Africa Health Report

Health Advocates Push Mandatory Genotype Screening Before Marriage Health professionals conducting genotype screening and counselling for intending couples.

Mirian Gom June 11, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Health advocates have renewed calls for mandatory genotype screening before marriage, warning that stronger...

Unsafe Food Sickens 50m Nigerians Annually Dangote refinery complex in Lagos with workers on site

Korede Abdullah June 8, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Unsafe food is causing nearly 50 million illnesses and more than 53,000 deaths in...

UNICEF, Imo Partner to Tackle Maternal Malnutrition, Improve Child Health UNICEF, Imo State Government and the Gates Foundation are strengthening maternal and child nutrition through new supplementation and behaviour change programmes.

Korede Abdullah May 15, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The United Nations Children’s Fund, in partnership with the Imo State Government and supported...

Mirian Gom May 14, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – The Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency has announced plans to enrol at least...

NCDC Warns as Lassa Fever Deaths Rise Across Nigeria Health workers respond as Lassa fever kills 162 Nigerians in 2025

Mirian Gom May 14, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has raised alarm over rising deaths...

Beyond the Signboard: Inside Karu’s ‘General Hospital’ Where Residents Say Real Healthcare Still Feels Out of Reach Exterior view of Karu General Hospital during Africa Health Report’s investigative visit in Abuja.

Oluwatobi Adu May 14, 2026

KARU, Nigeria – In the rapidly growing border community between Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State,...

Nigeria Records 30 Polio Cases Despite Eradication Victory Health workers administering oral polio vaccine to children in Lagos.

Korede Abdullah May 13, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria records 30 circulating variant poliovirus infections in 2026, six years after the World...

Dying In Silence: The Hidden Disease Stealing Health, Futures of Nigerian Women A Nigerian woman standing beside a rural riverbank where communities depend on untreated water amid growing concerns over schistosomiasis infections.