Thought LeadershipIs your health digging an unhealthy hole in your pocket?.... By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 28, 2007 2 Mins read The provision of private health care in Nigeria is changing. This change is most profound among staff and dependants of the public… Read more
Thought LeadershipWhy you should give blood By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 23, 2007 2 Mins read Found this extremely important posting on Naijablog. Just as important is to ask Nigerians and Africans in the Diaspora to become organ… Read more
Thought LeadershipNIGERIAN CITIES DROWN IN MOUNTAINS OF GARBAGE By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 21, 2007 2 Mins read Things have never been this bad. Our epileptic industrialisation is leaving problems we cannot cope with. If I told my son that… Read more
Thought LeadershipMCDN awakes…Kerosene explosions continue By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 16, 2007 2 Mins read NTA news….reports the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria is holding its annual congress in Abuja and has made a strong statement… Read more
Thought LeadershipIn memory of Dr Ihekweazu, health centre controversy and health as cash cow By Nigeria Health Watch August 14, 2007 2 Mins read Avid followers of this blog would have noticed that Chikwe was off to Nigeria for a while recently. This was due to… Read more
Thought Leadership1st Set of Graduates from a Private Medical School in Africa By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 11, 2007 1 Mins read On the 31st of July 2007, the Igbinedion University , Nigeria’s first private university graduated its first set of 29 medical students…. Read more
Thought LeadershipTesting is free, drugs are free, go for voluntary counselling and testing! By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 9, 2007 1 Mins read Flipping through the dailies in Nigeria, it is good to note how HIV/AIDS prevention messages have evolved and developed ….from the days… Read more
Thought LeadershipStill on Covenant Univerity's compulsory HIV testing By Chikwe Ihekweazu August 7, 2007 1 Mins read The insistence of Covenant University, believed to be Nigeria’s best private University to justify their policy of pre-graduation compulsory HIV and pregnancy… Read more
Thought LeadershipChallenges for the new team, radiation in Niger Delta & Covenant University By Nigeria Health Watch August 1, 2007 2 Mins read The appointment of Professor Grange as Minister of Health continues to draw plaudits as many commentators compare her appointment to that of… Read more
Thought LeadershipWelcoming Adenike Grange and Gabriel Aduku By Nigeria Health Watch July 27, 2007 1 Mins read Finally after nearly two months of waiting, Nigeria has a new Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange. Dr. Grange has served as… Read more
Thought LeadershipNotes from Nigeria: Akunyili @ 53, Luxury suites subsidising care for the poor in Garki Hospital and BUPA partners with Nigerian Hospital By Nigeria Health Watch July 19, 2007 2 Mins read From Chikwe in Nigeria: Being in Nigeria at the moment, I picked up the papers to catch up on what is going… Read more
Thought LeadershipGood news...Birth Registration Strategy! Health Minister - Not yet! By Chikwe Ihekweazu July 11, 2007 1 Mins read Good news for public health planning, evaluation and research. The Federal Government has said it would on July 24, formally launch a… Read more
Thought LeadershipFeedback on Restoring Health By Nigeria Health Watch July 7, 2007 2 Mins read The Nigerian Public Health Network published this just before the new Nigerian government came into power as a discussion document. As we… Read more
Thought LeadershipBig Tobacco on trial , updates on Pfizer and Friends Africa By Nigeria Health Watch July 5, 2007 1 Mins read It’s good to see that Nigeria is finally moving against British American Tobacco. A report in The Independent states that the Kano… Read more