Anna Forbes wins Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research
Anna Forbes, a long-time microbicide advocate, has received the 3rd Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence… [more]
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: Our new daunting challenge
As the world marked World Tuberculosis Day on Saturday March 24, setting new targets to combat the disease… [more]
Nigeria needs more charities to meet the health needs of the poor-Adeseun
For two years, MR. REMI ADESEUN helped to give back smiles to thousands of families and children born… [more]
‘We need stroke units across Nigeria if we must prevent stroke related deaths’
RITA MELIFONWU is a Nurse Consultant with specialist interest in stroke care. She started her nursing… [more]
Minister slams UNIABUJA teaching hospital over woman’s death
*Says circumstances surrounding her death unacceptable By Victoria Ojeme Minister of State for… [more]
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Anna Forbes wins Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research
Anna Forbes, a long-time microbicide advocate, has received the 3rd Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV … ...
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: Our new daunting challenge
As the world marked World Tuberculosis Day on Saturday March 24, setting new targets to combat the disease which claims … ...
Nigeria needs more charities to meet the health needs of the poor-Adeseun
For two years, MR. REMI ADESEUN helped to give back smiles to thousands of families and children born with cleft lip and … ...
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Nigeria needs more charities to meet the health needs of the poor-Adeseun
For two years, MR. REMI ADESEUN helped to give back smiles to thousands of families and children born with cleft lip and palate while working as pioneer Regional Director for SMILETRAIN in West Africa. With Smiletrain now behind him, it seems Adesuen can’t get his mind off children born with cleft lip and the … [Read More...]
A 60 year old medical curriculum cannot address 21st century health challenges-Nwomeh
Nigeria is currently reviewing curriculum of medical schools in the country. The essence of this exercise is to strengthen the capacity of Nigerian trained doctors to address modern medical and health challenges. Dr. BENEDICT NWOMEH is a member of the curriculum review committee alongside other renowned medical … [Read More...]
‘We need stroke units across Nigeria if we must prevent stroke related deaths’
RITA MELIFONWU is a Nurse Consultant with specialist interest in stroke care. She started her nursing training at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu in 1977 and later travelled to the UK where she completed her general nursing training. Following registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, she … [Read More...]
Critical issues on Hepatitis treatment in Nigeria
DR.HAMEED OLADIPUPO is a consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist and a member of the Nigerian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria (SOGHIN).Oladipupo explains, in this interview with NIGERIAN HEALTH JOURNAL the basics of Hepatitis treatment and provides some information to guide patients … [Read More...]
‘Let’s diagnose accurately and restore confidence of Nigerians in their doctors’
“I was diagnosed with pneumonia and being treated for pneumonia until I got to London where I was told I had cancer of the lungs”. That was the story of Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi and indeed the story of many patients in this part of the world; and Austin Obichere, a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at the University … [Read More...]
Opinions
Improving relationship between doctors at home and those overseas
By Amos Akinbiyi We need dialogue at the Governmental level to facilitate this issue. I left Nigeria in 1985 and have shown keen interest in the situation in Nigeria. Unfortunately I have met a lot of resistance from our colleagues at home. These are people we would expect to help facilitate the integration of those … [Read More...]
Healthcare and return of our foreign-based ‘players’
As it is in football, so also in healthcare; Nigerian doctors based overseas are returning to contribute their quota towards improving healthcare and the lives of Nigerians at home. But would they find the system warm enough and ready for them, writes JOHN NWOFIA It was called brain drain then. The 1980s and … [Read More...]
UNTH Alum on A Mission to Rescue His Alma Mater
The action by the General Medical Council (GMC) last year to deny graduates of some Nigerian medical schools the ability to seek training positions in the UK continues to excite passions among many alumni in the affected schools. Perhaps, the most notable member of the infamous list of nine medical schools is … [Read More...]
Editorial
New policy on foreign medical trips
If what the Minister of Health, Dr. Onyebuchi Chukwu said recently is anything to go by, then we may soon see a sharp drop in the incidence of sending public officers abroad for medical treatment. Explaining the impending policy to newsmen recently, Dr. Chukwu said it would ensure that any public sector official … [Read More...]
Of drug tests, guinea pigs and a nation that devours her offsprings
NHJ EDITORIAL The term guinea pigs mean different things to different people. Whether or not you are a scientist involved in applied biomedical research, your perception of guinea pig as a nomenclature, jargon or noun can reveal a lot about the true state of your mind and possibly your propensity for … [Read More...]
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