AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 11- 16 August 2026
✍️ Editor’s Note This week’s selection highlights a defining challenge for Africa’s health sector: building resilient systems while ensuring that no one is left…
Topic
Nigeria Health
Proposed Tobacco Law Could Widen Youth Access to Nicotine – Groups Warn
ABUJA, Nigeria — Health advocates and civil society organisations have raised concerns that proposed amendments to Nigeria’s tobacco-control law could make emerging nicotine products,…
Cross River Rewards Four Volunteer Health Workers with Permanent Jobs
CALABAR, Nigeria – Four volunteer health workers at Akpet Cottage Hospital in Cross River State have been granted automatic employment by the state government…
FG: Only 29% of Nigerian Babies Are Exclusively Breastfed
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has launched a nationwide campaign to improve child nutrition after revealing that only 29 per cent of Nigerian…
New Taraba NMA Chairman Targets Brain Drain, Doctors’ Welfare
JALINGO, Nigeria – The newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Taraba State branch, Dr Bitrus-Atizwen Daniel, has pledged to prioritise doctors’…
NOA Warns Nigerians Over Deadly Lung Cancer Risks
ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged Nigerians to prioritise lung health by avoiding tobacco use, adopting healthier lifestyles and seeking…
NDDC Trains 300 Traditional Birth Attendants to Reduce Maternal, Newborn Deaths
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has trained more than 300 traditional birth attendants from Delta and Bayelsa states to…
Ogun Medical Outreach Reaches 1,500 Residents
OTA, Ogun State, Nigeria – A free medical outreach has provided medical consultations, disease screening, treatment and essential medicines to more than 1,500 residents…
Abia Health Workers Told to Rebuild Public Trust
UMUAHIA, Nigeria – Abia health workers recruited into the state’s public healthcare system are being urged to restore public confidence by demonstrating integrity, professionalism…
Katsina Expands Free Medicare with Project CURE Support
KATSINA, Nigeria – The Katsina Free Medicare Programme has received a major boost after Governor Dikko Umaru Radda flagged off the distribution of free…