Nigeria Health Watch on Twitter
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There are many reasons why you should be on Twitter. Information on the things that matter most can be found more quickly…
The Health Sector in Imo State under Ohakim
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This blog will remain apolitical…even in a climate of intense politics in Nigeria. We will not suggest how people should vote, but…
How did it get to this full blown crisis in our health sector?
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The simmering crisis in our public health care sector has now become a disaster as staff working in hospitals managed directly by the Federal…
Nigerians on the average die 13 years sooner than Ghanaians
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So very often in discussing the state of affairs in our country, we tend to compare ourselves to countries in the West, to the…
Resign, Minister Resign!
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While we stay glued to our television sets watching events unfold in Tunisia and Egypt, we ignore atrocities in our own governance. The image below…
Crisis in the health sector - but who cares?
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We have spent the last few months in the Nigerian press quarrelling about “zoning”. Almost no airtime is given to the issues…
Good report - BUT how do we move from reports to impact
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Every year our Federal Ministry of Health, and the multitude of development partners at its service produce hundreds of reports about their plans and…
A short letter to our presidential candidates
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Dear Presidential Candidates, While you argue about the most banal issues such as zoning arrangements, single or double terms, north and south etc and all…
Will 2011 see an awakening in our Ministry of Health
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2010 has been a difficult year for keeping tabs on our Federal Ministry of Health. We have our 3rd Minister of Health…
Bringing our health data to life!
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For a long time, our leaders have taken Nigerians for a ride, quoting astronomical amounts of money for delivering nothing. One major…
Thank you to three extraordinary senior colleagues
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As part of the Second Nigeria: Partnership for Health Conference that held in London on the 6th of November, the Public Health…
They don't get it - our Senators and our health
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Anyone following Nigerian politics will have seen the uproar in the press when the the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Lamido…
24 Hours to Nigeria: Partnership for Health II
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Dear Friends, You will have noticed that things have been a bit slow on the blog lately. We have been busy putting…
Nigeria: Partnership for Health - a conference on health in Nigeria.
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by Ike Anya (This post was first published on BMJ blogs) A major milestone passed in October this year, when Nigerians marked 50…