Africa Health Report

From Lyon to Lagos: Can One Health Stop Africa’s Next Pandemic? Delegates attend the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon, France, discussing disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, climate-related health risks and global health security.

Delegates attend the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon, France, discussing disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, climate-related health risks and global health security.

From Lyon to Lagos: Can One Health Stop Africa’s Next Pandemic?

Korede Abdullah June 13, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The next pandemic may not begin in a hospital ward. It could emerge from...

Healthcare Leaders Seek Reforms, Investment at Expo Healthcare stakeholders call for reforms, investment and innovation to improve healthcare access and strengthen Nigeria’s health system.

Healthcare stakeholders call for reforms, investment and innovation to improve healthcare access and strengthen Nigeria’s health system.

Healthcare Leaders Seek Reforms, Investment at Expo

Korede Abdullah June 2, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Healthcare stakeholders have called for urgent reforms, increased investment and stronger collaboration to address...

FCTA Enrols 1,500 Abuja Inmates in Free Health Scheme

FCTA Enrols 1,500 Abuja Inmates in Free Health Insurance Scheme

Mirian Gom May 20, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Capital Territory Administration launches a free health insurance and medical outreach programme...

Cross River Digitises Healthcare System to Improve Efficiency and Transparency Healthcare worker using digital system in hospital

Cross River Digitises Healthcare System to Improve Efficiency and Transparency

Korede Abdullah April 21, 2026

CALABAR, Nigeria – Cross River State signs a digital health agreement to modernise healthcare delivery, improve transparency...

Nigeria Eyes Airbus Deal for Life-Saving Emergency Helicopters Emergency medical helicopter inspected by Nigerian officials in France

Nigeria Eyes Airbus Deal for Life-Saving Emergency Helicopters

Chukwu Obinna April 7, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s federal government is opening formal negotiations with aerospace giant Airbus to procure emergency...

Health Workers Plan Protest Over Nigeria Health Reform Bills JOHESU officials addressing the media on planned strike

Health Workers Plan Protest Over Nigeria Health Reform Bills

Mirian Gom March 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Health sector unions in Nigeria mobilise for a nationwide protest in Abuja on Thursday...

Frontline Without Protection: A Doctor’s Death, a System’s Failure Resident doctors working in an overcrowded Nigerian hospital ward with limited protective equipment

Resident doctors working in an overcrowded Nigerian hospital ward with limited protective equipment

Frontline Without Protection: A Doctor’s Death, a System’s Failure

Korede Abdullah February 23, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – On a cold February morning in Jos, grief moved faster than any official announcement....

Nigeria’s Snakebite Crisis: Time for Urgent Government Action Rural healthcare centre lacking antivenom in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Snakebite Crisis: Time for Urgent Government Action

Mirian Gom February 8, 2026

Nigeria cannot continue to lose lives to preventable snakebites. Every year, nearly 43,000 Nigerians are bitten by...

When Care Kills: Inside Nigeria’s Medical Negligence Crisis Where Even the Privileged Are Not Safe Hospital corridor in Nigeria symbolising medical negligence and patient safety crisis

Hospital corridor in Nigeria symbolising medical negligence and patient safety crisis

When Care Kills: Inside Nigeria’s Medical Negligence Crisis Where Even the Privileged Are Not Safe

Oluwatobi Adu January 21, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On paper, hospitals exist to heal. In reality, for thousands of Nigerians each year,...

Imo Signs AI, Robotic Surgery Pact to Build World-Class Hospital Governor Hope Uzodimma signs AI and robotic surgery agreement to transform Imo State healthcare system