The rising storm: Polio in Nigeria
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When will we take ownership of this problem? When will our Ministry of Health, our State Governors, our Religious Leaders, our Commmunity…
Nigeria and the Global Fund
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We have previously blogged on the The Global Fund; one of Kofi Annan biggest legacies as Secretary General of the UN. It…
Putting Health on the Agenda in Nigeria
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Despite its importance, health is not highly invisible on the political agenda in Nigeria.Politicians hardly mention it, people rarely make a fuss…
Rising voices for health in the Nigerian press
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We have often wondered why the Nigerian press has kept relatively quiet on the state of the health sector in Nigeria. Why…
Lost and found planes, DNA testing and the intrigues of our beloved country...
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After “disappearing” from the skies for 6 MONTHS, the remains of the Beechcraft 1900D aircraft belonging to Wings Airline aircraft was found…
WHO - New meningitis vaccine to prevent epidemics in Africa
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Why does it matter to us in Nigeria? Well…click on the links below…and there are a lot more! BBC 1998 – Meningitis…
The Bare foot doctors
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by ndubuisi edeoga A physician in Nigeria gets about twenty years of education and training , in the United States it’s about…
"Good" health news out of Nigeria
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When we started this blog we regularly posted news stories on health out of Nigeria. It was and is a difficult experience…
My school, my heritage, my shame...
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When we started this blog…we promised ourselves that we would stick to health issues. Irrespective of our several hopes, dreams and frustrations…
Are you sick?
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chikwe ihekweazuI would not want to join the debate on the validity of alternative forms of medical practice. Anyways I have always…