At Christmas we are "Only As Strong As Our Weakest Point"
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Dear Friends, What a year it has been. This year we have struggled on what to reflect on. We wondered whether to…
Bringing our health data to life!
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For a long time, our leaders have taken Nigerians for a ride, quoting astronomical amounts of money for delivering nothing. One major…
Thank you to three extraordinary senior colleagues
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As part of the Second Nigeria: Partnership for Health Conference that held in London on the 6th of November, the Public Health…
The conference - Nigeria: Partnership for Health
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On the 6th November 2010, over 150 colleagues working in different capacities within the Nigerian health sector assembled at the beautiful facilities of…
They don't get it - our Senators and our health
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Anyone following Nigerian politics will have seen the uproar in the press when the the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Lamido…
Wikileaks' latest leaks focus on Pfizer- Nigeria lawsuit
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The Wikileaks cable leaks continue and today, makes allegations on Pfizer’s attempts to influence a settlement on the clinical trials lawsuit filed…
Osotimehin-former Nigerian health minister to head UNFPA
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Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, predecessor of the current Nigerian health minister has been appointed to head the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the…
Every human life has equal value?
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I am sitting in my friend’s living room in Lagos in mid-October. Her boisterous young sons occasionally tear themselves away from the…
24 Hours to Nigeria: Partnership for Health II
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Dear Friends, You will have noticed that things have been a bit slow on the blog lately. We have been busy putting…
Nigeria: Partnership for Health - a conference on health in Nigeria.
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by Ike Anya (This post was first published on BMJ blogs) A major milestone passed in October this year, when Nigerians marked 50…
Polio in Nigeria - An emerging success story
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Vaccinations are celebrated as one of the miracles of modern medicine. In the past 50 years, it has saved more lives worldwide…
Twitter and Nigeria Health Watch
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Long before we started blogging, we would copy and paste the few stories on health from the Nigerian press on emails, and…
Cry my beloved Nigeria
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I cannot forget reading the epic “Cry the beloved country” in my early teens, and the impact it had on my life….
What Jonathan said about Health in his speech
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Picture courtesy of 234Next On Saturday, 11 September, Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ), who came into the office of the presidency…