Think of how many of these cost of one CT scanner could buy
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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BMJ WEST AFRICA invites you to BMJWA 10TH WRITING SKILLS WORKSHOP JANUARY 26 and 27, 2010. ABUJA, NIGERIA. THEMEPROMOTING QUALITY…
The choices we make
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by ndubuisi edeoga ‘Tis the season of new year resolutions, when we make and un-make even more promises to ourselves and to…
Why we will continue blogging in 2010
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At the end of 2009, one of our good friends intrigued by a blog we wrote, called to ask a simple question –…
Round the media on health
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It was interesting listening to Dele Olojede – Founder of 234Next speak on Inside Africa on CNN. He spoke about the apathy in our…
5th National Conference on HIV/AIDS announced
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It was great to see the announcement of the 5th National Conference on HIV/AIDS by the Conference Chair, Dr Oni Idigbe, President,…
No Water No MDG !
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by ndubuisi edoga We know Nigeria and many other African nations cannot achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). Goal 1: Eradicate extreme…
Thisday - ‘Nigeria Needs Hospital for Presidential Treatment’
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Sometimes it is difficult to decide on whether to get angry at the impunity of our so called leaders or sad at…
The Minister in Ottawa
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The Minister of Health speaking to Ottawa Canada courtesy of our High Commissioner to Canada, Amb Iyorwuese Hagher who endeavors to give…
MTN - leading the coorporate sector in engaging our health sector
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When I read that MTN was donating heamodialysis equipment to a series of tertiary healthcare centres across the country – initially I…