MRI, DNA And Nigerian Pseudo-scientists
January 13, 2010
According to reliable sources, there are already about 500 applicants who are laying claims to having participated in the Trovan trials whereas the official list contains less than 200 names. Talk of 419! We can’t operate in a digital world...
Mens Sana Congratulates Kano And Pfizer
August 18, 2009
Mens Sana, a Nigerian NGO, congratulates Kano State Government for the Trovan settlement and applauds Pfizer for living up to its billing as a responsible corporate citizen.
Kano And Pfizer Finally Settle
August 5, 2009
In financial terms, the total settlement is worth $75 million. The terms are that Pfizer would (1) establish a Healthcare/Meningitis Trust Fund of up to US$35 million from which study participants can receive financial support; (2) underwrite...
Health Matter - Snoring....but Over-the-counter 'cures' Fail For Majority
June 22, 2009
Nearly three-quarters of people who try over-the-counter remedies for snoring find they do not work, a survey shows.
New Sickle Cell Treatment Ready For Testing
June 22, 2009
A treatment that reduces the number of blood cells deformed by sickle cell anaemia has passed early tests in people and will soon begin phase III clinical trials.
Nigeria Revokes Sickle Cell Drug Licence...government Takes It Over
June 22, 2009
A long chapter in an internationally-watched experiment in the commercialisation of an indigenous medicine has drawn to a close after the company charged with producing the drug had its licence revoked.
Agagu And Health Sector In Ondo State
September 28, 2008
The health sector under Olusegun Agagu has been transformed and well equipped to meet the modern trend. Some of these are ...
The Collapse Of Primary Health Care - Guardian Editorial
July 29, 2008
While most facilities are in various state of despair, with equipment and infrastructure being either absent or obsolete, the referral system is almost almost non existent, Ben Ukwuoma, Ronke Olawale and Chukwuma Muanya, write that the Primary...
Checkmating Sudden Death Syndrome - What The Expert Says...
July 27, 2008
Sudden death by definition is usually non-traumatic, non-violent, unexpected occurrences in individuals previously witnessed to be enjoying apparent normal health status. It is often difficult to consider that someone who is apparently young,...
Rotary - The Polio Challenge
July 25, 2008
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO who delivered the keynote address at the 2008 Rotary Convention gave a damning report of wild polio virus type 1 outbreak ravaging Nigeria’s northern region. She told the delegates that “of every ten...
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