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...

A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. Maternal mortality is one...

That the Ministry of Health in Nigeria has not had a website of any substance over the past years is a tragedy and we appeal...

BBC – Nigeria’s government says it has begun legal action against three leading international cigarette companies. Surprisingly I have not found this picked up by...

Find below the budget for health as presented to the Joint Session of the National Assembly in Abuja, Thursday, on November 8, 2007 by President...

With these words the new Nigerian Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange started of her the talk titled “Implementing Health Sector Reform for better Performance”...