Introducing Nigeria Health Watch- The Blog

Chikwe Ihekweazu and Ike Anya, who are both Nigerian public health doctors have started a new blog entitled Nigeria Health Watch. The aim is encapsulated in this quote:

When your neighbour dies from measles, during child birth, in a car accident, rather than conclude it was as "God wanted it", think, ask and act on the failures; the missed chance at vaccination, inadequate antenatal care or non-existent emergency services that might have prevented these deaths. The alternative would be to conclude that God really has a problem with us Nigerians; why else would he let so many of us die from causes no one else is dying from? We will ask the hard questions.

We welcome visitors, comments, contributions and suggestions from Nigerians and anyone with an interest in the health of Nigerians.We must begin to hold our public servants to account on the question of health, in the same way that we are beginning to do in the field of politics and governance.

Visit the blog here  http://nigeriahealthwatch/