by chikwe ihekweazu I recently attended the Scientific Day of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without boarders) in London where they presented some of the good...

by ndubuisi edeoga While we all wait patiently for the new Nigerian Health minister, and we form our opinions about his/her job requirements, lets take...

An anonymous commentator on the last post mentioned that the next Minister must put in place a regulatory body to which health professionals are accountable,...

….if I was looking…this is what I would be looking for: With the Ministry of Finance and the Attorney Generals Office, the Ministry of Health...

We have previously written a blog titled: National Hospital Abuja: Unrealised Expectations. Pls read it to put the rest of the blog in perspective. Our...

The UK Department for International Development has just launched the second phase of the Partnerships for Transforming Health Systems in Nigeria. The project has been...

by ndubuisi edeogaIt seems everywhere I look its always bad news coming from Nigeria, bad news about Nigeria and an even worse future for Nigeria....

I hear you asking “Iceland?…Yes! The same thought crossed my mind when I saw that this year’s International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococccal Diseases was...

by chikwe ihekweazu Have you noticed how many Nigerians are doing MPHs these days? I teach a specific module at a few MPH classes in...

Quoting Prof Grange, our last Minsiter of Health: “….the absence of a National Health Act to back up the National Health Policy has been a...

by chikwe ihekweazuToday is the 29th of May. In Nigeria it is called “Democracy Day” and celebrated by 140 million Nigerians staying at home. While...

by ndubuisi edeoga The National Health Bill finally came to life after a very long gestation…good…APGAR (used to assess children’s health imediately after birth) score...