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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 by alternative medicine practitioners promising…

Testing is free, drugs are free, go for voluntary counselling and testing!

Flipping through the dailies in Nigeria, it is good to note how HIV/AIDS prevention messages have evolved and developed ....from the days of "AIDS KILLS!". Kudos to NACA...and their communications…

Still on Covenant Univerity's compulsory HIV testing

The insistence of Covenant University, believed to be Nigeria's best private University to justify their policy of pre-graduation compulsory HIV and pregnancy screening as a pre-requisite to graduation has continued…

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…

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…