"Being the change" – Nigerian specialists providing world class endoscopy in Nigeria
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We will be bringing you a series of articles intermittently over the next few months on Nigerians who have decided to challenge…
The Midwives Service Scheme - an emerging success story
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Yesterday was Mothering Sunday (8th May) in some countries among Christian communities (would it not be great if a common date was…
Reaction to "The Edge of Joy" - MUST READ!
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The night we posted the last blog I got an email from a good friend in Lagos. I have not been able…
The Edge of Joy
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In 2010, The Lancet published a new worldwide study on maternal mortality showing that for the first time in decades, we are…
Death by Service
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The past week has been a difficult on to endure for many Nigerians. From the optimism of elections to the depression of post-election…
Iyabo Obasanjo loss and the National Health Bill
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Iyabo Obasanjo, veterinary doctor, daughter of our former president and former senator of our Federal Republic famously lost her seat in the Nigerian Senate…
My visit to UNTH – a dream deferred
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I was recently in Enugu, and visited my medical school – the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH). I had lunch in…
The health sector in the Nigerian presidential debates
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Nigeria is changing, and our relationship with our country is changing. It is changing because technology is making it possible. I vividly…
Nigeria Health Watch on Twitter
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There are many reasons why you should be on Twitter. Information on the things that matter most can be found more quickly…
The Health Sector in Imo State under Ohakim
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This blog will remain apolitical…even in a climate of intense politics in Nigeria. We will not suggest how people should vote, but…
How did it get to this full blown crisis in our health sector?
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The simmering crisis in our public health care sector has now become a disaster as staff working in hospitals managed directly by the Federal…
Nigerians on the average die 13 years sooner than Ghanaians
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So very often in discussing the state of affairs in our country, we tend to compare ourselves to countries in the West, to the…
Resign, Minister Resign!
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While we stay glued to our television sets watching events unfold in Tunisia and Egypt, we ignore atrocities in our own governance. The image below…
Crisis in the health sector - but who cares?
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We have spent the last few months in the Nigerian press quarrelling about “zoning”. Almost no airtime is given to the issues…