Africa Health Report

Kano Orthopaedic Hospital Receives State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Equipment NNPC Foundation officials unveiling a 1.5 Tesla MRI machine at National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala in Kano.

Mirian Gom June 5, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – The NNPC Foundation has donated a cutting-edge 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system...

New Malaria Agency Moves Closer as Senate Approves Bill Senators during a session calling for stronger national campaigns against indiscipline in Nigeria.

Mirian Gom June 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Senate has passed a landmark bill seeking to establish the National Agency for...

Group Targets Stronger Data Systems After Reaching Millions with TB, Leprosy Services Healthcare workers participating in LTR Nigeria's tuberculosis and leprosy intervention programme.

Mirian Gom June 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Initiative (LTR Nigeria) has unveiled plans to deepen investments in...

Oluwafunbi Bello June 2, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – When Blessing Okolie walked into a Lagos hospital for surgery to remove fibroids, her...

Oluwatobi Adu May 31, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – Health journalists in Kano State have launched a unified network aimed at strengthening public...

Lassa Fever Deaths Rise to 204 Despite Case Decline Healthcare workers attending to Lassa fever patients in Nigeria

Mirian Gom May 31, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has recorded a decline in new Lassa fever infections, but the disease has...

Cholera Kills 37 as Borno Cases Surpass 3,000 Health workers responding to a cholera outbreak in Borno State.

Oluwafunbi Bello May 30, 2026

BORNO, Nigeria – A worsening cholera outbreak has claimed at least 37 lives and infected more than...

Kano Revamps Health Centres, Maternal Deaths Halve Revitalised Gadon Kaya Primary Healthcare Centre commissioned in Kano State.

Hussaini Ibrahim May 30, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – Kano State has recorded a sharp decline in maternal mortality as the government intensifies...

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.

Mirian Gom May 27, 2026

(By Otamere Gladness, Oluwatobi Adu, and Oluwafunbi Bello) ABUJA, Nigeria – Every May 27, Nigeria celebrates Children’s...

EFCC Hospital Raid Sparks Indefinite Doctors’ Strike in Uyo Doctors protest after alleged EFCC raid at University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Akwa Ibom.