DFID launches 50 million pound Nigeria Malaria project, PATHS website and reports
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by ike anya The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has recently announced its funding of a 50 million pound initiative to…
Bring Back the Community Health Clinics!
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While we wait for all the new Health minister and the anticipated utopia that would follow, it would be nice to add…
The House that Jack built !
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by ndubuisi edeoga While we all wait patiently for the new Nigerian Health minister, and we form our opinions about his/her job…
On the regulation of Nigerian health professionals
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An anonymous commentator on the last post mentioned that the next Minister must put in place a regulatory body to which health…
DFID launches PATHS II in Nigeria
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The UK Department for International Development has just launched the second phase of the Partnerships for Transforming Health Systems in Nigeria. The…
Who will cast the first stone?
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by ndubuisi edeogaIt seems everywhere I look its always bad news coming from Nigeria, bad news about Nigeria and an even worse…
Why are we not all celebrating?
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by ndubuisi edeoga The National Health Bill finally came to life after a very long gestation…good…APGAR (used to assess children’s health imediately…
Six weeks...
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by ndubuisi edeoga That’s how long it has been estimated that it takes to develop a new habit. Some will argue that…
Can we walk the walk: Yes we can?
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Charity they say begins at home, have we covered our bases as we go on in the fight for equitable distribution of…
Health Education: Not for Health Professionals alone II
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by Ndubuisi Edeoga Although we see more glaring statistics out of our great country, and see the many opportunities pass us by,…
Health Education: Not for Health Professionals alone
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by ndubuisi edeoga I recently spoke with some of my colleagues in the teaching hospitals back home in Nigeria. They recently got…
Breaking news - Nigerian health ministers "resign"
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Just received the breaking news that the Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange and her collegue, the Minister of State for Health,…
DDT and Malaria: Back to the Basics II
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by Ndubuisi Edeoga Every Nigerian doctor remembers the phrase from medical school “common things occur commonly”…always think of malaria! The burden of…
On Health: Back to the Basics
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As we dwell on the current health issues plaguing Africa and Nigeria, and the initiatives already in place and planned for the…