Why organise a conference on Nigerian health….in London?
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This piece was first publised on the BMJ blog by ike anya and chikwe ihekweazuA quiet milestone passed in May this year,…
MANSAG meets in Birmingham
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The Medical Association of Nigerian Specialists and General Practitioners in the British Isles recently held its 19th MANSAG Autumn Conference held in…
Medical Mission taken to another scale
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In many online forums there have been discussions, often heated about the value of so called “medical missions” to Nigeria by Nigerian…
Restoring Health to the Agenda
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Have you registered for the Conference: Nigeria: Partnership for Health Do not sit on the fence…ENGAGE! Today is the deadline for bursaries….
Smile Train arrives Nigeria!
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In November 2007, on a cold November night we sat in an auditorium at UCL in London listening to the annual lecture…
Medical Mission with a difference: The changing face of surgical operations
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We will occasionaly bring you a piece by a guest write Kingsley Obom-Egbulem. KC has been reporting on health issues for a…
Road Traffic Accidents and the Federal Road Safety Commision
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by Ndubuisi Edeoga The Federal Road Safety Commision has been in the news a lot lately. Guardian: January 1, 2009 deadline given…
Health news around the country
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Guardian: A LACK of funds (sic) is delaying the proposed N247 million new model sero-prevalence or (not sure what “or” means) sentinel…
NHW's response to the Ministerial Press Briefing of our Minister of Health
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Dr Hassan Lawal oon, Minister for LabourSupervising Minister, Ministry for HealthFederal Republic of NigeriaDear Sir,Thank you!One of the features of the YarAdua…
Our Government and the Health sector
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You could not make this up…but this is how our health sector is being run… 2 years after a failing agency the…
Still missing Omololu, 2 years on…..
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I ran into Olayide Akanni last week while catching the Number 8 bus in Geneva. Most of you reading this blog will…
While Nigeria stutters...Ghana makes great strides
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From AfricaLoft:Ghana is reportedly one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa which have made tremendous progress in reducing infant and maternal…
India...an ongoing challenge
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I recently read an interesting blog by editors of the BMJ who had recently visited India. They wrote about their vist… Nair…
MANSAG Conference holds in Birmingham - October 17 to 19
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The Medical Association of Nigerian Specialists and General Practitioners in the British Isles MANSAG, holds its 19th Authum Conference. Despite the organisational…