MTN - leading the coorporate sector in engaging our health sector
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When I read that MTN was donating heamodialysis equipment to a series of tertiary healthcare centres across the country – initially I…
2009/9 National Human Development Report for Nigeria by UNDP launched
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Lots of highly skilled people are payed lots of money to produce lots of important information in reports, presentations etc that should…
Problems medicine cannot solve
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This evening I attended UCL’s Annual Lancet Lecture. This year’s theme was; Climate Change – The biggest global health threat of the 21st…
What do we have in common with Zimbabwe?
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In common with Zimbabwe, Nigeria has the ability to generate outbreaks of poverty related disease like cholera. The difference with Zimbabwe however…
League Table for Health Outcomes - waking up our governors
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In case you missed it an important event took place in Abuja early this month. The Minister of Health, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin,…
Bring Back the Dispensaries !!
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by ndubuisis edeoga Growing up in rural Nigeria, I remember one incident vividly, because I still have the scars. My parents were…
The Ibadan Medical Specialists Group
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A few weekends ago…we attended the biannual Fund Raising dinner of the Ibadan Medical Specialists Group in London. I must admit –…
Nigerians - walking the walk
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Its the beginning of a weekend so lets clebrate some of our own… Chima Onoka has recently been appointed as the Country…
Are waiting times over at our public hospitals?
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There are many problems that one can solve with money. There are many that money cannot solve. One example is the time…
The race to build our to good health continues...
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Thisday reports that …The Adamawa State Government, at the weekend signed an agreement with a German medical consortium for the construction of…