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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.
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Nigeria: Facing down the impunity of domestic violence
2A husband’s murder of his wife brings into sharp focus our acceptance of the impunity of domestic violence and sometimes the preference of that for the sake of keeping a loveless marriage going to appease the needs for tradition and societal norms.
Stillbirth, A special horror
0The state of maternal health in Nigeria is nothing to be happy about. Mothers die regularly either before or after the birthing process. Regrettably, Pregnancy in Nigeria is now a disease. Recently, the Lancet reported that “maternal mortality in Nigeria [...]
What We Are Reading: Happy Birthday HIV and AIDS!
0It will soon (on 5 June) be the birthday of HIV and AIDS. It is now 30 years since they arrived on the health horizon to change our world forever. The birthday will be celebrated on 8 June at a High [...]
Nigeria at 50: Academic Medicine
1by Seye Abimbola To have a medical school is an expensive, audacious undertaking anywhere in the world. From very humble beginning at the Yaba Medical School which produced 62 doctors in 18years (1930-1948) Nigeria has made unparalleled achievement in training [...]
What We Are Reading: What’s Good For The Goose…
6Why does female circumcision/genital cutting/mutilation get so much attention and media while nobody seems to care that possibly the most sensitive part of the penis, the foreskin, in spite of its importance in sexual activity, is being yanked off routinely [...]
Nigerians Talking Science – An IM Conversation
4I 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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