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Nigeria Health Watch on Twitter: aggregating health stories out of Nigeria
02 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch on Twitter: aggregating health stories out of Nigeria

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...

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Conference announcement – Nigeria: Partnership for Health II
30 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Conference announcement – Nigeria: Partnership for Health II

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....

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Shell, FHI and NACA collaborate on HIV/AIDS in the Niger Delta
27 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Shell, FHI and NACA collaborate on HIV/AIDS in the Niger Delta

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...

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Patients suffer as Nigerian healthcare workers continue strikes; who cares?
25 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Patients suffer as Nigerian healthcare workers continue strikes; who cares?

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...

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Voter Registration vs Immunization cards: Missed opportunities in Nigeria
22 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Voter Registration vs Immunization cards: Missed opportunities in Nigeria

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...

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The Minister of Health, Resident doctors and strikes
18 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Minister of Health, Resident doctors and strikes

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,...

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Radio, bucket, and a bicycle – improving healthcare provision in Nigeria
12 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Radio, bucket, and a bicycle – improving healthcare provision in Nigeria

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...

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A new book by Professor Adetokunbo Lucas
10 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
A new book by Professor Adetokunbo Lucas

If you read this blog, you have no excuse not to knowing Professor Adetokunbo Lucas. Professor Lucas needs no introduction, the picture on the right,...

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Falana sues FG over state of public hospitals
07 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Falana sues FG over state of public hospitals

We are highlighting this article about Femi Falana’s prosecution of our Federal Government, as it is of critical importance in our journey as a nation....

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Bill Gates in Nigeria –  lessons for us?
05 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Bill Gates in Nigeria – lessons for us?

I have been following Bill Gates on Twitter for some time, and one recent “tweet” caught my eye. “Incredible trip to Nigeria – determined and...

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NHW asks you for 2 favours!
02 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
NHW asks you for 2 favours!

Dear Friends of Nigeria Health Watch! Recently we reflected on the blog, why we started it, and why we have continued. Like some of you...

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Final reflections on AIDS2010
28 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Final reflections on AIDS2010

It has been my pleasure to share with you some of my reflections from AIDS2010, from a Nigerian perspective. I have not covered in detail...

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