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
Thought LeadershipIn dire need of an Emergency Medical Service By Chikwe Ihekweazu March 13, 2012 3 Mins read When as a child my mother returned from a trip to Cairo, I asked her if Egypt was more developed than Nigeria…. Read more
Thought LeadershipOn yellow fever, yellow cards, Nigeria and South Africa By Nigeria Health Watch March 6, 2012 2 Mins read The recent refusal of entry and deportation of about 125 Nigerians who had arrived Johannesburg, South Africa aboard ARIK Airlines from Nigeria on… Read more
Thought LeadershipPolio - Nigeria's role in the final push By Chikwe Ihekweazu February 22, 2012 2 Mins read Every quarter, an Independent Monitoring Board assesses progress towards the attainment of a polio-free world. The Independent Monitoring Board was convened at the request of… Read more
Thought LeadershipFrom Okada to Keke By Chikwe Ihekweazu February 5, 2012 2 Mins read I was in Owerri recently and was not sure whether to laugh or cry. The ubiquitous “Okada” motorcycles that ferried (or flew) people… Read more
Thought LeadershipTo protest, or not to protest - a doctor's dilemma By Chikwe Ihekweazu January 17, 2012 3 Mins read The protests on the withdrawal of petrol subsidies in Nigeria has provided doctors with an ethical dilemma. Do they join the protests… Read more
Thought LeadershipMy New Year's wish - an efficient, proactive and responsive Blood Service for Nigeria By Chikwe Ihekweazu January 7, 2012 4 Mins read Over the Christmas period, our country Nigeria was again in the news for the wrong reasons. On Christmas day, we made headline… Read more
Thought LeadershipWhat a year: 2011 By Chikwe Ihekweazu December 31, 2011 3 Mins read This guest post by Chima Onoka….brings the year to an end for NHW What a year it was…..2011 seemed to be one of… Read more
Thought LeadershipGMC withdrawal of recognition from some Nigerian medical schools: a lesson in poor information management By Nigeria Health Watch December 17, 2011 4 Mins read The General Medical Council in the United Kingdom recently posted on its website a list of medical schools whose primary medical qualifications… Read more
Thought LeadershipMusings on World AIDS Day 2011 By Chikwe Ihekweazu December 1, 2011 3 Mins read Dear Friends, Today is World AIDS Day. HIV continues to be one of the most important communicable diseases in Nigeria. It is… Read more
Thought LeadershipA colossus at 80 By Chikwe Ihekweazu November 26, 2011 2 Mins read Rarely in this blog do we celebrate individuals, as there are sadly not many people to celebrate in our health arena. We… Read more
Thought Leadership7 Billion and counting - implications for Nigeria By Chikwe Ihekweazu November 15, 2011 2 Mins read A few weeks ago, the worlds’ population was said to have crossed the 7 million mark. Apart from the normal ritual of… Read more