AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development News for the Week, December 1– 7th December 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE This week’s top health and development stories paint a stark picture of contrasts across Nigeria’s health landscape — where policy ambition and…
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WHO
Soaring Medicine Costs Block Universal Health Coverage Worldwide – Report
ABUJA, Nigeria – Exploding medicine prices are the biggest obstacle to universal health coverage, forcing nearly 1.6 billion people deeper into poverty, according to…
WHO Launches Global Strategy Against Future Coronavirus Threats
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation, (WHO) unveils its first unified long-term coronavirus strategy, marking a pivotal shift from emergency COVID-19 response to…
WHO Issues New Global Guidelines on GLP-1 Drugs for Obesity Treatment
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation, (WHO) has released new recommendations on the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists for the treatment of obesity…
New HIV Prevention Tools and Investment Critical to Ending AIDS – WHO Warns
ABUJA, Nigeria – As the world marks World AIDS Day 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments and global health partners…
Zambia, Zimbabwe Approve Lenacapavir at Record Speed Through WHO Collaborative Process
ABUJA, Nigeria – Zambia and Zimbabwe have become the latest African countries to approve the long-acting HIV prevention medicine lenacapavir, completing their regulatory processes…
Nigeria Seeks Emergency Cholera Vaccines as Death Toll Rises Nationwide
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has submitted four emergency requests to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision as Nigeria battles a…
Africa, WHO Launch New Framework to Prevent Sexual Misconduct
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation (WHO) and 42 African Member States have unveiled a new safeguarding standard aimed at preventing sexual exploitation,…
WHO Warns Measles Surge Threatens Global Immunisation Gains
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation (WHO) says global immunisation efforts prevented nearly 59 million measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, achieving an…
WHO Releases First-Ever Global Guideline on Infertility Care, Calls for Fairer Access Worldwide
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation, (WHO) has launched its first-ever global guideline on infertility care, urging member states to prioritise equitable access…