Remembering Mr President's words
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Its been a difficult 3 years for the health sector in Nigeria – but I guess its been a difficult 3 years…
The "power" of doctors and what we do with it...
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We as doctors, have power, enormous power in the Nigerian context. The power is bestowed on us by difficult entry qualifications into medical schools…
Minister of Health - the flawed debate
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My professional association the Nigerian Medical Association has recently found its voice – it wants a Minister of Health that fits the…
18 Months...
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by ndubuisi edeogaEighteen months. That is the average duration of Health ministers tenures in Africa. This is according to Dr Nigel Crisp…
Business, just not as usual in Cross River State
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What a difference it would make if all the large companies that do business in Nigeria begin to invest in the country’s…
MANSAG mentoring Nigerian Doctors
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MANSAG is the Medical Association of Nigerians across Great Britain. Despite the odds, this association has been growing from strength to strength in supporting Nigerian doctors…
Why is the “giant of Africa” not Nigeria?
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March 21 is the day South Africans and the rest of the world marked the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, a…
Are Egyptian doctors the saviours our health sector ?
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We import almost everything in Nigeria. We import our consumables from China and Thailand, we ask Julius Berger to import our infrastructure, we…
Professor Grange, History and the Federal Ministry of Health
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We forget easily as people. These days, reflecting on the most recent change of guard at the Federal Ministry of Health, it…
Final activities of our Minister of Health
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Our Acting president has dissolved the Federal Executive Council. Conventional wisdom suggests that some of the ministers will be re-appointed while others…