Health

There is a tendency in this country called Nigeria for us to trivialize everything. When a serious issue comes up and gets widespread attention, instead of attaching the importance that …

Of all the roadblocks that exist in the Nigerian healthcare system, disharmony and rivalry among health professionals is the biggest challenge. Doctors care more about remuneration than healthcare reforms…

Malnutrition is widespread in the South-East and South-South zones of Nigeria. Observations are that malaria, anemia and other epidemics are prevalent in the provinces…

Whether you are a pastor, soldier, business man or woman, politician, journalist, whatever you do for a living, you’d better take some time to rest. If you don’t, doctors will …

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 …

Nigerian governments, over the years, have voted barely single digits of our budgets to health contrary to international recommendations and the requirements of the World Health Organisation…

There were sanitary inspectors in the 70s and 80s and early 90s. But from the middle of the 90s to date, things went awry. Substandard drugs replaced thesanitary inspectors…

Nigeria is a nation rich in natural resources and earthly beauty. However, there are a number of issues blocking its socio-economic growth and development. Chief among these issues are the …

It is observable that somebody in Abia State Government House, Umuahia, is taking a prescription for leprosy in the place of malaria…

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 …

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…

Due to people’s different beliefs, it is evident that many do not take the issue of the health of their children seriously, and the health centres do not take seriously …

Cancer, as we all know, is a dangerous ailment that has pummeled a lot of  people to the soil in this part of the world without a severe fight to …

Confusing and conflicting roles in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria as a country and the world at large have been counterproductive. Ideally, the social and family structures are expected …

Like the rich class, Mr. President may not be using the nation’s hospital services hence he might be less perturbed compared to lots of Nigerians. He, however, is saddled with …

Demystifying the mythical Virgin’s Disease is clearly one of the biggest success stories of modern, science-based reproductive medicine. We can now wipe out an entire array of diseases without lifting …