Was 2013 the year of the ‘Almost Eradicated’?
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Recently the Minister of Health called the press together and presented the WHO certificate of elimination to the President. He is reported to have said…
Good news to start 2014: Prof Chukwu says he will accept a call to serve!
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It has been circulating through the rumour mill for quite some time, but now it is confirmed. The Minister of Health has…
Analysis of Nigeria's budget for health in 2014
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N262B (1.7Billion USD) has been allocated to #health in Nigeria’s 2014 budget; of which 82% is going to recurrent expenditure. All the detailed allocations…
An epidemic of accidents in Nigeria
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Sadly, we are faced with another tragedy. Award-winning novelist and popular academic unionist, Festus Iyayi, was killed in Lokoja when a vehicle…
An evening with Agnes Binagwaho - Minister of Health of Rwanda
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A few days ago, we attended the Annual Lecture organised by THE LANCET. The Editor is still the ever pleasant Richard Horton,…
Nigeria: A hub for substandard publishing in biomedical science?
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By Iruka Okeke Academic publishing is the major mode of communication within specialist fields. New biomedical findings almost always debut in the…
When a system fails, our children die...
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A lot has been said and written about the HIV/AIDS epidemic since its emergence. No doubt, it is one of the most…
Advanced heart procedures come to Ibadan
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We always have a quote by Margaret Mead at the bottom of each blog that says “Never doubt that a small group…
Muhammad Pate’s resignation, a profound loss for Nigeria
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On Tuesday 23rd July, the health sector in Nigeria was rocked by the resignation of the Minister of State for Health, Dr…
Meeting Nigerians working on TB from all over the continent meet in Ghana
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Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases known, yet one of the most difficult to control. Nigeria has the second highest burden…
Nigerian Minister of Health delivers his midterm report - judge for yourself
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In his recent widely publicized “midterm report“, our President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON barely mentioned the health sector,…
A medical Exhibition in Africa with very few African Exhibitors
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There is a lot of talk everywhere about Africa “rising“. This is definitely the case in many sectors of the economy in…
Millions of girls in developing countries to be protected against cervical cancer, but ...
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…countries will need to develop the infrastructure to deliver the HPV vaccine to those that need it! This is precisely where we…
Nigeria - well represented at the 66th World Health Assembly
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This year, as in most years, we are well represented at the 66th World Health Assembly currently going on in Geneva, with…