DiasporaHealthThought LeadershipRise Up and Walk: How one charity is bringing orthopaedic care to Nigerians By f5shc February 1, 2018 7 Mins read Editor’s Note: Nigeria Health Watch team member Ada Ezeokoli took a trip to South-East Nigeria to learn about the Foundation behind a… Read more
DiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipFrom health advocacy to health activism - The Business of Health Conference 2017 By f5shc November 9, 2017 8 Mins read If you came to last Friday’s Future of Health Conference wondering what “business” and “healthcare” have in common, you are certainly in… Read more
DiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaThought Leadership“I was increasingly disillusioned” - One Nigerian doctor’s reflections on emigration. By f5shc August 9, 2017 5 Mins read Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership on Health Piece comes from Nigeria Health Watch Curator, Dr. Ike Anya. Last week’s article about the… Read more
DiasporaHealthNigeriaThought LeadershipGreener Pastures: Why Nigerian doctors are taking their expertise out of the Nigerian health sector By f5shc August 3, 2017 8 Mins read Dr. Rukayat Salami left Nigeria after her housemanship at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to pursue a Masters in Public Health (MPH)… Read more
AfricaDiasporaNigeriaThought LeadershipA mighty Iroko in the Nigerian health sector has fallen: A tribute to the late Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin By f5shc June 7, 2017 3 Mins read “I shall not mourn you! Not at all. You were a blessing. Your footprints are large but your humanity much larger. First,… Read more
DiasporaThought LeadershipNew WHO DG: An African success story in leadership and accountability By f5shc May 24, 2017 6 Mins read If we learnt anything from the recently concluded Health Watch Forum 2017, it is that the leadership of an organization matters as… Read more
DiasporaHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipEvaluating the impact of health programmes in Nigeria to build evidence for policy By f5shc March 1, 2017 4 Mins read Health policy is almost always driven by conventional wisdom. This week’s Thought Leadership piece comes from Emily Elizabeth Crawford, the World Bank’s… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthThought LeadershipA tribute to a great Epidemiologist and a great friend of Africa By f5shc February 21, 2017 4 Mins read Editor’s note: Chikwe Ihekweazu was Curator of Nigeria Health Watch until he was appointed as Chief Executive of the Nigeria Centre for… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthThought LeadershipCan the ASLM Conference reinvigorate Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria? By f5shc December 14, 2016 5 Mins read Iruka Okeke is at the University of Ibadan. She writes this week about the progress made in the world of laboratory medicine… Read more
AfricaDiasporaHealthHealth PolicyNigeriaHow many Nigerians are living with HIV? By f5shc June 14, 2016 4 Mins read This has been an increasingly controversial question recently. Understanding the burden of HIV in Nigeria is more important now than ever before,… Read more