ACADEMICS EPIDEMICS POLITICS.

With a long and distinguished career as an academic, researcher, clinician, public health physician and administrator, Prof Mohammed has had the fortune (or in some cases, misfortune to be involved throughout his life in some of the landmark events in this country, in healthcare and other areas. Between the covers of this book he brings them to life with a richly documented narrative and characteristic meticulous attention to detail. This unique inside perspective is spiced with anecdotes ranging from the hilarious to the harrowing. From his traumatic early days as a junior doctor triaging patients at the Biafran War front, to his frustrations trying to unravel unsavoury practices at the National Programme on Immunisation (NPI), the insights are never less than fascinating. Prof. Mohammed gives us his lucid view on questions and topics of profound importance: how can physicians practice just medicine in an unjust world?; the role of globalisation in impoverishing Africa; and the importance of academic medicine to finding a way out of our healthcare problems. This book will be of interest to anyone with an interest in healthcare, contemporary Nigerian history and why the health of this nation, and indeed Africa, is in the unfortunate state that it is.