AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories 03 – 08 February 2026
EDITOR’S NOTE This week’s health and development stories reveal a system under strain — from infectious disease outbreaks and frontline health worker safety failures…
Topic
health crisis
Hospitals in Abuja Crippled as Resident Doctors’ Strike Enters Fifth Day, Patients Stranded
(Chukwu Obinna, Gladness Otamere, Oluwatobi Adu, and Oluwafunbi Bello) ABUJA, Nigeria – Public hospitals across Abuja remain in partial shutdown as the nationwide strike…
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…
Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years
ABUJA, NIGERIA — In the heart of Africa’s most populous nation, a quiet emergency is unfolding — Nigerians are dying far too young. With…
Congo’s Health System Collapses as Medicine Shortages Hit Kivu Provinces
ABUJA, Nigeria – More than 80% of healthcare facilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have run out of essential medicines, the International Committee…