Research has shown that there is a strong correlation between health of a nation’s citizens and its development and this is neither a myth nor fallacy. If we must experience …
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Nigeria may be regarded as the giant of Africa. That does not translate into increased life expectancy and reduced mortality. The health and well-being of the Nigerian people is not …
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There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria is faced with a lot of public health challenges and there is a need to design programs to address these problems in …
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The major public health challenges Nigeria faces are infectious diseases, sewage disposal, health insurance, water supply, air pollution, noise pollution, environmental radiation, housing, solid waste disposal, disaster management…
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Just as Nigeria is still battling with the prevention and control of communicable diseases, the burden of non-communicable diseases has begun to rise in the most populous black nation in …
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Women and children are high risk groups due to pregnancy complications as well as growth and development of the child and our failure to provide essential services to this group …
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The 2011 federal budget which put health at number four position behind defense, education and police has again brought to the fore the fact that the health of the Nigerian …
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I wonder how long we are going to continue this disunity. Many lives are lost as a result of our inability to become united as one people, yet we still …
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The last national assembly failed to impact positively on the lives of ordinary Nigerians with no single bill passed for the purpose of lifting the people out of poverty. This …
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Smoking of tobacco has been listed as one of the major causes of preventable deaths. It is a risk factor for lung cancer, hypertension, emphysema, cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, prostate …
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Many Nigerians, due to the killing of some corp members who were deployed as adhoc staff of INEC in the 2011 general elections, have been clamoring for the scrapping of …
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Financing health systems is a major challenge in both developed and developing countries, but Nigeria has yet to show the ability to face this challenge so that the health system …
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President Jonathan seems to have hit the ground running. This is so because Nigerians unanimously gave him the mandate to be the president for the next four years…
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What is the cost of life to human creation? Health is often neglected when it is supposed to be accorded an important place; a lorry load of people die almost …
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Nigerian electorates are getting wiser by the day and can no longer be taken for granted. Politicians must learn to come forward and speak on issues that matter most to …
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The just concluded 2011 general elections in Nigeria have been widely acclaimed to be successful but not without the usual problems, drama and controversies which characterize Nigeria’s elections since independence…