The contradictions of Abuja
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There is a huge project going on in Abuja at the moment. The beatiful trees that lined both sides of the motorway…
Pfizer and Kano - Heads or Tail...the people loose
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Reuters – KANO, Nigeria, July 27 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Kano state and drugmaker Pfizer Inc have reached a final court settlement in…
The new "Mega hospitals" and how they are going to save your life...maybe
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Health in the Nigerian polity is often discussed in terms of “hospitals built“…. While all these are important to some extent…no building…
A sign of things to come?
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You will might have read from the new and rich newspaper in Nigeria 123Next of the first coronary angioplasty and stenting procedure…
Hajia Turai's £40M Cancer Centre in Abuja
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Our country is an interesting place. In a single afternoon in Abuja N7 Billion (£28 million) was raised in a single day…
Finally the Ministy of Health's website goes live....
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We have blogged several times about the lack of credible information collected on the website for the Nigerian Ministry of Health. We…
"Born Again" - reviving childhood immunisation in Nigeria
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Immunisation has been one of the primary drivers of this blog. The reason is simple. Childhood immunisation is widely recognized as the…
Kidnapped - after spending his whole professional life serving Nigerians in rural areas.
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If we blogged about security issues in Nigeria – we would write at least one story on people we know personally that…
National Child Health Week in Nigeria
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The 1st to 8th of August has been declared National Child Health Week f by the Ministry of Health in association with…
What the Minister said ...contd.
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Recently we blogged on the unfortunate state of reporting health in the Nigerian press without context, without nuance and without analysis. In…
Strike called off - but challenges prevail
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Last week we blogged about the strikes in the health sector. One thing has been obvious over the past few days are…
A "Giant" ignored....
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by guest – Iruka N Okeke On the 2nd of July, the UK Wellcome Trust announced a new and exciting program, which…
Strikes in Nigeria: playing with fate....
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Since we started out sharing our views on health in the Nigerian polity, one issue has bothered and challenged us….Why does health,…
TRANSFORMING EMERGENCY CARE IN NIGERIA
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We are always excited to read about Nigerians actually walking the walk despite an environment that does not seem to encourage innovation…