WHO Warns AI Risks Could Undermine Global Health Policies
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments to strengthen governance frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI), warning that unchecked use of…
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WHO Pushes Self-Help Tools to Tackle Mental Health Crisis
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new implementation guide to help countries expand access to mental health services through evidence-based…
AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 25 – 31 May 2026
✍️ Editor’s Note This week’s leading health and development stories reveal a continent navigating both persistent health challenges and emerging public health threats. Infectious…
WHO Urges Nations to Lift Congo Ebola Travel Bans
BUNIA, DR Congo – The World Health Organization has warned that travel restrictions and border closures imposed over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic…
Cholera Kills 37 as Borno Cases Surpass 3,000
BORNO, Nigeria – A worsening cholera outbreak has claimed at least 37 lives and infected more than 3,000 people across Borno State within a…
Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Africa Faces Funding Gap
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – African countries have renewed calls for greater investment in mental health services as nearly 150 million people across the continent…
WHO Sounds Alarm Over Nicotine Pouch Surge
GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that nicotine pouches are rapidly gaining popularity among young people, exposing millions of adolescents…
WHO Confirms First Ebola Survivor in Congo Outbreak
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has confirmed the first officially recorded survivor in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
Nigeria Activates Emergency Preparedness as Ebola Outbreak Spreads Regionally
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has placed Lagos State, the Federal Capital Territory, Rivers State and Kano State…
WHO Unveils DoxyPEP Strategy to Curb Rising STI Infections
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has issued its first global recommendation on the use of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, known as doxyPEP, as…