Thought LeadershipLaboratory medicine matures in Africa: How should Nigeria translate talent to impact? By Chikwe Ihekweazu December 20, 2012 4 Mins read We could not attend an important conference on Laboratory Medicine in Africa this month because we were involved in another important event… Read more
Thought LeadershipAnother MANSAG meeting in the UK By Chikwe Ihekweazu December 12, 2012 4 Mins read Each year, the umbrella group for Nigerian Doctors in the UK, MANSAG, holds an annual conference. The 2012 conference held recently in… Read more
Thought LeadershipSaving 1 million lives in Nigeria By Chikwe Ihekweazu October 18, 2012 4 Mins read On the 16th October 2012, most people involved in maternal and child health in Nigeria gathered at the Banquet Hall of the… Read more
Thought LeadershipSOLD - Rochas and the privatisation of Imo Hospitals By Chikwe Ihekweazu September 2, 2012 2 Mins read Something interesting is happening to the public hospitals in Imo; the State Government appears to have concessioned them out to a private firm…. Read more
Thought LeadershipThe International Conference on AIDS 2012, Washington DC By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 20, 2012 4 Mins read We could not attend the International Conference on AIDS in Washington DC this year, so we asked Fiona Makia to share her… Read more
Thought LeadershipDavid Mark, Social Media and Health By Chikwe Ihekweazu July 28, 2012 2 Mins read Our Senator President, David Mark, the Nigerian Senate President recently called for a check on the use of the social media in… Read more
Thought LeadershipAnother International Conference on AIDS By Chikwe Ihekweazu July 22, 2012 7 Mins read Today – July 22 the 19th International Conference on AIDS opens in Washington DC. NHW will miss this year’s conference, BUT we thought… Read more
Thought LeadershipRest in Peace Dr Dantong, Chair Senate Committee on Health By Chikwe Ihekweazu July 13, 2012 3 Mins read Every time news comes of another tragic incident in our country Nigeria, we cry, shrug our shoulders and move on. The routine condolence messages are… Read more
Thought LeadershipA quiet miracle.....Is this the end of CSM? By Chikwe Ihekweazu June 28, 2012 2 Mins read Very rarely have vaccines given us the opportunity to create a small miracle. Unlike the miracle of surgery and antibiotics that brings… Read more
Thought LeadershipA lose, lose, lose situation... By Chikwe Ihekweazu June 7, 2012 2 Mins read Doctors employed by the Lagos State Government have been on strike. Subsequently 788 of them were sacked by the Lagos State Government,… Read more
Thought LeadershipWHY ARE WE CRYING? WE ARE ALL GUILTY By Chikwe Ihekweazu June 4, 2012 6 Mins read 7 years ago, my emotion laden brother Ike Anya wrote this piece after the Sosoliso crash. Today I read it again and… Read more
Thought LeadershipNigeria Health Watch on Twitter! By Chikwe Ihekweazu May 14, 2012 5 Mins read Are you following Nigeria Health Watch on Twitter? If not …you should. When we started this blog in 2007, Twitter did not exist and… Read more
Thought LeadershipIBORI: What does 50 million pounds really mean? By Chikwe Ihekweazu April 22, 2012 3 Mins read Guest post by Chima Onoka Maxwell lost his wife Ufuoma last December. She was pregnant and started bleeding before her time of… Read more
Thought LeadershipKilling the Health Bill....slowly By Chikwe Ihekweazu April 11, 2012 2 Mins read Leadership. What is leadership? Not a question we will explore in detail in this blog, but suffice it to say that the… Read more