The year 2008 the International Year of Sanitation…. A good time to reflect again on our environment in Nigeria We have previously blogged on the...

We learnt as medical students that striking will always be the absolutely last option. Yet strikes have dominated the landscape of medical practice in public...

Those that follow the Nigerian health scene will be aware of The National Health Bill that has been with the National Assembly for close to...

The quality of health reporting in Nigeria continues to leave so much to be desired. It got so bad this January that when The Guardian...

Have you ever wondered what health programmmes and projects are ongoing in Nigeria, what their aims and objectives are and how well they are doing...

I’ve blogged before about the challenges of tobacco control in Nigeria. The fact is that with the increasing effectiveness of anti-smoking policies in the Western...

From the outside, our National Hospital does look impressive. Lush green, well-manicured lawns, with sprinklers, clean surroundings, cleanish corridors, and a sprinkling of computers. I...

When we started off….we said…. When your neighbour dies from measles, during child birth, in a car accident, rather than conclude it was as “God...

Sometimes it is difficult to gauge the media coverage of events in Nigeria, so I was happy to receive a copy of the Thisday newspaper...

How many children will have to die from measles in Nigeria? Avid readers of this blog will know that the occurrence of measles outbreaks in...

It’s December, the season of the so-called “ember months” in Nigeria when road traffic accidents (RTAs) seem to occur with increased frequency. Nigerians have often...

While the rest of the world marked the World AIDS day, it seemed to have been marked with deafening silence in Nigeria. Yes…NACA did release...