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Doping, MRI and our sports
07 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Doping, MRI and our sports

(apologies for typos in previous post…pressed send too early!) I love sports…even if I am not great at any myself. I love sports in the...

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Contradictions of Abuja III
04 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Contradictions of Abuja III

In 2008 …the erstwhile Minister of our Federal Capital announced with great fanfare that smoking was banned in Abuja! Thisday declared that the is a...

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The contradictions of Abuja II
02 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
The contradictions of Abuja II

Its interesting driving around Abuja….our beloved capital city. You see refuse disposal trucks with smartly dressed young men emptying the bins….impressive. Then you drive around...

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CORRECTION!: The contradictions of Abuja
30 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
CORRECTION!: The contradictions of Abuja

In our last post “The contradictions of Abuja” there were three important points. 1. That our government that has shown that building a ten lane...

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The contradictions of Abuja
27 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
The contradictions of Abuja

There is a huge project going on in Abuja at the moment. The beatiful trees that lined both sides of the motorway from the airport...

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Pfizer and Kano – Heads or Tail…the people loose
21 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Pfizer and Kano – Heads or Tail…the people loose

Reuters – KANO, Nigeria, July 27 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Kano state and drugmaker Pfizer Inc have reached a final court settlement in a multi-billion dollar...

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The new "Mega hospitals" and how they are going to save your life…maybe
19 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
The new "Mega hospitals" and how they are going to save your life…maybe

Health in the Nigerian polity is often discussed in terms of “hospitals built“…. While all these are important to some extent…no building has ever saved...

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A sign of things to come?
17 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
A sign of things to come?

You will might have read from the new and rich newspaper in Nigeria 123Next of the first coronary angioplasty and stenting procedure performed in Nigeria....

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Hajia Turai's £40M Cancer Centre in Abuja
14 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Hajia Turai's £40M Cancer Centre in Abuja

Our country is an interesting place. In a single afternoon in Abuja N7 Billion (£28 million) was raised in a single day to finance HajiaTurai...

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Finally  the Ministy of Health's website goes live….
12 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Finally the Ministy of Health's website goes live….

We have blogged several times about the lack of credible information collected on the website for the Nigerian Ministry of Health. We have argued that...

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"Born Again" – reviving childhood immunisation in Nigeria
10 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
"Born Again" – reviving childhood immunisation in Nigeria

Immunisation has been one of the primary drivers of this blog. The reason is simple. Childhood immunisation is widely recognized as the most effective public...

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Kidnapped – after spending his whole professional life serving Nigerians in rural areas.
06 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Kidnapped – after spending his whole professional life serving Nigerians in rural areas.

If we blogged about security issues in Nigeria – we would write at least one story on people we know personally that are kidnapped in...

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