Africa Health Report

Lagos Raises Ebola Alert, Intensifies Airport Screening Against Deadly Outbreak Healthcare workers and officials during a Lagos health sector briefing on doctors’ welfare reforms.

Healthcare workers and officials during a Lagos health sector briefing on doctors’ welfare reforms.

Lagos Raises Ebola Alert, Intensifies Airport Screening Against Deadly Outbreak

Korede Abdullah May 26, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government says no confirmed or suspected Ebola Virus Disease case exists...

After the Airstrikes: Inside the Nigeria-US Hunt That Killed ISWAP’s Shadow Commander —Fear of Bloody Revenge Nigeria-US Airstrike Kills Top ISWAP Commander Amid Fears of Retaliation in North-East

Nigeria-US Airstrike Kills Top ISWAP Commander Amid Fears of Retaliation in North-East

After the Airstrikes: Inside the Nigeria-US Hunt That Killed ISWAP’s Shadow Commander —Fear of Bloody Revenge

Oluwafunbi Bello May 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Deep inside the marshlands of the Lake Chad Basin, where Nigeria’s insurgency war has...

Gates Foundation Commits $15m Emergency Funding as Ebola Crisis Deepens in Africa NCDC intensifies Ebola surveillance and preparedness across Nigeria following outbreaks in DR Congo and Uganda while assuring no confirmed local case.

NCDC intensifies Ebola surveillance and preparedness across Nigeria following outbreaks in DR Congo and Uganda while assuring no confirmed local case.

Gates Foundation Commits $15m Emergency Funding as Ebola Crisis Deepens in Africa

Mirian Gom May 25, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Gates Foundation has announced an emergency funding package of $15 million to support...

Ebola Response Funding May Exceed $300m – African Leaders Warn Africa CDC Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya, and African health leaders during a high level ministerial cross border coordination meeting, held in Kampala, Uganda, 23/05/ 2026. (Photo: Africa CDC website /AHR).

Africa CDC Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya, and African health leaders during a high level ministerial cross border coordination meeting, held in Kampala, Uganda, 23/05/ 2026. (Photo: Africa CDC website /AHR).

Ebola Response Funding May Exceed $300m – African Leaders Warn

Oluwatobi Adu May 25, 2026

KAMPALA, Uganda – African health leaders and international partners have warned that more than $300 million may...

Nigeria on High Ebola Alert as NCDC Activates Emergency Response Nationwide Nisa Premier Hospital Abuja where suspected viral fever case was tested

Nisa Premier Hospital Abuja where suspected viral fever case was tested

Nigeria on High Ebola Alert as NCDC Activates Emergency Response Nationwide

Hussaini Ibrahim May 25, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has activated nationwide emergency surveillance systems and placed health authorities on high alert...

NEMA Takes Flood Alert Campaign to Kebbi as Rainy Season Threat Grows NEMA Intensifies Flood Preparedness Campaign in Kebbi Ahead of Peak Rainy Season

NEMA Intensifies Flood Preparedness Campaign in Kebbi Ahead of Peak Rainy Season

NEMA Takes Flood Alert Campaign to Kebbi as Rainy Season Threat Grows

Oluwafunbi Bello May 25, 2026

KEBBI, Nigeria – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has intensified flood preparedness campaigns in Kebbi State...

Windstorm Rips Through Six Sokoto Communities, Leaves Families Homeless NEMA officials in one of the affected communities

Windstorm Rips Through Six Sokoto Communities, Leaves Families Homeless

Oluwafunbi Bello May 25, 2026

SOKOTO, Nigeria – Hundreds of residents across six communities in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State...

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health Children carrying jerrycans while searching for water before school in Kano.

Children carrying jerrycans while searching for water before school in Kano.

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health

Hussaini Ibrahim May 25, 2026

KANO, Nigeria — Before sunrise each day across Kano metropolis, thousands of children begin exhausting journeys not...

Kano Police Bust Interstate Car Theft Syndicate, Recover Three Vehicles Recovered stolen vehicles displayed by Kano State Police Command after syndicate bust