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...

The “new” National Health Bill is stuck in the presidency where it has been sent to be signed, as health sector professionals quarrel over a significantly flawed...

In 1996, I started my one year housemanship programme in an unlikely location;  Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba. While not necessarily renowned for...

Today is a special day – so we will make an exemption from our focus on health in Nigeria. Today, Africa adds a new independent...

Those that read our blog regularly will remember the early days when we called for a Field Epidemiology Training Programme in Nigeria to train health professionals in...

Until recently in Nigeria, on completion of your 6 years of medical training, one year housemanship and one year youth service, you could begin to...

You would have all heard about our President’s recent  trip to New York for the UN high level meeting on HIV/AIDS. Apart from a few...

We are not quite sure whether we should be celebrating a new trend we have noticed emerging in Nigeria or not. In many Nigerian newspapers there are...

Between the 14th and 16th of May, we attended the first Africa Health exhibition that took place in Johannesburg. It attracted over 290 international exhibitors from...