Is the organised private sector beginning to engage in health care?
1 Mins read
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
2 Mins read
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
1 Mins read
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!
3 Mins read
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"
3 Mins read
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
1 Mins read
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?
1 Mins read
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
4 Mins read
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
1 Mins read
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
3 Mins read
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.
1 Mins read
There is a sense of quiet optimism around those working on the Polio Elimination in Nigeria. By the end of the year…
Rejoinder: NHIS in Nigeria
3 Mins read
A few days ago we posted an interesting article by Chukwuma Muanya describing the evolution of the NHIS in Nigeria. This is…
What hope for the National Health Insurance Scheme in 2010
7 Mins read
Many have described the National Health Insurance Scheme (http://www.nhis.gov.ng/ … website is “down”) as the longest it has taken any project to…
BMJWA hosts WRITING SKILLS WORKSHOP in Abuja
1 Mins read
BMJ WEST AFRICA invites you to BMJWA 10TH WRITING SKILLS WORKSHOP JANUARY 26 and 27, 2010. ABUJA, NIGERIA. THEMEPROMOTING QUALITY…