African Regulators Seek Joint Action on Food Safety
ABUJA, Nigeria – African food regulators have called for stronger cross-border cooperation to tackle food safety threats driven by food fraud, climate change, technological…
Topic
antimicrobial resistance
WHO: Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections Kill About 1m Yearly
ABUJA, Nigeria – Drug-resistant bacterial infections kill about one million people globally each year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is calling…
WHO Raises Alarm Over Rising Fungal Threat, Calls for Urgent Action
GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization has raised concerns over the growing burden of fungal diseases and rising resistance to antifungal medicines, warning…
Experts Push to Sustain Child Survival Gains
ABUJA, Nigeria – Health experts and policymakers have called for the institutionalisation of the SARMAAN project, warning that Nigeria risks losing critical gains in…
From Lyon to Lagos: Can One Health Stop Africa’s Next Pandemic?
LAGOS, Nigeria – The next pandemic may not begin in a hospital ward. It could emerge from a flooded farming community, a livestock market,…
Nigeria, Denmark Seal Livestock Safety Pact
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria and Denmark have signed a new livestock safety pact aimed at strengthening food safety, combating animal diseases and boosting livestock…
WHO Unveils DoxyPEP Strategy to Curb Rising STI Infections
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has issued its first global recommendation on the use of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, known as doxyPEP, as…
WHA79 Adopts Ambitious Decade-Long Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance Globally
ABUJA, Nigeria – Member States at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly adopt a new Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) for 2026–2036, intensifying…
The Silent Siege: How Invisible Superbugs Are Rewriting Nigeria’s Public Health Future
ABUJA, Nigeria – A Crisis Without a Sound It does not announce itself with sirens. There are no dramatic visuals, no mass evacuations, no…
Nigeria Tightens Antimicrobial Surveillance as Poor Data Threatens Public Health
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigerian health authorities are rolling out a national quality assurance framework to fix weaknesses in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance, warning that…