Problems medicine cannot solve
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This evening I attended UCL’s Annual Lancet Lecture. This year’s theme was; Climate Change – The biggest global health threat of the 21st…
What do we have in common with Zimbabwe?
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In common with Zimbabwe, Nigeria has the ability to generate outbreaks of poverty related disease like cholera. The difference with Zimbabwe however…
League Table for Health Outcomes - waking up our governors
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In case you missed it an important event took place in Abuja early this month. The Minister of Health, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin,…
Bring Back the Dispensaries !!
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by ndubuisis edeoga Growing up in rural Nigeria, I remember one incident vividly, because I still have the scars. My parents were…
The Ibadan Medical Specialists Group
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A few weekends ago…we attended the biannual Fund Raising dinner of the Ibadan Medical Specialists Group in London. I must admit –…
Nigerians - walking the walk
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Its the beginning of a weekend so lets clebrate some of our own… Chima Onoka has recently been appointed as the Country…
Are waiting times over at our public hospitals?
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There are many problems that one can solve with money. There are many that money cannot solve. One example is the time…
The race to build our to good health continues...
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Thisday reports that …The Adamawa State Government, at the weekend signed an agreement with a German medical consortium for the construction of…
Physiotherapists ask - what about us?
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One issue we find with ourselves; Nigerians; is our huge sense of entitlement. It is all pervasive. We always want to be…
Health in Vision 20: 2020 and the National Health Bill
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We have blogged severally on the National Health Bill, on the strange process it has gone through, the intrigues in both houses…
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…