This guest post by Chima Onoka….brings the year to an end for NHW What a year it was…..2011 seemed to be one of those years when...

The General Medical Council in the United Kingdom recently posted on its website a list of medical schools whose primary medical qualifications were no longer...

Dear Friends, Today is World AIDS Day. HIV continues to be one of the most important communicable diseases in Nigeria. It is an infection associated...

Rarely in this blog do we celebrate individuals, as there are sadly not many people to celebrate in our health arena. We share a collective...

A few weeks ago, the worlds’ population was said to have crossed the 7 million mark. Apart from the normal ritual of sound bites in...

There are many reasons we should be paying a lot of attention to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It is funded and led by an African...

In most advanced countries, among medical professionals, the fear of the self-regulatory body is the beginning of wisdom. Getting into trouble with the Registration Body has...

On the 7th of September 2011, there was an extraordinary meeting with the Minister of State for Health in Nigeria; Dr Ali-Pate and his team, were seated in...

Communication is critical to leadership, critical to management, and extremely critical to health care; from the nurse to the Minister. Communication lies at the heart...

Once again, as Nigerians, we bow our heads in shame. On the 1st of October 2010,  there was a bomb blast right next to Eagle...

A friend of mine travelled from Lagos to New Delhi for a business meeting, and called me shortly after his return. “Chikwe, you will not...

One often needs to look beyond the circumstances at home in Nigeria to understand the scale of our challenge. We have 17 Teaching hospitals, and...