When schooling threatens livelihood-girl child education
In what is supposed to be the twilight of the war against Boko haram, a terrorist group in Nigeria infamous for their wild carnage and plundering in their quest to […]
Florida shooting: Will this carnage continue?
If you have ever heard the rattling sound of a semi automatic rifle, you can know two things. One- the bullet hasn’t hit you yet and two, you will have […]
Test yourself first-How self testing kits are revolutionizing Europe
The goal is to take testing to the door steps of Europe’s teeming population. With immigrants being welcomed on the great continent, this seems to have become part of the […]
Pain: On access to its treatment
No one should suffer needlessly from pain in the 21st century. More than 50 years after the world agreed (1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs) to make narcotic pain relievers […]
Man and the technological revolution
One problem we could face might be the underutilization of these technologies due to the machine-gun-rate they are being churned out at us. As a result, we have so much […]
Honouring the man: Louis Pasteur
When he uttered the words “In the field of observation, chance favours the prepared mind”, Louis Pasteur was not joking because he was speaking from empirical evidence of this ubiquitous […]
Beautiful dirty planet
The most important possession that we share- the biosphere, has been under threat since humans left their caves thousands of years ago. Humans contribute to the health of the planet […]
Having one drink too many-its effects
Dionysus was highly revered as a god by the Greeks, among his many capabilities and possessions was the gift of wine. In many cultures around the world, alcohol has always […]
Healthcare-can we all have it?
I still remember the disdain on the face of a guest Professor as he stood behind the lectern in a conference session on Universal health coverage (UHC) that I was […]
Technology, Humans and our Future
“The real prophets of doom are not the pessimists who see mankind on a course of self-destruction, but the misguided fatalists-falsely called optimists-who see the future merely as more growth […]