Health PolicyThought LeadershipCancer: Time to wake up to the challenge in Nigeria! By f5shc February 2, 2017 3 Mins read As the world marks World Cancer Day, it forces us to focus again on the challenge of prevention, detection and treatment of… Read more
HealthHealth PolicyThought LeadershipShould the health sector be tasked with road safety? By f5shc January 24, 2017 4 Mins read There is hardly anyone in Nigeria who does not have a personal tale of road crashes to tell. In 2007, my mother… Read more
HealthHealth PolicyNigeriaThought LeadershipThe Elephant in the Room: Nigeria’s population growth crisis By f5shc December 21, 2016 5 Mins read There have been many salient issues that we at Nigeria Health Watch have drawn to our audience’s attention in the span of… Read more
HealthHealth PolicyThought LeadershipHas the Nigerian patient been “Failed by Angels?” By f5shc December 8, 2016 4 Mins read This week in Abuja the Centre for the Right to Health (CRH) will hold the premiere of an advocacy documentary, “Failed by… Read more
HealthHealth PolicyThought LeadershipRe-Positioning the NHIS for Success: A To-Do List for the Executive Secretary By f5shc November 30, 2016 7 Mins read Editor’s Note: Dr. Cheluchi Onyemelukwe is Lead Consultant at Health Ethics and Law Consulting, a health law and policy firm, which provides… Read more
Health PolicyThought LeadershipA Call to Action on Prevention as NACA hosts HIV Conference in Abuja By f5shc November 24, 2016 4 Mins read Nigeria has the second largest burden of HIV on the African continent, with an estimated 3.5 million Nigerians infected and 60,000 new… Read more
HealthHealth PolicyTechnologyGenetically Modified Foods and Health; One Doctor's Perspective By f5shc November 1, 2016 4 Mins read Editor’s Note: Prof. Shima Gyoh is a renowned surgeon, Professor of Surgery at Benue State University, and Former Permanent Secretary of the… Read more
Health PolicyCan this National Council on Health be the beginning of real change for the Nigerian Health Sector? By f5shc September 14, 2016 6 Mins read Editor’s Note: In this week’s Thought Leadership Piece, Felix Abrahams Obi, a health system research and policy analysis expert with the Health… Read more
Health PolicyPerspectives on medical law in Nigeria, an account from the World Congress on Medical Law By f5shc September 6, 2016 4 Mins read Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership Series on Health piece comes from Barrister ‘La-Olu Osanyin, who highlights Nigeria’s recent showing at the… 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