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Challenges for the new team, radiation in Niger Delta & Covenant University
The appointment of Professor Grange as Minister of Health continues to draw plaudits as many commentators compare her appointment to that of another paediatrician Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti in 1985. Professor…
Welcoming Adenike Grange and Gabriel Aduku
Finally after nearly two months of waiting, Nigeria has a new Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange. Dr. Grange has served as the President of the International Paediatric Association, a…
Notes from Nigeria: Akunyili @ 53, Luxury suites subsidising care for the poor in Garki Hospital and BUPA partners with Nigerian Hospital
From Chikwe in Nigeria:Being in Nigeria at the moment, I picked up the papers to catch up on what is going on (online versions of Nigerian newspapers provide a small…
Big Tobacco on trial , updates on Pfizer and Friends Africa
It's good to see that Nigeria is finally moving against British American Tobacco. A report in The Independent states that the Kano State Government has sued the tobacco giant over…
Proudly Nigerian at TEDGlobal
Having been recommended by a friend, I ended up with 99 other young Africans that received a fellowship to attend a conference called TEDGlobal in Arusha, Tanzania. Not being quite…
Pfizer and the 1996 meningitis outbreak in Nigeria: Who is lying?, and 9 other questions
It is now common knowledge that Pfizer used a drug trovafloxacin (commonly called Trovan) to treat Nigerians in a 1996 cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) outbreak in Nigeria’s Kano district. This drug…
Another Measles Outbreak
The Nigerian Guardian reports that 60 children have died from a measles outbreak in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. 400 other children are said to be infected. If we are to…
Blogging Nigeria's Health Scene
Why start a blog about health and health care in Nigera, who has time to read them...and really who cares? Questions we asked ourselves. Ike Anya and I have frequently…