HIV access to treatment and prayer houses
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It was a busy afternoon when the text arrived from my colleague whom I had met working on HIV in the UK…
Strong words by the Minister...
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“You are killing the patients and it is our duty to entrench discipline if our health system must go back to what…
Professor Akunyili, Mrs Yar Adua and maternal mortality
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….you might wonder what our Minister of Information and our First Lady; Hajiya Turai Umaru have to do with women dying around…
Diagnosis: Meningococcal Meningitis
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I cannot forget one of ‘my’ patients during the first medical clinical rotation under Professor Nwabueze at the University of Nigeria Teaching…
Sextuplets delivered in Nigeria
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On Monday, the 23rd of February 2009 the news wires picked up a storyFeb. 22 Chairman of Board of Directors of the…
Lassa....the question no one was asking
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When the UK media was the alight on the 23rd of January on the case of Lassa Fever in a patient who…
The Minister's Agenda
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Below is the text of the speech made by the Minister of Health, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin at his 1st meeting with donor/partners…
Letter to Thisday...
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Since we published the story about the Nigerian that allegedly found a cure for diabetes, we have been inaudated by emails, comments…
A few good signs....
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Is this a sign of openess and transparency by the new Minister of Health Professor Babatunde Osotimehin? If it is..it is a…
When will we stop kidding ourselves?
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Nothing can be more painful than when the credibility, integrity, resourcefulness and intelligence of an entire people is brought into disrepute by…
WHEN I SHOOK HANDS WITH BILL GATES
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The first time I saw Bill and Melinda Gates close up was at the opening ceremony of the XVI International AIDS Conference,…
The Minister talking the talk....
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Many stories in the Nigerian press start with this phrase “The President/Governor/Minister/Senator/Chief/ etc has called for XYZ…to do XYZ” No critical questioning…
Shake Up in Health Ministry
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I have never been been convinced that “restructuring” on its own solves any problem in any organisation. But at least the new…
Nigerian imports Lassa to the UK: matters arising
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On the 23rd of January, the Health Protection Agency in the UK published a press release about a patient being treated for…