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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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Medical Accidents: Are doctors still burying their mistakes?
18 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Medical Accidents: Are doctors still burying their mistakes?

Our recent blog on the words of the Minister of Health regarding the attitudes of doctors and nurses to work in public hospitals has inspired...

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HIV access to treatment and prayer houses
15 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
HIV access to treatment and prayer houses

It was a busy afternoon when the text arrived from my colleague whom I had met working on HIV in the UK ” Can you...

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Strong words by the Minister…
13 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Strong words by the Minister…

“You are killing the patients and it is our duty to entrench discipline if our health system must go back to what it used to...

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Professor Akunyili, Mrs Yar Adua and maternal mortality
11 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Professor Akunyili, Mrs Yar Adua and maternal mortality

….you might wonder what our Minister of Information and our First Lady; Hajiya Turai Umaru have to do with women dying around childbirth (maternal mortality)....

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Diagnosis: Meningococcal Meningitis
06 Mar
By Nigeria Health Watch
Diagnosis: Meningococcal Meningitis

I cannot forget one of ‘my’ patients during the first medical clinical rotation under Professor Nwabueze at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. You could...

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Sextuplets delivered in Nigeria
23 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Sextuplets delivered in Nigeria

On Monday, the 23rd of February 2009 the news wires picked up a storyFeb. 22 Chairman of Board of Directors of the Teaching Hospital, Professor...

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Lassa….the question no one was asking
23 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Lassa….the question no one was asking

When the UK media was the alight on the 23rd of January on the case of Lassa Fever in a patient who had returned from...

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The Minister's Agenda
19 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
The Minister's Agenda

Below is the text of the speech made by the Minister of Health, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin at his 1st meeting with donor/partners working in the...

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Letter to Thisday…
09 Feb
By Nigeria Health Watch
Letter to Thisday…

Since we published the story about the Nigerian that allegedly found a cure for diabetes, we have been inaudated by emails, comments and our blog...

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