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18 Months…
05 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
18 Months…

by ndubuisi edeogaEighteen months. That is the average duration of Health ministers tenures in Africa. This is according to Dr Nigel Crisp in his book...

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Business, just not as usual in Cross River State
03 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Business, just not as usual in Cross River State

What a difference it would make if all the large companies that do business in Nigeria begin to invest in the country’s growth….and not just...

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MANSAG mentoring Nigerian Doctors
29 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
MANSAG mentoring Nigerian Doctors

MANSAG is the Medical Association of Nigerians across Great Britain. Despite the odds, this association has been growing from strength to strength in supporting Nigerian doctors in the UK. Recently their...

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Why is the “giant of Africa” not Nigeria?
27 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Why is the “giant of Africa” not Nigeria?

March 21 is the day South Africans and the rest of the world  marked the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, a turning point in...

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Are Egyptian doctors the saviours our health sector ?
25 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Are Egyptian doctors the saviours our health sector ?

We import almost everything in Nigeria. We import our consumables from China and Thailand, we ask Julius Berger to import our infrastructure, we ask Siemens to build...

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Professor Grange, History and the Federal Ministry of Health
22 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Professor Grange, History and the Federal Ministry of Health

We forget easily as people. These days, reflecting on the most recent change of guard at the Federal Ministry of Health, it is an opportune...

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Final activities of our Minister of Health
19 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Final activities of our Minister of Health

Our Acting president has dissolved the Federal Executive Council. Conventional wisdom suggests that some of the ministers will be re-appointed while others will loose their...

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UNDP report on Nigeria – startling findings
10 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
UNDP report on Nigeria – startling findings

Despite the rhetoric about apparent growth in some sectors of the Nigerian economy ours remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. But...

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OUR children
09 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
OUR children

Do not look away – these are OUR children – children as old as mine, killed in Jos, in OUR Nigeria, in 2010. All Children…how...

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1948 – A Doctor in Nigeria
07 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
1948 – A Doctor in Nigeria

Find this video from 1948 Nigeria received via Naijablog. Notice the tight interface between clinical medicne and public health…even in 1948! http://www.nigeriahealthwatch.com/ Never doubt that a small group...

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STATE GOVERNMENTS AND THE PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN NIGERIA
03 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
STATE GOVERNMENTS AND THE PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN NIGERIA

This is a guest post by Tarry Asoka First published on the Carenet Website. Here Nigeria is a federal country of 36 States – federating...

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Thoughts on the JOB – CMD of our National Hospital
01 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Thoughts on the JOB – CMD of our National Hospital

A few days ago we posted a blog on the job for the CEO/CMD for Nigeria’s premier public hospital – The National Hospital, Abuja. This hospital is...

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