Africa Health Report

Cholera Kills 37 as Borno Cases Surpass 3,000 Health workers responding to a cholera outbreak in Borno State.

Oluwafunbi Bello May 30, 2026

BORNO, Nigeria – A worsening cholera outbreak has claimed at least 37 lives and infected more than...

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...

Oluwatobi Adu May 30, 2026

GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that nicotine pouches are rapidly gaining popularity...

WHO Confirms First Ebola Survivor in Congo Outbreak Health workers treating Ebola patients during the Congo outbreak response

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius May 29, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has confirmed the first officially recorded survivor in the ongoing...

Korede Abdullah May 29, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has placed Lagos State, the Federal...

WHO Unveils DoxyPEP Strategy to Curb Rising STI Infections World Health Organization announcing new doxyPEP STI prevention guidelines

Oluwatobi Adu May 28, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has issued its first global recommendation on the use of...

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.