Thought LeadershipDoping, MRI and our sports By Chikwe Ihekweazu September 7, 2009 2 Mins read (apologies for typos in previous post…pressed send too early!) I love sports…even if I am not great at any myself. I love… Read more
Thought LeadershipContradictions of Abuja III By Chikwe Ihekweazu September 4, 2009 1 Mins read In 2008 …the erstwhile Minister of our Federal Capital announced with great fanfare that smoking was banned in Abuja! Thisday declared that… Read more
Thought LeadershipThe contradictions of Abuja II By Chikwe Ihekweazu September 2, 2009 1 Mins read Its interesting driving around Abuja….our beloved capital city. You see refuse disposal trucks with smartly dressed young men emptying the bins….impressive. Then… Read more
Thought LeadershipCORRECTION!: The contradictions of Abuja By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 30, 2009 2 Mins read In our last post “The contradictions of Abuja” there were three important points. 1. That our government that has shown that building… Read more
Thought LeadershipThe contradictions of Abuja By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 27, 2009 1 Mins read There is a huge project going on in Abuja at the moment. The beatiful trees that lined both sides of the motorway… Read more
Thought LeadershipPfizer and Kano - Heads or Tail...the people loose By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 21, 2009 1 Mins read Reuters – KANO, Nigeria, July 27 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Kano state and drugmaker Pfizer Inc have reached a final court settlement in… Read more
Thought LeadershipThe new "Mega hospitals" and how they are going to save your life...maybe By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 19, 2009 1 Mins read Health in the Nigerian polity is often discussed in terms of “hospitals built“…. While all these are important to some extent…no building… Read more
Thought LeadershipA sign of things to come? By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 17, 2009 1 Mins read You will might have read from the new and rich newspaper in Nigeria 123Next of the first coronary angioplasty and stenting procedure… Read more
Thought LeadershipHajia Turai's £40M Cancer Centre in Abuja By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 14, 2009 2 Mins read Our country is an interesting place. In a single afternoon in Abuja N7 Billion (£28 million) was raised in a single day… Read more
Thought LeadershipFinally the Ministy of Health's website goes live.... By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 12, 2009 1 Mins read We have blogged several times about the lack of credible information collected on the website for the Nigerian Ministry of Health. We… Read more
Thought Leadership"Born Again" - reviving childhood immunisation in Nigeria By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 10, 2009 3 Mins read Immunisation has been one of the primary drivers of this blog. The reason is simple. Childhood immunisation is widely recognized as the… Read more
Thought LeadershipKidnapped - after spending his whole professional life serving Nigerians in rural areas. By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 6, 2009 2 Mins read If we blogged about security issues in Nigeria – we would write at least one story on people we know personally that… Read more
Thought LeadershipNational Child Health Week in Nigeria By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 3, 2009 1 Mins read The 1st to 8th of August has been declared National Child Health Week f by the Ministry of Health in association with… Read more
Thought LeadershipWhat the Minister said ...contd. By Chikwe Ihekweazu July 29, 2009 1 Mins read Recently we blogged on the unfortunate state of reporting health in the Nigerian press without context, without nuance and without analysis. In… Read more