Grange unveils plans
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The optimism surrounding the recent appointment of Professor Adenike Grange as health minister seems justified looking at recent reports. In her first…
Is your health digging an unhealthy hole in your pocket?....
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The provision of private health care in Nigeria is changing. This change is most profound among staff and dependants of the public…
Why you should give blood
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Found this extremely important posting on Naijablog. Just as important is to ask Nigerians and Africans in the Diaspora to become organ…
NIGERIAN CITIES DROWN IN MOUNTAINS OF GARBAGE
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Things have never been this bad. Our epileptic industrialisation is leaving problems we cannot cope with. If I told my son that…
MCDN awakes…Kerosene explosions continue
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NTA news….reports the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria is holding its annual congress in Abuja and has made a strong statement…
In memory of Dr Ihekweazu, health centre controversy and health as cash cow
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Avid followers of this blog would have noticed that Chikwe was off to Nigeria for a while recently. This was due to…
1st Set of Graduates from a Private Medical School in Africa
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On the 31st of July 2007, the Igbinedion University , Nigeria’s first private university graduated its first set of 29 medical students….
Testing is free, drugs are free, go for voluntary counselling and testing!
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Flipping through the dailies in Nigeria, it is good to note how HIV/AIDS prevention messages have evolved and developed ….from the days…
Still on Covenant Univerity's compulsory HIV testing
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The insistence of Covenant University, believed to be Nigeria’s best private University to justify their policy of pre-graduation compulsory HIV and pregnancy…
Challenges for the new team, radiation in Niger Delta & Covenant University
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The appointment of Professor Grange as Minister of Health continues to draw plaudits as many commentators compare her appointment to that of…
Welcoming Adenike Grange and Gabriel Aduku
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Finally after nearly two months of waiting, Nigeria has a new Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange. Dr. Grange has served as…
Notes from Nigeria: Akunyili @ 53, Luxury suites subsidising care for the poor in Garki Hospital and BUPA partners with Nigerian Hospital
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From Chikwe in Nigeria: Being in Nigeria at the moment, I picked up the papers to catch up on what is going…
Good news...Birth Registration Strategy! Health Minister - Not yet!
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Good news for public health planning, evaluation and research. The Federal Government has said it would on July 24, formally launch a…
Feedback on Restoring Health
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The Nigerian Public Health Network published this just before the new Nigerian government came into power as a discussion document. As we…