Patients suffer as Nigerian healthcare workers continue strikes; who cares?
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This piece is contributed by Chima Onoka. Chima is a friend and colleague. In this honest piece he contributes his thoughts about…
Voter Registration vs Immunization cards: Missed opportunities in Nigeria
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by ndubuisi edeogaWe are all still lamenting the use of our money for frivolous independence celebrations. Now we are stuck with the…
The Minister of Health, Resident doctors and strikes
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Minister and Perm Sec of FMOH Since resumption of office, the Minister of Health has faced challenges of industrial disharmony in the health…
Radio, bucket, and a bicycle - improving healthcare provision in Nigeria
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by ndubuisi edeogaI have been reading through Sonia Shah’s book “The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years”. She discussed…
A new book by Professor Adetokunbo Lucas
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If you read this blog, you have no excuse not to knowing Professor Adetokunbo Lucas. Professor Lucas needs no introduction, the picture…
Falana sues FG over state of public hospitals
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We are highlighting this article about Femi Falana’s prosecution of our Federal Government, as it is of critical importance in our journey…
Bill Gates in Nigeria - lessons for us?
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I have been following Bill Gates on Twitter for some time, and one recent “tweet” caught my eye. “Incredible trip to Nigeria…
NHW asks you for 2 favours!
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Dear Friends of Nigeria Health Watch! Recently we reflected on the blog, why we started it, and why we have continued. Like…
Final reflections on AIDS2010
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It has been my pleasure to share with you some of my reflections from AIDS2010, from a Nigerian perspective. I have not…
Front-line work from Nigeria at AIDS2010
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Further to the response about one of our previous posts on posters out of Nigeria, we spent Wednesday afternoon at the International…
Activism at the International Conference of AIDS
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The International AIDS conferences and activism are inextricably linked. Many aspects of the pandemic and our response have been shaped by activists….
Where is the research out of Nigeria at the International Aids Conference ?
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Yes, we have two stands at the exhibition zone of the conference, but our contribution to the science at this conference has…
2nd Day at AIDS 2010 belongs to Bill Clinton
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It is difficult to describe the emotions that Bill Clinton stirs in people. I cannot forget the images of his first appearance…
First day at the XVIII International Conference on AIDS in Vienna
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When I attended my first International Conference on AIDS in Durban, South Africa, exactly 10 years ago, I was still swinging between…