First day at the XVIII International Conference on AIDS in Vienna
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When I attended my first International Conference on AIDS in Durban, South Africa, exactly 10 years ago, I was still swinging between…
Preparing for Vienna: Another International AIDS conference
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Every other year, the HIV/AIDS ‘community’, an odd mixture of scientists, youth, community workers, activists, politicians, and various other groups gather in…
Job seeking in Nigerian Hospitals
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Recruitment for specialist positions in a complex sector like health, will always be a challenge. This is especially the case if the…
"Africa Health" not just a journal!
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Growing up with a physician for a father in 70s Nigeria, had a few of advantages and challenges. In the small university town…
A round-up of health news stories out of Nigeria
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Following health news out of Nigeria is always interesting as one finds the good, bad and the simply absurd. Find here a cross section…
Stories of hope and despair: A personal perspective of Primary Health Care in Nigeria
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When we recently called on you, our readers to send us your accounts of encounters with the health sector in our country, we…
Medical missions with a difference
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All over the USA and UK, the annual mobilisation of Nigerians to donate towards “Medical Missions”is in full swing. The fund raising…
Three major issues at the 63rd World Health Assembly
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As described in a previous post – the 63rd World Health Assembly has just concluded in Geneva. Despite the 7 journalists that…
Visit your mortuary
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Death is always a difficult topic. Yet, it is the inevitable end of all of us. Death is part of life’s journey…
Helpless over Lassa
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We have on several occasions blogged about repeated episodes of Lassa fever in Nigeria, and the lack of progress on a coherent national…
Our Honourable Minister - Welcome to Nigeria
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When we read the below quote in our Honourable Minister of Health’s speech to the recent World Health Assembly, we were worried, uncertain whether…
Mimiko - An Ex-Commissioner of Health as Governor
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I do not know how many ex-commissioners of health have turned out to be governors of their states in our contemporary democratic…
Huge Nigerian delegation at the World Health Assembly
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If we can assume that the number of Nigerians that attended the recent Sixty-third World Health Assembly (WHA) that took place between the 17…
Instant electronic medical records for hospitals in Katsina State
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We are always seeking innovative approaches to the myriad of challenges in the Nigerian health sector. If you follow this blog, you will…