Africa Health Report

Nigeria Expands Birth Registration to Protect Children Officials promote digital birth registration and legal identity for Nigerian children

Otamere Gladness August 11, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria is expanding digital birth registration services as the country joins other African nations...

Bayelsa, UNICEF Launch ₦280 Million Nutrition Programme to Combat Child Malnutrition UNICEF, Imo State Government and the Gates Foundation are strengthening maternal and child nutrition through new supplementation and behaviour change programmes.

Oluwafunbi Bello August 4, 2026

YENAGOA, Nigeria – The Bayelsa State Government, in partnership with UNICEF and The Church of Jesus Christ...

FG: Only 29% of Nigerian Babies Are Exclusively Breastfed Nigerian mother breastfeeding her baby

Mirian Gom August 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has launched a nationwide campaign to improve child nutrition after revealing...

UNICEF Warns Insecurity, Threaten Children’s Right to Play, Learn UNICEF, Imo State Government and the Gates Foundation are strengthening maternal and child nutrition through new supplementation and behaviour change programmes.

Mirian Gom June 11, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – UNICEF has raised concerns over worsening insecurity, school kidnappings and overcrowded learning environments in...

North-West Governors Adopt Strategy to Tackle Child Poverty UNICEF officials and Faji residents at NTD town hall in Osun

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius June 11, 2026

Governors from Nigeria’s North-West region have adopted a new strategy aimed at reducing child poverty and strengthening...

Gombe, UNICEF Deploy N1bn Therapeutic Food Against Malnutrition Health officials receiving therapeutic food supplies for malnourished children in Gombe State.

Oluwafunbi Bello June 11, 2026

GOMBE, Nigeria – The Gombe State Government and UNICEF have intensified efforts to combat child malnutrition with...

EU Deepens Kano Partnership with Youth, Development Drive EU and Nigerian representatives discussing pharmaceutical manufacturing partnership.

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius June 11, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – The European Union and its development partners have strengthened cooperation with Kano State through...

UNICEF, EU Launch €1m Lifeline to Rescue 20,000 Conflict-Hit Children in Sokoto UNICEF officials and Faji residents at NTD town hall in Osun

Hussaini Ibrahim May 1, 2026

SOKOTO, Nigeria – Thousands of conflict-affected children in northwestern Nigeria are set to return to classrooms following...

UNICEF, Canada Donate 45 Motorcycles to Boost Healthcare Access in Bauchi Motorcycles donated to support healthcare delivery in Bauchi

Hussaini Ibrahim April 28, 2026

BAUCHI, Nigeria – The Bauchi State Government has received 45 motorcycles from Global Affairs Canada through UNICEF...

Stolen Futures: Inside Nigeria’s Exploding Out-of-School Crisis Out-of-school children sitting along a street in Northern Nigeria, highlighting the country’s education crisis.