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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…
Good news…Birth Registration Strategy! Health Minister – Not yet!
Good news for public health planning, evaluation and research. The Federal Government has said it would on July 24, formally launch a nationwide child birth registration strategy. OK…its just the…
Feedback on Restoring Health
The Nigerian Public Health Network published this just before the new Nigerian government came into power as a discussion document. As we still wait for President Yaradua's cabinet to be…
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…
HIV/AIDS stigma and other issues
Nigeria is estimated to have the 3rd largest number of people living with HIV in the world after India and South Africa HIV and the stigma that it carries within…
TED Global Photos
Photos from TED Global 2007http://www.nigeriahealthwatch.com/ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has...Margaret Mead
Measles outbreak update, civil society oversight and some cheering notes
The death toll from the measles outbreak in Borno continues to rise with 80 deaths reported by Thisday newspaper as at yesterday. There is still little evidence of an intensified…
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…