Kidnapped!
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On this blog….we made a decision at the beginning that no matter how strongly we feel about other social and political issues…
Swine Flu - Before we embarrass ourselves
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Before we embarrass ourselves like the Egyptian Government that exposed the depth of their ignorance, and Africa to ridicule yet again by…
Prof Grange's new job
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….we are quick to forget. Professor Adenike Grange Former Minister of Health, who lost her job from the Umaru Yar’Adua administration over…
Malaria...too common?
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I remember growing up in Nigeria, through primary and secondary school…the several bouts of malaria, the painful chloroquine shots and a few…
2 Health Meetings in Nigeria
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The second Nigeria National Health Conference (NHC2009), will hold on 8-10 June 2009, at the Le Meridien Ibom Hotel and Resort, Uyo,…
Pfizer settles...but what of their collaborators at home?
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While we celebrate “justice” for Pfizer, as we did for Siemens and Halliburton…in their dealings with Nigeria…the real devil is among us,…
Mental Health Care in Nigeria; the forgotten issue
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A few good things are happening in Nigeria. One of this is the emergence of a news medium called 234NEXT….which led this…
The case of the missing bride
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Missing bride? Yes…the bride in the health sector has to be the patient. The person who it is all about, the centre…
Onchocerciaisis on the verge...
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If you have been to the headquarters of the World Health Organisation, you will notice this stature right in front of the…
Medical Accidents: Are doctors still burying their mistakes?
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Our recent blog on the words of the Minister of Health regarding the attitudes of doctors and nurses to work in public…
Strong words by the Minister...
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“You are killing the patients and it is our duty to entrench discipline if our health system must go back to what…
Professor Akunyili, Mrs Yar Adua and maternal mortality
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….you might wonder what our Minister of Information and our First Lady; Hajiya Turai Umaru have to do with women dying around…
Diagnosis: Meningococcal Meningitis
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I cannot forget one of ‘my’ patients during the first medical clinical rotation under Professor Nwabueze at the University of Nigeria Teaching…
Sextuplets delivered in Nigeria
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On Monday, the 23rd of February 2009 the news wires picked up a storyFeb. 22 Chairman of Board of Directors of the…