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SAM EFERARO THIS WEEK
Drug development the Nigerian way
Policy grants approval based only on safety profile: Use whether it works or not, as long as it’s safe for human consumption. Manufacturer to conduct clinical trial after drug hits
Depression comes to town, still the old story
Twenty-two years ago (how time flies), a multinational company introduced a new drug for the management of depression. It was the first of its kind and quite different from the
Tales from dental clinic
My first encounter with a dentist was quite memorable. I had this excruciating toothache that just wouldn’t respond to simple analgesics and for two days or so I couldn’t chew
Do traditional healers really know what they treat?
Some years ago, a young girl developed epilepsy and the family was thrown into confusion about what to do, considering people’s reaction. Everyone in the village advised the mother to
Wanted: Nigeria’s own Surgeon General
Like our constitution, this is one office we need to borrow from the United States of America as a matter of urgency. In the US, the Surgeon General is a
When government lives off the sick
Have you bought a drug lately? From “simple” analgesic to the complex ones for serious ailments such as cancer, asthma, diabetes or hypertension, the prices are now so outrageously out
Nigeria’s number 1 disease
Sam Eferaro This Week As the remains of mama Rebecca Eferaro, my mum was being lowered into the grave penultimate Saturday, some pictures and memories of her very active life
Thoughts for Nigerian cancer patients
Sam Eferaro This Week No matter what doctors or other experts will say, the diagnosis of cancer, to me, is like a death sentence, especially in Nigeria – and I