Why 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 in many countries of the world?  It is estimated that 30% of the world’s male population are circumcised — 99% [...]

There are many reasons for me to blog about David Morley (1923-2009), who perhaps more than any other western scientist has done more towards the development of paediatrics and child health in Nigeria, Africa and possibly the whole developing world. His work started at the hospital where I was born many years after he worked there, where I later studied, [...]