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A homecoming: My visit to Liberia’s new National Public Health Institute
In May 2015, a few months after my experience as part of the Ebola outbreak response team in Liberia, I shared my reflections on what was a life-changing experience personally…
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Opinion: 5 key things to know about the Monkeypox outbreak
by Dr Charles-Davies Omiete If you have been following the news, it has been a few weeks since a rare viral disease has been dominating headlines in Nigeria. A Monkeypox…
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Fisayo Soyombo: Zahra and Aisha Buhari as fashionable Aso Rock Clinic critics
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo There are the Buharis who are not Buharists. Credit to Nasir el-Rufai, the most recent and most persistent proponent of the term ‘Buharism’, ‘Buharists’ can be…
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Opinion: Reversing Nigeria’s deplorable water, sanitation and hygiene situation
by Jide Ojo Three weeks ago, precisely from September 20 – 22, I was at Yankari Game Reserve for a three day workshop organised by WaterAid Nigeria. It was an…
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Mercy Abang: Jail Time or Death— Pregnant women in Nigeria face unlikely sentence in hospitals
by Mercy Abang Mrs Audu, 33, had just given birth to her first child at the Asokoro General Hospital. She was ecstatic and could not wait to take her newborn…
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Opinion: Conquering the debilitating menace of sickle cell in Nigeria
by Gideon Arinze Until the government steps up measures to tackle sickle cell, it will continue to ravage the country. Sickle cell is a global health issue that is…
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Open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari: Urgent message on the state of Healthcare in Nigeria
by Jammie Drummond Your Excellency, After the signing of the Appropriation Act on 12th June 2017, the Nigerian Health Sector Reform Coalition conducted an analysis of the Federal Government’s resource…
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Opinion: Wo! The Federal Ministry of Health must be drunk on its self-importance
by Micheal Ace I have said it countless times and I will repeat it: Nigeria has lost the moon while counting the stars. The Federal Ministry of Health recently took…
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Pius Adesanmi: Kogi as Nigeria’s health metaphor
by Pius Adesanmi The scenarios 1) A public health disaster in Kogi state this past week claimed scores of lives. My own Yagba land was seriously affected. The illness even…
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Opinion: Stemming soaring cases of mental illness in Nigeria
by Jide Ojo So many strange things are happening in Nigeria today that give goose pimples. Often times, I ask myself if those who indulge in many heinous crimes reported…
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The Thread: “3 health workers have been infected” | Is Ambode sleeping on this Lassa fever matter?
By no means a quiet PDP member, Demola Olarewaju is berating the current APC-led government for not doing enough to halt the spread of the deadly Lassa virus. He went…
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Reuben Abati: Of herbal healing, spirituality and public health
by Reuben Abati The other week, July 20 to be precise, I was the reviewer of an important book on herbal healing. Herbal healing is often dismissed as a form…
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Opinion: The growing problem of untreated dementia in our elders
by Tony Ogunlowo Just recently a picture of a half-naked elderly woman surrounded by a lynch mob appeared online in one of the many blogs under the caption:” Bird…
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Opinion: Let’s talk about communicable diseases and dirty notes
by Adenekan John Are you a Nigerian resident not locked away from the everyday realities on the streets? Do you transact with the naira notes, especially the lower denominations? Well,…
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‘It decreases your cancer risk’: 19 benefits of getting your body in shape
by Sarah Klien Even without a clinical diagnosis, working out will lift your spirits. Whether or not you find the elusive runner's high or not, there's no denying the extra blood flow…
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‘Ola Ndi Igbo’: How to celebrate the best of our own
by Nkiru Okpareke Realizing that we stood on the shoulders of some giants to get to where we are, we also recognized some of these our people who had died.…
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Kathleen Ndongmo: This unhealthy burden (YNaija Frontpage)
Kathleen Ndongmo Public health has to be the responsibility of public administrators. A government that forces its citizens to fester in neglected agony is a government that has fallen…
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