Africa Health Report

WHA79 Adopts Ambitious Decade-Long Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance Globally Delegates at the World Health Assembly adopting the new antimicrobial resistance strategy in Geneva

Oluwatobi Adu May 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Member States at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly adopt a new Global Action Plan...

African Leaders Push Cross-Border Pact to Eliminate Malaria, NTDS African health leaders and WHO officials discussing malaria and NTD elimination strategies

Oluwatobi Adu May 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – African countries and global health partners intensify efforts to eliminate malaria and neglected tropical...

Lagos Raises Ebola Alert, Intensifies Airport Screening Against Deadly Outbreak Healthcare workers and officials during a Lagos health sector briefing on doctors’ welfare reforms.

Korede Abdullah May 26, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government says no confirmed or suspected Ebola Virus Disease case exists...

UN Races to Contain Deadly Congo Ebola Outbreak WHO Ebola outbreak emergency

Hussaini Ibrahim May 22, 2026

NEW YORK – United Nations agencies have intensified emergency operations to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in...

Oluwatobi Adu May 22, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Member states at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly have adopted a landmark resolution aimed...

Korede Abdullah May 22, 2026

GENEVA, Switzerland – Delegates at the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79) intensified discussions on global health reforms,...

Ebola Crisis Deepens as WHO Warns Global Health Systems WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Korede Abdullah May 19, 2026

Geneva, Switzerland – The World Health Organization warns that a worsening Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, rising malaria...

How Nigeria’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Driving a Deadly Addiction to Processed Foods Photo Caption:Madam Rose attends to customers at her roadside food stall in Utako Market, Abuja, where quick processed meals are increasingly replacing traditional home-cooked dishes. (Photo credit: Otamere Gladness/AHR)

Oluwatobi Adu May 18, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In the crowded markets of Abuja, at roadside food stalls and construction sites where...

Update: WHO Confirms 11 Hantavirus Cases, Three Deaths on Cruise Ship Medical officials monitoring passengers linked to the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak.