Rumors of Ebola in Nigeria: the blind leading the blind?
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The piece below was contributed by Anja Choon, who is joining the Nigeria Health Watch Team. The Ebola outbreak in parts of…
Nigerian Minister of Health delivers his midterm report - judge for yourself
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In his recent widely publicized “midterm report“, our President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON barely mentioned the health sector,…
Killing the Health Bill....slowly
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Leadership. What is leadership? Not a question we will explore in detail in this blog, but suffice it to say that the…
My Chief - The Honourable Minister of Health
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In 1996, I started my one year housemanship programme in an unlikely location; Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba. While not…
Four Ministers in four years: can our Ministry of Health find the leadership it so desperately needs?
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This article first appeared in the new country edition of AFRICA HEALTHIn the last four years of the Yar’Adua/Jonathan presidency, Nigeria had…
The Minister of Health, Resident doctors and strikes
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Minister and Perm Sec of FMOH Since resumption of office, the Minister of Health has faced challenges of industrial disharmony in the health…