We have been quiet on this blog for some time. We write about the health sector in Nigeria.  It is tough because there is rarely...

Until recently the Nigerian Medical Association (needs a better website!) has been little more than a labour union, protecting the narrow interests of its members. It’s voice...

Those that follow Nigerian politics may be astounded at the speed with which the SAME SEX MARRIAGE PROHIBITION BILL is passing through our houses of...

Dear Friends,  Christmas two years ago, I asked my friend; Patrick Anigbo to reflect on a very personal story. This Christmas, I was reminded of the...

We could not attend an important conference on Laboratory Medicine in Africa this month because we were involved in another important event in London at...

Each year, the umbrella group for Nigerian Doctors in the UK, MANSAG, holds an annual conference. The 2012 conference held recently in Leeds and there...

On the 16th October 2012, most people involved in maternal and child health in Nigeria gathered at the Banquet Hall of the presidential villa in...

Something interesting is happening to the public hospitals in Imo;  the State Government appears to have concessioned  them out to a private firm. While one newspaper...

We could not attend the International Conference on AIDS in Washington DC this year, so we asked Fiona Makia to share her experience at the...

Our Senator President, David Mark, the Nigerian Senate President recently called for a check on the use of the social media in the Nigeria, saying...

Today – July 22 the 19th International Conference on AIDS opens in Washington DC.  NHW will miss this year’s conference, BUT we thought that a good...

Every time news comes of another tragic incident in our country Nigeria, we cry, shrug our shoulders and move on. The routine condolence messages are sent, a firm...