Africa Health Report

Africa Sounds Alarm Over Rural NCD Care Gap Health workers providing chronic disease care at a rural African clinic.

Oluwatobi Adu June 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – African health leaders have warned that millions of people living with severe noncommunicable diseases...

Africa Urges Action on Vaccine Coverage Gaps Healthcare workers administering vaccines to children in Africa.

Oluwatobi Adu June 25, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – African health leaders have called for stronger domestic financing and political commitment to immunisation...

Oluwatobi Adu June 10, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm over persistent blood shortages across...

Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Africa Faces Funding Gap Delegates at the WHO Africa mental health meeting in Johannesburg discussing healthcare funding gaps

Oluwatobi Adu May 30, 2026

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – African countries have renewed calls for greater investment in mental health services as...

Vaccines Save 1.8m Lives Yearly in Africa – WHO Warns of Gaps Health workers administering polio vaccine to children in Kano community

Hussaini Ibrahim April 26, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – Vaccines are preventing an estimated 1.8 million deaths every year in Africa, the World...

WHO Africa Warns Millions Lack Oral Healthcare Across Continent WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Mohamed Janabi

Oluwatobi Adu March 11, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has raised alarm over the growing burden of oral diseases...

WHO Warns Africa Risks Losing Momentum in Cervical Cancer Fight WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Mohamed Janabi

Oluwatobi Adu November 17, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Africa faces a critical setback in its quest to eliminate cervical cancer as the...

Africa May See Over 60m Diabetes Patients by 2050 – WHO Warns WHO and Bayer representatives reaffirming global health partnership on neglected diseases