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What a year: 2011

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 31, 2011

This guest post by Chima Onoka….brings the year to an end for NHW What a year it was…..2011 seemed to be one of those years when it started, but it turned out a significant year in many respects to history bookmakers. The events are numerous – End of an era in many countries – people who […]

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GMC withdrawal of recognition from some Nigerian medical schools: a lesson in poor information management

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 17, 2011

The General Medical Council in the United Kingdom recently posted on its website a list of medical schools whose primary medical qualifications were no longer accepted for registration or licencing. Graduates from these schools from certain dates were advised that they were not to apply for the PLAB examinations which are the main route for […]

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Musings on World AIDS Day 2011

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 1, 2011

Dear Friends, Today is World AIDS Day. HIV continues to be one of the most important communicable diseases in Nigeria. It is an infection associated with serious morbidity, stigmatization of the infected, high costs of treatment and care, significant mortality and a high number of potential years of life lost. Each year, many thousands of […]

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A colossus at 80

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 26, 2011

Rarely in this blog do we celebrate individuals, as there are sadly not many people to celebrate in our health arena. We share a collective guilt in our profession of not (yet) fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the Nigerian people. But some of us are less guilty than others and today we will celebrate one – […]

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7 Billion and counting – implications for Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 15, 2011

A few weeks ago, the worlds’ population was said to have crossed the 7 million mark. Apart from the normal ritual of sound bites in the Nigerian media, there has been very little thought on what this means for us. But the population growth has profound implications. Below is a diagram called a ‘population pyramid’ […]

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