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Mirian Gom February 9, 2026

EDITOR’S NOTE This week’s health and development stories reveal a system under strain — from infectious disease...

Juliet Jacob November 6, 2025

(Chukwu Obinna, Gladness Otamere, Oluwatobi Adu, and Oluwafunbi Bello) ABUJA, Nigeria – Public hospitals across Abuja remain...

Nigeria Records 244 Cholera Deaths Amid Ongoing Outbreak Concerns – Report Zamfara nurses protest salary discrimination during indefinite strike 2025

Mirian Gom November 1, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria recorded 244 deaths from cholera between 1 January and 28 September 2025, according...

Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years A Nigerian nurse attends to a patient in a rural clinic, symbolising the country’s fragile healthcare system.

Korede Abdullah October 26, 2025

ABUJA, NIGERIA — In the heart of Africa’s most populous nation, a quiet emergency is unfolding —...

Congo’s Health System Collapses as Medicine Shortages Hit Kivu Provinces Congolese health worker in empty clinic amid drug shortage

Mirian Gom October 8, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – More than 80% of healthcare facilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have run...

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