An interview with the Minister and our comments
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Many would have missed this interview with our Minister of Health as it appeared in the SPORTS section of The Guardian. Healthcare:…
Bitter sweet weekend....
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Yesterday evening I celebrated with most other Africans as Ghana won the U21 FIFA world cup. After several attempts this was the…
Stories from the ANPA convention in Abuja...
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You might have heard that the ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN PHYSICIANS IN THE AMERICAS (ANPA) held its annual conference for the first time…
Stella Obasanjo - Before we rejoice...
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The media was agog a few weeks ago with reports that a plastic surgeon in Spain was convicted of negligence in the…
Nigeria's cancer advocate on CNN
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CNN has a new programme; AFRICAN VOICES that highlights the activities of amazing people from our continent. Many great interviews every Saturday…
Their Nigeria.....
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Today is October 1. Our country is 49. It would be easy for us to do a post about how bad things…
David Morley - a career of service that started in Nigeria
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It was in 2007, at an event at the Institute for Global Health at the UCL, I sat on a table at the…
Have you heard about "Vision 2020"?
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If not please listen to our friends at NTA Network news every night! This is one of the illusions (some say delusions)…
Where is your NAFDAC number?
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You might not have heard a lot about him, but NAFDAC actually does have a “new” Director General, Dr Paul Orhii. A Russian trained…
The Obama speech on health care reform and our country
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Last week was particularly interesting. My facebook updates were on-fire again with ooops and aaahhs for another great Obama speech. …yes it…
………..WHO AFRO 59th session and a few more resolutions
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by ndubuisi edeoga Four resolutions aimed at scaling up action in areas deemed key to improving the health situation on the African…
Doping, MRI and our sports
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(apologies for typos in previous post…pressed send too early!) I love sports…even if I am not great at any myself. I love…
Contradictions of Abuja III
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In 2008 …the erstwhile Minister of our Federal Capital announced with great fanfare that smoking was banned in Abuja! Thisday declared that…
The contradictions of Abuja II
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Its interesting driving around Abuja….our beloved capital city. You see refuse disposal trucks with smartly dressed young men emptying the bins….impressive. Then…