Long before we started blogging, we would copy and paste the few stories on health from the Nigerian press on emails, and send these round....

I cannot forget reading the epic “Cry the beloved country” in my early teens, and the impact it had on my life. This novel by...

Picture courtesy of 234Next On Saturday, 11 September,  Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ), who came into the office of the presidency accidentally declared his...

That kidnapping is said to have become one of the biggest industries in Imo and Abia States is no longer news. An analysis of the tragedy...

While in medical school in Nigeria, I learnt a bit about cholera …that it is an infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, and that...

Those of you that read Nigeria Health Watch regularly, will know that we routinely collect interesting health news stories in the Nigerian press, and then blog about...

Since the very successful first Nigeria: Partnership for Health Conference in 2008, we have received several enquiries about when the next conference will take place....

One great thing about going for conferences is the fascinating people you meet. One such person I met at the last International Conference on AIDS...

This piece is contributed by Chima Onoka. Chima is a friend and colleague. In this honest piece he contributes his thoughts about the ongoing strike...

by ndubuisi edeogaWe are all still lamenting the use of our money for frivolous independence celebrations. Now we are stuck with the bill for the...

Minister and Perm Sec of FMOH Since resumption of office, the Minister of Health has faced challenges of industrial disharmony in the health sector, largely inherited,...

by ndubuisi edeogaI have been reading through Sonia Shah’s book “The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years”. She discussed a survey that...