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Are we listening to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 27, 2011

There are many reasons we should be paying a lot of attention to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It is funded and led by an African institution, and is Africa’s leading assessment of governance. The Foundation provides a framework and tools for citizens, public authorities and partners to assess progress in governance.  It compiles 86 indicators […]

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Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria awakens

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 11, 2011

In most advanced countries, among medical professionals, the fear of the self-regulatory body is the beginning of wisdom. Getting into trouble with the Registration Body has grave consequences for practising physicians. But the entire system depends on records being kept. So an offence, no matter how small that might affect your practice is always on record….always accessible […]

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No ordinary webinar with Dr Ali-Pate Minister of State for Health

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 21, 2011

On the 7th of September 2011, there was an extraordinary meeting with the Minister of State for Health in Nigeria; Dr Ali-Pate and his team, were seated in the offices of the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja Nigeria, with hundreds of Nigerian health care professionals around the world. No, they had not all flown into Abuja, but met via a  webinar […]

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Nigerian Ministers of Health communicating with new media tools

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 5, 2011

Communication is critical to leadership, critical to management, and extremely critical to health care; from the nurse to the Minister. Communication lies at the heart of every aspect of health; including disease prevention, health promotion, treatment and care. Therefore; timely, accessible and credible health information is critical for improving public health outcomes. Yet, in our Nigeria, […]

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Call 999 – ABUJA

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 2, 2011

Once again, as Nigerians, we bow our heads in shame. On the 1st of October 2010,  there was a bomb blast right next to Eagle Square, at the heart of the Nigerian Government, then there was another one, inside Moghadishu Barracks, Abuja at the heart of the Nigerian military, shortly after another inside the headquarters of the Nigerian […]

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