Africa Health Report

Lagos Residents Raise Food Safety Concerns Over Fufu Fufu being processed and sold in Lagos

Mirian Gom September 20, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria — Some residents of Lagos State have raised concerns about the preparation, preservation and storage...

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health Children carrying jerrycans while searching for water before school in Kano.

Hussaini Ibrahim May 25, 2026

KANO, Nigeria — Before sunrise each day across Kano metropolis, thousands of children begin exhausting journeys not...

Pain After Every Meal: The Hidden Infection Millions of Nigerians Live With Young Nigerian woman experiencing stomach pain linked to H. pylori infection and poor sanitation

Oluwafunbi Bello April 5, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Misdiagnosed as diet or stress, a silent bacterial infection thrives in Nigeria’s water and...

Akwa Ibom Leads Cleanliness Rankings Amid National Sanitation Decline Clean streets in Akwa Ibom following national sanitation assessment

Oluwafunbi Bello December 4, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Akwa Ibom retains its position as Nigeria’s cleanest state for the eighth consecutive year...

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