Growing up with a physician for a father in 70s Nigeria, had a few of advantages and challenges. In the small university town of Nsukka, there...

Following health news out of Nigeria is always interesting as one finds the good, bad and the simply absurd. Find here a cross section of recent stories....

When we recently called on you, our readers to send us your accounts of encounters with the health sector in our country, we were not quite...

All over the USA and UK, the annual mobilisation of Nigerians to donate towards “Medical Missions”is in full swing.  The fund raising of the Anambra...

As described in a previous post – the 63rd World Health Assembly has just concluded in Geneva. Despite the 7 journalists that were part of...

Death is always a difficult topic. Yet, it is the inevitable end of all of us. Death is part of life’s journey built together in...

We have on several occasions blogged about repeated episodes of Lassa fever in Nigeria, and the lack of progress on a coherent national approach in response...

When we read the below quote in our Honourable Minister of Health’s speech to the recent World Health Assembly, we were worried, uncertain whether this was naivety...

I do not know how many ex-commissioners of health have turned out to be governors of their states in our contemporary democratic history in Nigeria,...

If we can assume that the number of Nigerians that attended the recent Sixty-third World Health Assembly (WHA) that took place between the 17 – 21 of...

We are always seeking innovative approaches to the myriad of challenges in the Nigerian health sector. If you follow this blog, you will also be interested in this...

There are extremely few books on aspects of the health sector in Nigeria. Why is this important? The critical thinking that needs to happen to...