Africa Health Report

WHO-Backed Programme Trains Health Workers on Safe Abortion Care WHO scientist examines mosquito samples amid chikungunya outbreak

WHO-Backed Programme Trains Health Workers on Safe Abortion Care

Oluwatobi Adu April 28, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A global health training initiative has been launched to strengthen the capacity of healthcare...

Global Hepatitis Progress Too Slow to Meet 2030 Goals -WHO Healthcare worker administering hepatitis vaccine

Global Hepatitis Progress Too Slow to Meet 2030 Goals -WHO

Oluwatobi Adu April 28, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Global efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis are making progress but remain off track to...

Surgical Errors Risk Lives as Experts Flag Lapses in Operating Theatres UK court ruling on fatal weight-loss surgery in Turkey

Surgical Errors Risk Lives as Experts Flag Lapses in Operating Theatres

Mirian Gom April 28, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Medical experts have raised fresh concerns over patient safety in Nigeria, warning that lapses...

Lagos Tightens ILERA EKO Enforcement, Launches EasyPay to Expand Health Insurance Access

Korede Abdullah April 28, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government has intensified enforcement of its mandatory health insurance scheme, ILERA...

UNICEF, Canada Donate 45 Motorcycles to Boost Healthcare Access in Bauchi Motorcycles donated to support healthcare delivery in Bauchi

UNICEF, Canada Donate 45 Motorcycles to Boost Healthcare Access in Bauchi

Hussaini Ibrahim April 28, 2026

BAUCHI, Nigeria – The Bauchi State Government has received 45 motorcycles from Global Affairs Canada through UNICEF...

Jigawa Vaccinates 2.6m Children Against Polio, Exceeds Target at 116% Coverage Measles-Rubella Vaccination

Jigawa Vaccinates 2.6m Children Against Polio, Exceeds Target at 116% Coverage

Hussaini Ibrahim April 28, 2026

DUTSE, Nigeria – Jigawa State has vaccinated more than 2.6 million children under five in its latest...

Stolen Futures: Inside Nigeria’s Exploding Out-of-School Crisis Out-of-school children sitting along a street in Northern Nigeria, highlighting the country’s education crisis.

Out-of-school children sitting along a street in Northern Nigeria, highlighting the country’s education crisis.

Stolen Futures: Inside Nigeria’s Exploding Out-of-School Crisis

Korede Abdullah April 28, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – On a dusty roadside in northern Nigeria, a barefoot boy balances a tray of...

Gunmen Abduct 23 Pupils in Kogi, 15 Rescued as Security Operatives Intensify Search Police checkpoint on Kabba–Lokoja highway following abduction of civil servants.

Police checkpoint on Kabba–Lokoja highway following abduction of civil servants.

Gunmen Abduct 23 Pupils in Kogi, 15 Rescued as Security Operatives Intensify Search

Hussaini Ibrahim April 27, 2026

LOKOJA, Nigeria – Gunmen have abducted at least 23 pupils from a school and orphanage in Kogi...

Katsina Empowers 1,169 Youths with Skills, Starter Packs to Tackle Unemployment Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umar Radda

Katsina Empowers 1,169 Youths with Skills, Starter Packs to Tackle Unemployment

Hussaini Ibrahim April 27, 2026

KATSINA, Nigeria – Governor Dikko Umaru Radda has empowered 1,169 young people with vocational skills and starter...

Akwa Ibom Raises COVID-19 Alert, Tightens Surveillance After Neighbouring Outbreak Akwa Ibom Government House as TSA policy takes effect

Akwa Ibom Raises COVID-19 Alert, Tightens Surveillance After Neighbouring Outbreak

Koko Maxwella April 27, 2026

UYO, Nigeria – The Akwa Ibom State Government has activated heightened COVID-19 surveillance measures following confirmation of...

Africa Health Report

WHO-Backed Programme Trains Health Workers on Safe Abortion Care

Global Hepatitis Progress Too Slow to Meet 2030 Goals -WHO

Surgical Errors Risk Lives as Experts Flag Lapses in Operating Theatres

Lagos Tightens ILERA EKO Enforcement, Launches EasyPay to Expand Health Insurance Access

UNICEF, Canada Donate 45 Motorcycles to Boost Healthcare Access in Bauchi

Jigawa Vaccinates 2.6m Children Against Polio, Exceeds Target at 116% Coverage

Stolen Futures: Inside Nigeria’s Exploding Out-of-School Crisis

Gunmen Abduct 23 Pupils in Kogi, 15 Rescued as Security Operatives Intensify Search

Katsina Empowers 1,169 Youths with Skills, Starter Packs to Tackle Unemployment

Akwa Ibom Raises COVID-19 Alert, Tightens Surveillance After Neighbouring Outbreak

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