We must face the future with courage...
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We have been quiet on this blog for some time. We write about the health sector in Nigeria. It is tough because…
The re-awakening of the Nigerian Medical Association
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Until recently the Nigerian Medical Association (needs a better website!) has been little more than a labour union, protecting the narrow interests of its…
SAME SEX MARRIAGE PROHIBITION BILL – THE SILENCE OF NACA
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Those that follow Nigerian politics may be astounded at the speed with which the SAME SEX MARRIAGE PROHIBITION BILL is passing through…
At Christmas we are "Only As Strong As Our Weakest Point"
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Dear Friends, Christmas two years ago, I asked my friend; Patrick Anigbo to reflect on a very personal story. This Christmas, I was…
Laboratory medicine matures in Africa: How should Nigeria translate talent to impact?
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We could not attend an important conference on Laboratory Medicine in Africa this month because we were involved in another important event…
Another MANSAG meeting in the UK
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Each year, the umbrella group for Nigerian Doctors in the UK, MANSAG, holds an annual conference. The 2012 conference held recently in…
Saving 1 million lives in Nigeria
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On the 16th October 2012, most people involved in maternal and child health in Nigeria gathered at the Banquet Hall of the…
SOLD - Rochas and the privatisation of Imo Hospitals
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Something interesting is happening to the public hospitals in Imo; the State Government appears to have concessioned them out to a private firm….
The International Conference on AIDS 2012, Washington DC
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We could not attend the International Conference on AIDS in Washington DC this year, so we asked Fiona Makia to share her…
David Mark, Social Media and Health
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Our Senator President, David Mark, the Nigerian Senate President recently called for a check on the use of the social media in…
Another International Conference on AIDS
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Today – July 22 the 19th International Conference on AIDS opens in Washington DC. NHW will miss this year’s conference, BUT we thought…
Rest in Peace Dr Dantong, Chair Senate Committee on Health
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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…
A quiet miracle.....Is this the end of CSM?
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Very rarely have vaccines given us the opportunity to create a small miracle. Unlike the miracle of surgery and antibiotics that brings…
A lose, lose, lose situation...
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Doctors employed by the Lagos State Government have been on strike. Subsequently 788 of them were sacked by the Lagos State Government,…