Africa Health Report

Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Africa Faces Funding Gap Delegates at the WHO Africa mental health meeting in Johannesburg discussing healthcare funding gaps

Delegates at the WHO Africa mental health meeting in Johannesburg discussing healthcare funding gaps

Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Africa Faces Funding Gap

Oluwatobi Adu May 30, 2026

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – African countries have renewed calls for greater investment in mental health services as...

WHO Sounds Alarm Over Nicotine Pouch Surge WHO

WHO Sounds Alarm Over Nicotine Pouch Surge

Oluwatobi Adu May 30, 2026

GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that nicotine pouches are rapidly gaining popularity...

WHO Unveils DoxyPEP Strategy to Curb Rising STI Infections World Health Organization announcing new doxyPEP STI prevention guidelines

WHO Unveils DoxyPEP Strategy to Curb Rising STI Infections

Oluwatobi Adu May 28, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has issued its first global recommendation on the use of...

WHA79 Adopts Ambitious Decade-Long Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance Globally Delegates at the World Health Assembly adopting the new antimicrobial resistance strategy in Geneva

Delegates at the World Health Assembly adopting the new antimicrobial resistance strategy in Geneva

WHA79 Adopts Ambitious Decade-Long Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance Globally

Oluwatobi Adu May 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Member States at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly adopt a new Global Action Plan...

African Leaders Push Cross-Border Pact to Eliminate Malaria, NTDS African health leaders and WHO officials discussing malaria and NTD elimination strategies

African health leaders and WHO officials discussing malaria and NTD elimination strategies

African Leaders Push Cross-Border Pact to Eliminate Malaria, NTDS

Oluwatobi Adu May 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – African countries and global health partners intensify efforts to eliminate malaria and neglected tropical...

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...

Congo Suspends Bunia Flights as Ebola Crisis Deepens Across Borders Health workers responding to Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Health workers responding to Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo Suspends Bunia Flights as Ebola Crisis Deepens Across Borders

Korede Abdullah May 24, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has suspended all passenger flights...

Nearly 750 Suspected Ebola Cases Trigger Regional Health Alarm NCDC intensifies Ebola surveillance and preparedness across Nigeria following outbreaks in DR Congo and Uganda while assuring no confirmed local case.