Over the years, I have become sceptical about the roles of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOS) in assisting the delivery of health care in Nigeria. Very often...

Dear Mr President, Its been a week now since you had to leave suddenly for Wiesbaden, Germany for what your able Special Adviser Olusegun Adeniyi...

Ike and I had the idea to start a blog on matters we felt both passionate about and competent to speak on after attending a...

by Chikwe Ihekweazu and Ike Anya. Watching both AIT and the NTA’s national network news (beamed around the world) on Friday the 11th of April...

We have previously blogged on the absence of any publicly available depository of reports relating to health and health care in Nigeria. We know of...

…in addition to the on-going saga at the Ministry of Health, which we will write more about as it unfolds…find below a summary of other...

Press reports out of Nigeria… March 29 2008…Measles Outbreak in Katsina March 28 2008…Cholera Outbreak in Benue December 14 2007…Measles outbreak in Kano WHAT IS...

by ndubuisi edeoga I recently spoke with some of my colleagues in the teaching hospitals back home in Nigeria. They recently got some equipment supplied...

by chikwe ihekweazuAfter days of rumours and anxiety, the Minister of Health, Prof. Adenike Grange resigned her office with this statement: “I am leaving this...

Just received the breaking news that the Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange and her collegue, the Minister of State for Health, Architect Gabriel Aduku...

The Presidents Eid-el-Maulud and Easter message… “I urge you all to remain patient in the firm belief that with your continued support, understanding and cooperation,...

by chikwe ihekweazu A few years ago…I walked into the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja in search of a specific report. After spending an...