Africa Health Report

FCT Targets Millions of Children in Major Anti-Parasite Campaign FCT Mobilises Communities Ahead of Massive Schistosomiasis Drug Campaign

FCT Targets Millions of Children in Major Anti-Parasite Campaign

Mirian Gom June 24, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Capital Territory Administration has intensified preparations for the 2026 Schistosomiasis Mass Administration...

WHO Pushes Wider Newborn Screening 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,...

161m Nigerians Lack Safe Water – SCI Warns Water treatment plant in Abuja amid supply crisis

161m Nigerians Lack Safe Water – SCI Warns

Mirian Gom June 17, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – More than 161 million Nigerians continue to rely on contaminated water sources, exposing millions...

Experts Push to Sustain Child Survival Gains SARMAAN Project

Experts Push to Sustain Child Survival Gains

Mirian Gom June 15, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Health experts and policymakers have called for the institutionalisation of the SARMAAN project, warning...

WHO Warns Falling Vaccination Rates Raise Outbreak Threat WHO

WHO Warns Falling Vaccination Rates Raise Outbreak Threat

Oluwatobi Adu June 10, 2026

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm over declining immunisation coverage in several...

Unsafe Food Sickens 50m Nigerians Annually Dangote refinery complex in Lagos with workers on site

Unsafe Food Sickens 50m Nigerians Annually

Korede Abdullah June 8, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Unsafe food is causing nearly 50 million illnesses and more than 53,000 deaths in...

FCT Launches Drive to Vaccinate 1.5m Children Health workers preparing for a vaccination campaign targeting more than 1.5 million children in the Federal Capital Territory

Health workers preparing for a vaccination campaign targeting more than 1.5 million children in the Federal Capital Territory

FCT Launches Drive to Vaccinate 1.5m Children

Mirian Gom June 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Board (FPHCB) has concluded arrangements to vaccinate...

Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration Nigerian school children celebrating Children’s Day amid concerns over education and child welfare challenges.