Are you sick?
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chikwe ihekweazuI would not want to join the debate on the validity of alternative forms of medical practice. Anyways I have always…
Time is Brain!!!
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by ndubuisi edeoga The new teaching by the National Stroke Association and so many other agencies involved in health care world over…
DFID launches 50 million pound Nigeria Malaria project, PATHS website and reports
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by ike anya The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has recently announced its funding of a 50 million pound initiative to…
How NPI "saves" the lives of Nigerian children: Book by Idris Mohammed
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This is my final blog on Professor Idris Mohammed’s recently published book: “Academics, Epidemics and Politics”….and eventful career in public health” I…
The “Trovan” story by Idris Mohammed
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Dr Idris Mohamed was the Chairman of the Taskforce of the Federal Republic of Nigeria sent to manage the Outbreak of Cerebrospinal…
Academics, Epidemics and Politics: a book by Idris Mohammed
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There are several reasons why this blog has been a bit slow over the past 2 weeks. One of of them is…
Meetings of Nigerians at the last 4 International AIDS conferences
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by chikwe ihekweazu and ike anya At all of the previous four international conferences on AIDS that we have attended, there are…
Preparing for Mexico: Another International AIDS conference
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by chikwe ihekweazu and ike anya Every other year, the HIV/AIDS ‘community’, an odd mixture of scientists, youth, community workers, activists, politicians,…
Lagos State...really leading the way
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Much has been written about the new Government of Lagos State under its unlikely Governor Babtunde Raji Fashola. Much has been said…
Bring Back the Community Health Clinics!
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While we wait for all the new Health minister and the anticipated utopia that would follow, it would be nice to add…
MSF and Nigeria...joint at birth
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by chikwe ihekweazu I recently attended the Scientific Day of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without boarders) in London where they presented some…
The House that Jack built !
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by ndubuisi edeoga While we all wait patiently for the new Nigerian Health minister, and we form our opinions about his/her job…
On the regulation of Nigerian health professionals
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An anonymous commentator on the last post mentioned that the next Minister must put in place a regulatory body to which health…
Minister of Health for Nigeria: A Job Description
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….if I was looking…this is what I would be looking for: With the Ministry of Finance and the Attorney Generals Office, the…