In memory of Dr Ihekweazu, health centre controversy and health as cash cow
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Avid followers of this blog would have noticed that Chikwe was off to Nigeria for a while recently. This was due to…
1st Set of Graduates from a Private Medical School in Africa
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On the 31st of July 2007, the Igbinedion University , Nigeria’s first private university graduated its first set of 29 medical students….
Testing is free, drugs are free, go for voluntary counselling and testing!
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Flipping through the dailies in Nigeria, it is good to note how HIV/AIDS prevention messages have evolved and developed ….from the days…
Still on Covenant Univerity's compulsory HIV testing
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The insistence of Covenant University, believed to be Nigeria’s best private University to justify their policy of pre-graduation compulsory HIV and pregnancy…
Challenges for the new team, radiation in Niger Delta & Covenant University
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The appointment of Professor Grange as Minister of Health continues to draw plaudits as many commentators compare her appointment to that of…
Welcoming Adenike Grange and Gabriel Aduku
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Finally after nearly two months of waiting, Nigeria has a new Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange. Dr. Grange has served as…
Notes from Nigeria: Akunyili @ 53, Luxury suites subsidising care for the poor in Garki Hospital and BUPA partners with Nigerian Hospital
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From Chikwe in Nigeria: Being in Nigeria at the moment, I picked up the papers to catch up on what is going…
Good news...Birth Registration Strategy! Health Minister - Not yet!
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Good news for public health planning, evaluation and research. The Federal Government has said it would on July 24, formally launch a…
Feedback on Restoring Health
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The Nigerian Public Health Network published this just before the new Nigerian government came into power as a discussion document. As we…
Big Tobacco on trial , updates on Pfizer and Friends Africa
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It’s good to see that Nigeria is finally moving against British American Tobacco. A report in The Independent states that the Kano…
HIV/AIDS stigma and other issues
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Nigeria is estimated to have the 3rd largest number of people living with HIV in the world after India and South Africa…
TED Global Photos
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Photos from TED Global 2007 http://www.nigeriahealthwatch.com/ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world; indeed it…
Proudly Nigerian at TEDGlobal
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Having been recommended by a friend, I ended up with 99 other young Africans that received a fellowship to attend a conference…
Pfizer and the 1996 meningitis outbreak in Nigeria: Who is lying?, and 9 other questions
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It is now common knowledge that Pfizer used a drug trovafloxacin (commonly called Trovan) to treat Nigerians in a 1996 cerebrospinal meningitis…