Africa Health Report

Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: Why Economic Reforms Leave Millions Behind A Nigerian woman carrying a large basin on her head in a crowded open market, wearing a colourful patterned dress and headscarf, symbolising poverty and resilience amid economic hardship.

A Nigerian woman carrying a large basin on her head in a crowded open market, wearing a colourful patterned dress and headscarf, symbolising poverty and resilience amid economic hardship.

Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: Why Economic Reforms Leave Millions Behind

Juliet Jacob October 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Three years after President Bola Tinubu launched sweeping economic reforms to rescue Africa’s largest...

Dying to Live: Nigerians Face Soaring Drug Costs A close-up illustration of an elderly Nigerian woman holding prescription pills, with a faded pharmacy counter in the background — symbolising the high cost of survival

A close-up illustration of an elderly Nigerian woman holding prescription pills, with a faded pharmacy counter in the background — symbolising the high cost of survival

Dying to Live: Nigerians Face Soaring Drug Costs

Koko Maxwella October 17, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – At a crowded pharmacy in Abuja, 59-year-old Rose Odu clutches a worn prescription slip,...

Toilets, Dignity, and Learning: FCT’s Hidden School Sanitation Crisis A doorless toilet at Karonmagiji Primary School along Airport Road, Abuja, reflects the poor sanitation conditions faced by pupils in many public schools across the FCT.

A doorless toilet at Karonmagiji Primary School along Airport Road, Abuja, reflects the poor sanitation conditions faced by pupils in many public schools across the FCT.

Toilets, Dignity, and Learning: FCT’s Hidden School Sanitation Crisis

Chukwu Obinna October 16, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – At first glance, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), projects modernity — broad highways,...

Grains Are Cheaper, But Hunger Persists: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Silent Economic Crisis Traders sitting beside unsold bags of grains in the Kano market as falling prices fail to attract buyers.

Traders sitting beside unsold bags of grains in the Kano market as falling prices fail to attract buyers.

Grains Are Cheaper, But Hunger Persists: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Silent Economic Crisis

Hussaini Ibrahim October 14, 2025

KANO, Nigeria – Across the vast markets of northern Nigeria, sacks of maize, rice, and millet now...

Nigeria’s Cancer Gamble: Can Local Scientists Turn Hope into Discovery? Cartoon-style digital illustration of Nigerian scientists working together in a modern laboratory, studying green plant extracts under microscopes, with a symbolic brain cancer cell in the background and the Nigerian flag subtly integrated into the scene.

Cartoon-style digital illustration of Nigerian scientists working together in a modern laboratory, studying green plant extracts under microscopes, with a symbolic brain cancer cell in the background and the Nigerian flag subtly integrated into the scene.

Nigeria’s Cancer Gamble: Can Local Scientists Turn Hope into Discovery?

Korede Abdullah October 13, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – In a quiet laboratory tucked inside Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigerian researchers believe they...

The Girl Who Carried Her Mother’s Secret A young girl in a faded blue dress sits on a wooden bench outside a mud-walled house, her back turned to the camera, with a small notebook beside her

A young girl in a faded blue dress sits on a wooden bench outside a mud-walled house, her back turned to the camera, with a small notebook beside her

The Girl Who Carried Her Mother’s Secret

Mirian Gom October 12, 2025

BENUE, Nigeria – In the quiet traditional district of Shagev-Yav, nestled within Kwande Local Government Area of...

How a Curable Disease Is Wrecking Fertility, Families, and Futures Nigeria’s Hidden Syphilis Crisis, Fertility and Future at Risk

How a Curable Disease Is Wrecking Fertility, Families, and Futures

Juliet Jacob October 10, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – In the heart of Abuja’s diplomatic district, a young woman’s dream of studying abroad...

Kano’s Drug Crisis Fuels Surge in Deadly Phone Snatching Composite image showing two contrasting scenes: young men apprehended by police after a phone-snatching operation, and victims in hospital beds recovering from injuries — a stark visual of Kano’s urban violence crisis.

Composite image showing two contrasting scenes: young men apprehended by police after a phone-snatching operation, and victims in hospital beds recovering from injuries — a stark visual of Kano’s urban violence crisis.

Kano’s Drug Crisis Fuels Surge in Deadly Phone Snatching

Hussaini Ibrahim October 8, 2025

KANO, Nigeria – Kano State is confronting a dangerous surge of drug-fuelled urban violence, where phone snatching...

‘Test, Don’t Guess’ – Why Nigeria Must Put Diagnostics Before Treatment Split image showing a local chemist dispensing drugs without tests on one side, and a laboratory scientist conducting diagnostic tests on the other, symbolising Nigeria’s transition from guesswork to evidence-based medicine.

Split image showing a local chemist dispensing drugs without tests on one side, and a laboratory scientist conducting diagnostic tests on the other, symbolising Nigeria’s transition from guesswork to evidence-based medicine.

‘Test, Don’t Guess’ – Why Nigeria Must Put Diagnostics Before Treatment

Chukwu Obinna October 7, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – As Nigeria faces a rising tide of drug resistance and preventable deaths, a quiet...

From Chalkboards to Keyboards: Nigeria’s Digital Leap in Classrooms Faces Unequal Readiness Composite image showing Nigerian students writing exams with pens in a dilapidated rural classroom on one side, and students typing on computers in a modern CBT centre on the other.