Birth Defects

AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 20 – 26 July 2026 AHR’s Top 10 health stories the week

AHR’s Top 10 health stories the week

AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 20 – 26 July 2026

Mirian Gom July 27, 2026

✍️ Editor’s Note This week’s roundup captures the major health and development issues that shaped conversations in...

Experts Push Mandatory Food Fortification to Prevent Birth Defects Experts Urge Mandatory Food Fortification to Prevent Birth Defects

Experts Urge Mandatory Food Fortification to Prevent Birth Defects

Experts Push Mandatory Food Fortification to Prevent Birth Defects

Mirian Gom July 23, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nutrition experts are urging the Federal Government to make food fortification mandatory, warning that...

WHO Pushes Wider Newborn Screening Healthcare workers conduct newborn screening at a maternity facility.

Healthcare workers conduct newborn screening at a maternity facility.

WHO Pushes Wider Newborn Screening

Oluwatobi Adu June 23, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has called on countries to urgently expand newborn screening programmes,...