Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health
KANO, Nigeria — Before sunrise each day across Kano metropolis, thousands of children begin exhausting journeys not to classrooms, but to crowded boreholes and…
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Cholera
Nigeria Launches €4.2m EU-WHO Initiative to Strengthen Outbreak Response
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has launched a €4.2 million health security initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s capacity to detect, respond to and manage…
NCDC Alerts 10 States Over Cholera Risk Amid Flood Warnings
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed 10 states on high alert over a potential cholera outbreak…
Flushed Promises: How Nigeria’s Sanitation Emergency Keeps Fueling a Preventable Health Crisis
ABUJA, Nigeria – When Nigeria declared a state of emergency in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in 2018, the message was meant to be…
Cholera Vaccination Campaigns Restart as Global Vaccine Supply Rebounds
ABUJA, Nigeria – Global health agencies restart preventive cholera vaccination campaigns after vaccine supply reaches a critical recovery level, ending a three-year suspension driven…
Cholera Outbreak Kills 16 Children at DRC Orphanage
KINSHASA, DRC – A severe cholera outbreak kills 16 children at a Kinshasa orphanage, highlighting the scale of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s worst…
Japan Donates Cholera Kits to Strengthen Nigeria’s Outbreak Response
ABUJA, Nigeria- Nigeria’s fight against cholera has received a major boost following the donation of essential cholera kits funded by the Government of Japan…
45m Nigerians Still Defecate Openly as Safe Sanitation Access Plunges Nationwide
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s sanitation crisis is deepening, with more than 45 million people still practicing open defecation and only 25% of the population…
Nigeria Records 244 Cholera Deaths Amid Ongoing Outbreak Concerns – Report
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria recorded 244 deaths from cholera between 1 January and 28 September 2025, according to the latest World Health Organisation situation…
Africa CDC Warns of Rising Outbreak Risks, Calls for Stronger Community Surveillance
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged African governments to intensify community-based surveillance, expand vaccination campaigns…