Can the ASLM Conference reinvigorate Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria?
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Iruka Okeke is at the University of Ibadan. She writes this week about the progress made in the world of laboratory medicine…
How many Nigerians are living with HIV?
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This has been an increasingly controversial question recently. Understanding the burden of HIV in Nigeria is more important now than ever before,…
Extraordinary Humans – The Hospitals For Humanity Team visits Abuja
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Reading Nigerian newspapers, or browsing the plethora of social media platforms, it is easy to think that the country is doomed. On…
Five takeaways of the 69th World Health Assembly from a Nigerian Perspective
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The 69th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization held between the 23rd and 28th of May in Geneva. It had…
The Global Fund, Governance and the Shame of a Country
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Gloria is a vibrant young lady who is “living positively” with HIV. She featured on our #OpenMoH radio show five months ago…
Special Edition: Conference brings attention to Tuberculosis in Nigeria
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In the week that a major announcement was made by WHO shortening the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the scientific community is coming together…
Five big issues at the International Conference of Midwives in Abuja
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May 5 was this year’s International Day of the Midwife. To commemorate this day in Nigeria, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, UNFPA,…
As the Health Minister’s 10,000 PHC transformation agenda starts, we urge him to keep primary health care under ONE roof
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We are in May. Later this month we will mark one year into the tenure of the Buhari administration, a quarter of…
Making our Voices Count: Active Citizenship for Health
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We can see from other sectors in Nigeria, how active citizenship is driving change. From the elections, to the increased responsiveness of…
Ten Big Promises Made by the Nigerian Minister of Health
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It is always welcome when leaders make clear and explicit promises in terms of what they seek to achieve during their tenure…
On World Tuberculosis Day - Reflections on a Forgotten Epidemic
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March 24 is World TB Day, yet for most people that have the privilege of reading this piece, tuberculosis is an abstract…
Time for courage: Nigeria’s health security and the National Centre for Disease Control
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Nigeria defeated Ebola! That was the single story. No one asked about how the N1.9B released for the response was used. What…
Accountability NOW: A Summit to Advance Newborn and Maternal Health in Nigeria
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Editor: The National Summit on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) will take place in Abuja on February 16-18. The…
Will the 2016 Health Budget fund the 2014 National Health Act?
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Editor: In this week’s piece Edwin Ikhuoria of ONE Campaign reviews the 2016 Budget Proposal for Health, highlighting its inherent gaps, especially…