I was in faraway Geneva facilitating a session in World Health Organisation’s Headquarters on ‘Disseminating Research to Non-Scientific Audience’ for 2014 Annual Research Methodology Course when the news came to me that in my state ‘Kano’ a bomb was detonated ...
Read More »“Staphylococcus; a Friend or a Foe” – by Asmau Ahmad
On a hot sunny afternoon while passing through the road which links to a market, a car was parked by the side with a loudspeaker. A man was inside the car shouting ‘’ Maganin Staphylococcus azo a siya’’( meaning medicine ...
Read More »The World celebrates a fall in Child Mortality Rate
It is a thing of joy to the development community and all those working to ensure a reduction in child death as new data released on 16th September 2014 by the United Nations show that under-five mortality rates have dropped ...
Read More »WHO Director-General addresses UN Security Council on Ebola
Being a text of presentation by Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization to an emergency session of the UN Security Council Peace and security in Africa (Ebola) New York, USA 18 September 2014 Distinguished members of ...
Read More »World Bank may divert more long-term funds to fight Ebola – Says Jim Kim
According to a news story posted at www.devex.com the World Bank insists it will do everything in its power to prevent the disease from causing “potentially catastrophic” short- and medium-term damage to the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The world’s ...
Read More »Is Doctors’ Strike ethically justifiable?
Written by Dr Abdu Adamu Before we crucify medical doctors lets us ensure we are armed with all the necessary information to make a reasonable judgment. Most often at times, the general public are blindsided by the government during strike ...
Read More »Obama unveils ambitious plans for Ebola in West Africa
At a press conference at the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. President Obama unveils plans to curtail the spread of Ebola virus sweeping through West Africa. Health Reporters monitored the conference via CNN on Tuesday ...
Read More »Did the Minister of Health rejected Nigeria’s MMR?
This is rather a shocking question that begs for answer from our own Honourable Minister of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu who reportedly has rejected the current Nigeria’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) as reported in the 2013 National Demographic Health Survey ...
Read More »Scoring World Bank Investment in Reproductive Health
Although I was accredited to attend the World Bank Meeting on Wednesday 9th April 2014 in its headquarters in Washington DC, I couldn’t because same day Nigeria was billed to present its position in another event ‘47th Conference of the ...
Read More »Will Nigeria benefit from the new “Health Investment Framework?
The answer to this question could be YES or NO, depending who is answering the question, whether it is a minister of health leaving in denial of all poor health indices in Nigeria, or a President who is being fed ...
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