Nigeria: Letting Our Children Live Like Dogs
0We need to tackle an emergency that has our children live like dogs in the name of some higher but unconscionable goal.
We need to tackle an emergency that has our children live like dogs in the name of some higher but unconscionable goal.
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I thought I’d have you listen in on this IM conversation I had with a friend from medical school, Simon Adebola, about science, science illiteracy and biomedical science in Nigeria/Africa. Simon blogs at iInitiative. Simon Adebola: So tell me, what [...]
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