Guardian: A LACK of funds (sic) is delaying the proposed N247 million new model sero-prevalence or (not sure what “or” means) sentinel surveillance survey on...

Dr Hassan Lawal oon, Minister for LabourSupervising Minister, Ministry for HealthFederal Republic of NigeriaDear Sir,Thank you!One of the features of the YarAdua administration is that...

You could not make this up…but this is how our health sector is being run… 2 years after a failing agency the National Programme for...

I ran into Olayide Akanni last week while catching the Number 8 bus in Geneva. Most of you reading this blog will know that Layide...

From AfricaLoft:Ghana is reportedly one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa which have made tremendous progress in reducing infant and maternal deaths. The country...

I recently read an interesting blog by editors of the BMJ who had recently visited India. They wrote about their vist… Nair Hospital where free...

The Medical Association of Nigerian Specialists and General Practitioners in the British Isles MANSAG, holds its 19th Authum Conference. Despite the organisational challenges of holding...

Vanguard: Principal Recipient for the Global Fund Round Five TB Grant, the Christian Health Association of Nigeria (CHAN), commissions of the National TB Reference TB...

When will we take ownership of this problem? When will our Ministry of Health, our State Governors, our Religious Leaders, our Commmunity leaders take ownership...

We have previously blogged on the The Global Fund; one of Kofi Annan biggest legacies as Secretary General of the UN. It was created to...

Despite its importance, health is not highly invisible on the political agenda in Nigeria.Politicians hardly mention it, people rarely make a fuss when they feel...

We have often wondered why the Nigerian press has kept relatively quiet on the state of the health sector in Nigeria. Why is no one...