. Recently…experts from…
JOB - CEO National Hospital Abuja
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From NBF Jobs CEO/CMD @ NATIONAL HOSPITAL ABUJA The Management Board of the National Hospital, Abuja hereby invites applications from interested and…