My Chief - The Honourable Minister of Health
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In 1996, I started my one year housemanship programme in an unlikely location; Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba. While not…
Memories and Hopes of South Sudan
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Today is a special day – so we will make an exemption from our focus on health in Nigeria. Today, Africa adds…
The Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program
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Those that read our blog regularly will remember the early days when we called for a Field Epidemiology Training Programme in Nigeria to train…
A revival of Continuous Professional Development for Nigerian Doctors and Dentists
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Until recently in Nigeria, on completion of your 6 years of medical training, one year housemanship and one year youth service, you…
Goodluck Jonathan's 105 commitments on HIV/AIDS
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You would have all heard about our President’s recent trip to New York for the UN high level meeting on HIV/AIDS. Apart…
Nigerian banks throwing money at medical practices
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We are not quite sure whether we should be celebrating a new trend we have noticed emerging in Nigeria or not. In many Nigerian…
Thoughts of Nigeria at the Africa Health exhibition in Johannesburg
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Between the 14th and 16th of May, we attended the first Africa Health exhibition that took place in Johannesburg. It attracted over 290…
The outbreaks continue...
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We have blogged a lot about outbreaks in Nigeria, and the apathy of our government in responding to them. We have stated…
Four Ministers in four years: can our Ministry of Health find the leadership it so desperately needs?
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This article first appeared in the new country edition of AFRICA HEALTHIn the last four years of the Yar’Adua/Jonathan presidency, Nigeria had…
"Being the change" – Nigerian specialists providing world class endoscopy in Nigeria
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We will be bringing you a series of articles intermittently over the next few months on Nigerians who have decided to challenge…
The Midwives Service Scheme - an emerging success story
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Yesterday was Mothering Sunday (8th May) in some countries among Christian communities (would it not be great if a common date was…
Reaction to "The Edge of Joy" - MUST READ!
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The night we posted the last blog I got an email from a good friend in Lagos. I have not been able…
The Edge of Joy
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In 2010, The Lancet published a new worldwide study on maternal mortality showing that for the first time in decades, we are…
Death by Service
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The past week has been a difficult on to endure for many Nigerians. From the optimism of elections to the depression of post-election…