One death is a tragedy, a million deaths, a statistic
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February 4 was World Cancer Day. Cancer is a BIG problem…and big problems are difficult to communicate. There is a popular adage…
The tragic ineptitude of some "leaders" in our health sector
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Find below an article that appeared in the Champion Newspaper on the 2nd of February. I have highlighted some issues I find…
An inconvenient Truth - watching Haiti through Nigerian eyes
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Watching events in Haiti have been painful. Many of us have donated the little we feel we can afford….joined facebook groups…discussed it…
Is the organised private sector beginning to engage in health care?
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Realising that not even all the money in pockets of our ex-governors can buy you health care in an emergency in Nigeria,…
Still on the NHIS
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No doubt this is now one of the most important issues in health care provision in Nigeria…the Nigerian press is just picking this up.Please…
Ist Ladies in Cancer Rally
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Cancer is the health flavour of the year. Following the footsteps of our beloved “first lady”, wives of some the governors of…
Health in the Nigerian Press - you can not make this up!
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The Punch: Nigeria orders swine flu vaccine to all children under the age of five years, pregnant women, health workers and old people….
Book Launch - "Turning the world upside down"
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Many that work in the UK will remember Lord Nigel Crisp as the Chief Executive of the NHS between 2000 and 2006….
CARE-NET's HEALTH INSURANCE AFFAIRS
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CARE – NET is managed by Dr. Tarry Asoka in Nigeria. The organisation provides leadership in a broad range of strategic and…
GUINEA WORM eliminated in Nigeria?
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I still remember my assignment in my MPH class. We were asked to do a presentation to the class on a common public…
Nigeria's disappointing response to swine flu
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It has been frustrating following the response to swine flu in Nigeria. We live in hope of the day our country will to put its act together…
Think of how many of these cost of one CT scanner could buy
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Freeplay Fetal Heart Monitor, a device can be powered by winding the handle. Each minute of winding the device results in 10…
Nigerian Doctors in the UK meet in Plymouth
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Until recently, like 90% of Nigerian Doctors living in the UK, I chose not to engage with the Medical Association of Nigerian…
Quiet optimism around Polio Elimination in Nigeria.
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There is a sense of quiet optimism around those working on the Polio Elimination in Nigeria. By the end of the year…