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Kidnapped!
04 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Kidnapped!

On this blog….we made a decision at the beginning that no matter how strongly we feel about other social and political issues in Nigeria, we...

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Swine Flu – Before we embarrass ourselves
01 May
By Nigeria Health Watch
Swine Flu – Before we embarrass ourselves

Before we embarrass ourselves like the Egyptian Government that exposed the depth of their ignorance, and Africa to ridicule yet again by ordering the slaughtering...

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Prof Grange's new job
28 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Prof Grange's new job

….we are quick to forget. Professor Adenike Grange Former Minister of Health, who lost her job from the Umaru Yar’Adua administration over the controversial unspent...

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Malaria…too common?
25 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Malaria…too common?

I remember growing up in Nigeria, through primary and secondary school…the several bouts of malaria, the painful chloroquine shots and a few days on incapacity....

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2 Health Meetings in Nigeria
24 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
2 Health Meetings in Nigeria

The second Nigeria National Health Conference (NHC2009), will hold on 8-10 June 2009, at the Le Meridien Ibom Hotel and Resort, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State,...

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Some Lives are more valuable than others…
22 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Some Lives are more valuable than others…

by ndubuisi edeoga Eric Arthur Blair, some of you would know him as “George Orwell” said it years ago in his famous book Animal Farm,...

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Pfizer settles…but what of their collaborators at home?
14 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Pfizer settles…but what of their collaborators at home?

While we celebrate “justice” for Pfizer, as we did for Siemens and Halliburton…in their dealings with Nigeria…the real devil is among us, in the Nigerians...

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Pfizer settles Nigeria Trovan law suit
08 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Pfizer settles Nigeria Trovan law suit

The pharmaceutical company, Pfizer has reached an out of court settlement in the suit over the use of Trovan in a meningitis outbreak in Kano...

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What is the "cost" of a life in Nigeria
07 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
What is the "cost" of a life in Nigeria

by ndubisi edeoga There they go again. I read in the papers that 4 teaching hospitals were slated for renovation….again. The last renovation was done...

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Mental Health Care in Nigeria; the forgotten issue
05 Apr
By Nigeria Health Watch
Mental Health Care in Nigeria; the forgotten issue

A few good things are happening in Nigeria. One of this is the emergence of a news medium called 234NEXT….which led this weekend (04/04/09) with...

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The case of the missing bride
30 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
The case of the missing bride

Missing bride? Yes…the bride in the health sector has to be the patient. The person who it is all about, the centre of attraction. The...

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Onchocerciaisis on the verge…
23 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Onchocerciaisis on the verge…

If you have been to the headquarters of the World Health Organisation, you will notice this stature right in front of the main building. It...

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