Health Reporters

By: Abdulmuminu Kolo, Department of Mass Communication University of Maiduguri. <abdulmuminumkolo@gmail.com> It has been like a tradition a day like today, 25th of every April, is a day set aside by the World Health Organization (WHO) under United Nations (UN) ...

By John Minto, Managing Director, Gede Foundation ( jminto@gedefoundation.org ) It was Albert Einstein who famously said that, “I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to”. We all seek to live to ...

By Ndidi Chukwu The Nigeria’s 8th National Assembly has demonstrated commitment towards putting an end to the deplorable state of Health in Nigeria, to save mothers and children from preventable deaths, and guarantee access to equitable, affordable and efficient health ...

By Mary Jalingo The quality of healthcare services in the country is generally considered as being poor due to shortage of manpower even when Nigerians are among the best doctors and nurses in the world. In Nigeria, it is estimated ...

By Ndidi Chukwu In November 2016, Nigerian legislators participated in South African Parliament Retreat on Budgeting for health from 28th November to 12th December. Many African countries, the likes of Rwanda, Botswana, and Zambia, were there to discuss health budget ...

By Ndidi Chukwu President Muhammadu Buhari’s first 2017 speech on Primary Health Care Revitilization is indeed mind blowing, it is not just a speech, but a promise about to be fulfilled, against the criticisms of relevant health stakeholders following the ...

Written by Dr Abubakar Tafida AS THE WORLD OBSERVES WORLD SIGHT DAY 2016: SIX MILLION NIGERIANS ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND COUNTING: As the world observes this year’s World sight day 13th of October, it’s pertinent to point out ...

Written by John Minto, Managing Director, Gede Foundation (jminto@gedefoundation.org) Although there are some serious questions to be asked about any international ‘targets’, there can be little doubt that the celebrations which greeted the inclusion of mental health into Sustainable Development ...

Dr Ado J Muhammad The Executive Director National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dear Sir; Greetings and consider this intervention as a friendly advocacy in the spirit of collaboration and national development. Let me 1st begin by congratulating you ...

I could feel the tension in the departure lobby of Aminu Kano International Airport while awaiting our domestic flight to Abuja, I found myself in the midst of many senior colleagues working in federal tertiary institutions including teaching hospitals and ...