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Oh No…just how do we communicate this?
08 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Oh No…just how do we communicate this?

Like many on this forum will know, Nigeria has come to be closely associated with the near collapse of the Global Polio Eradication programme. Several...

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Doctors in power: We are proud!
04 Oct
By Nigeria Health Watch
Doctors in power: We are proud!

Since restoration of democracy in Nigeria in 1999, we in the medical profession have been extremely lucky to have some of our own in positions...

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Health minister calls for probe of donor funds
26 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Health minister calls for probe of donor funds

Without wanting to sound like an inveterate praise singer, Professor Grange gets it right again, calling for a probe of her ministry’s finances, especially donor...

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Kanu Heart Foundation: Proving sceptics wrong
21 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Kanu Heart Foundation: Proving sceptics wrong

The Kanu Heart Foundation is often in the the news …and rightly so! When Kanu set up his foundation in 2002 and officially commenced operations...

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Information is power? Keeping it hidden is also powerful!
07 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Information is power? Keeping it hidden is also powerful!

A lot of interesting bilateral health related initiatives seem to be happening behind the scenes in Nigeria. One is reassured by the beginnings of central...

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Health in the News in August: Beautiful, Bad and Ugly
04 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Health in the News in August: Beautiful, Bad and Ugly

The press was full of interesting health related news articles out of Nigeria in August. Find a summary attached. Maybe there is a role for...

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Grange unveils plans
02 Sep
By Nigeria Health Watch
Grange unveils plans

The optimism surrounding the recent appointment of Professor Adenike Grange as health minister seems justified looking at recent reports. In her first meeting with key...

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Is your health digging an unhealthy hole in your pocket?….
28 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Is your health digging an unhealthy hole in your pocket?….

The provision of private health care in Nigeria is changing. This change is most profound among staff and dependants of the public and organised private...

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Why you should give blood
23 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
Why you should give blood

Found this extremely important posting on Naijablog. Just as important is to ask Nigerians and Africans in the Diaspora to become organ donors. I know...

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NIGERIAN CITIES DROWN IN MOUNTAINS OF GARBAGE
21 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
NIGERIAN CITIES DROWN IN MOUNTAINS OF GARBAGE

Things have never been this bad. Our epileptic industrialisation is leaving problems we cannot cope with. If I told my son that as early as...

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MCDN awakes…Kerosene explosions continue
16 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
MCDN awakes…Kerosene explosions continue

NTA news….reports the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria is holding its annual congress in Abuja and has made a strong statement against the advertising...

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In memory of Dr Ihekweazu, health centre controversy and health as cash cow
14 Aug
By Nigeria Health Watch
In memory of Dr Ihekweazu, health centre controversy and health as cash cow

Avid followers of this blog would have noticed that Chikwe was off to Nigeria for a while recently. This was due to his bereavement, his...

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