Africa Health Report

Lagos Rescues Four Nursing Mothers From Illegal Dumpsite Four nursing mothers rescued from an illegal dumpsite in Agboju, Lagos

Lagos Rescues Four Nursing Mothers From Illegal Dumpsite

Mirian Gom August 11, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos authorities have rescued four nursing mothers and their babies from an illegal dumpsite...

The Waste Mountain Beside Abuja’s Highway: How Karu Residents Are Paying the Price Large roadside refuse dump beside the Nyanya–Keffi Expressway in Karu, Abuja

Large roadside refuse dump beside the Nyanya–Keffi Expressway in Karu, Abuja

The Waste Mountain Beside Abuja’s Highway: How Karu Residents Are Paying the Price

Abah Felicity August 8, 2026

NASARAWA, Nigeria – The smell reaches motorists before they see the rubbish. Beside the Nyanya–Keffi Expressway in...

NLNG, Rector Cares Launch Rivers Sanitation Project Officials launch a solar-powered sanitation project for schools and communities in Rivers State.

Officials launch a solar-powered sanitation project for schools and communities in Rivers State.

NLNG, Rector Cares Launch Rivers Sanitation Project

Korede Abdullah July 30, 2026

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – A new River’s sanitation project targeting schools and host communities has been launched...

161m Nigerians Lack Safe Water – SCI Warns Water treatment plant in Abuja amid supply crisis

161m Nigerians Lack Safe Water – SCI Warns

Mirian Gom June 17, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – More than 161 million Nigerians continue to rely on contaminated water sources, exposing millions...

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.

Children carrying jerrycans while searching for water before school in Kano.

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health

Hussaini Ibrahim May 25, 2026

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

Drowning Megacity: Climate Chaos, Urban Neglect Push Lagos to the Brink Flooded streets in Lagos during heavy rainfall

Drowning Megacity: Climate Chaos, Urban Neglect Push Lagos to the Brink

Korede Abdullah May 2, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – As Lagos braces for another season of intense rainfall and rising flood risks,in this...

Africa’s Water Crisis: ECA Warns 200m Still Defecate in Open African communities facing water and sanitation challenges

Africa’s Water Crisis: ECA Warns 200m Still Defecate in Open

Mirian Gom April 30, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Africa’s deepening water and sanitation crisis has reached a critical threshold, with more than...

Lagos Orders Immediate Waste Evacuation to Prevent Flooding Risks Waste evacuation operations in Lagos to prevent flooding

Lagos Orders Immediate Waste Evacuation to Prevent Flooding Risks

Mirian Gom April 26, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos authorities have ordered immediate evacuation of waste generated during the monthly sanitation exercise,...

Lagos Trains Health Workers to Boost Water Safety Standards Lagos health workers during water safety training session

Lagos Trains Health Workers to Boost Water Safety Standards

Korede Abdullah April 9, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State intensifies efforts to improve environmental health outcomes by training frontline health workers...

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

Young Nigerian woman experiencing stomach pain linked to H. pylori infection and poor sanitation

Pain After Every Meal: The Hidden Infection Millions of Nigerians Live With

Oluwafunbi Bello April 5, 2026

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

Sanitation

Lagos Rescues Four Nursing Mothers From Illegal Dumpsite

The Waste Mountain Beside Abuja’s Highway: How Karu Residents Are Paying the Price

NLNG, Rector Cares Launch Rivers Sanitation Project

161m Nigerians Lack Safe Water – SCI Warns

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health

Drowning Megacity: Climate Chaos, Urban Neglect Push Lagos to the Brink

Africa’s Water Crisis: ECA Warns 200m Still Defecate in Open

Lagos Orders Immediate Waste Evacuation to Prevent Flooding Risks

Lagos Trains Health Workers to Boost Water Safety Standards

Pain After Every Meal: The Hidden Infection Millions of Nigerians Live With

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