Nigeria Health Watch on Twitter!
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Are you following Nigeria Health Watch on Twitter? If not …you should. When we started this blog in 2007, Twitter did not exist and…
IBORI: What does 50 million pounds really mean?
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Guest post by Chima Onoka Maxwell lost his wife Ufuoma last December. She was pregnant and started bleeding before her time of…
Killing the Health Bill....slowly
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Leadership. What is leadership? Not a question we will explore in detail in this blog, but suffice it to say that the…
In dire need of an Emergency Medical Service
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When as a child my mother returned from a trip to Cairo, I asked her if Egypt was more developed than Nigeria….
Polio - Nigeria's role in the final push
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Every quarter, an Independent Monitoring Board assesses progress towards the attainment of a polio-free world. The Independent Monitoring Board was convened at the request of…
From Okada to Keke
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I was in Owerri recently and was not sure whether to laugh or cry. The ubiquitous “Okada” motorcycles that ferried (or flew) people…
To protest, or not to protest - a doctor's dilemma
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The protests on the withdrawal of petrol subsidies in Nigeria has provided doctors with an ethical dilemma. Do they join the protests…
My New Year's wish - an efficient, proactive and responsive Blood Service for Nigeria
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Over the Christmas period, our country Nigeria was again in the news for the wrong reasons. On Christmas day, we made headline…
What a year: 2011
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This guest post by Chima Onoka….brings the year to an end for NHW What a year it was…..2011 seemed to be one of…
Musings on World AIDS Day 2011
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Dear Friends, Today is World AIDS Day. HIV continues to be one of the most important communicable diseases in Nigeria. It is…
A colossus at 80
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Rarely in this blog do we celebrate individuals, as there are sadly not many people to celebrate in our health arena. We…
7 Billion and counting - implications for Nigeria
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A few weeks ago, the worlds’ population was said to have crossed the 7 million mark. Apart from the normal ritual of…
Are we listening to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
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There are many reasons we should be paying a lot of attention to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It is funded and led…
No ordinary webinar with Dr Ali-Pate Minister of State for Health
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On the 7th of September 2011, there was an extraordinary meeting with the Minister of State for Health in Nigeria; Dr Ali-Pate and his team,…