Freeplay Fetal Heart Monitor, a device can be powered by winding the handle. Each minute of winding the device results in 10 minutes of monitoring...

Until recently, like 90% of Nigerian Doctors living in the UK, I chose not to engage with the Medical Association of Nigerian Specialists and GPs (MANSAG)....

There is a sense of quiet optimism around those working on the Polio Elimination in Nigeria. By the end of the year the number of...

A few days ago we posted an interesting article by Chukwuma Muanya describing the evolution of the NHIS in Nigeria. This is a rejoinder sent...

Many have described the National Health Insurance Scheme (http://www.nhis.gov.ng/ … website is “down”) as the longest it has taken any project to reach matuaration…even in...

    BMJ WEST AFRICA invites you to BMJWA 10TH WRITING SKILLS WORKSHOP JANUARY 26 and 27, 2010. ABUJA, NIGERIA. THEMEPROMOTING QUALITY AND SAFETY IN...

by ndubuisi edeoga ‘Tis the season of new year resolutions, when we make and un-make even more promises to ourselves and to our friends. We...

At the end of 2009, one of our good friends intrigued by a blog we wrote, called to ask a simple question – why do you...

It was interesting listening to Dele Olojede – Founder of 234Next speak on Inside Africa on CNN. He spoke about the apathy in our society about the...

It was great to see the announcement of the 5th National Conference on HIV/AIDS by the Conference Chair, Dr Oni Idigbe, President, Network For HIV/AIDS...

by ndubuisi edoga We know Nigeria and many other African nations cannot achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hungerGoal...

Sometimes it is difficult to decide on whether to get angry at the impunity of our so called leaders or sad at their ignorance. It...