✍️ 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 disease outbreaks dominated the agenda, with Ebola preparedness measures, rising Lassa fever deaths and a worsening cholera outbreak underscoring the vulnerability of health systems across the region.
At the same time, long-term development concerns gained attention through Africa’s mental health funding crisis, antimicrobial resistance planning and renewed efforts to eliminate malaria and neglected tropical diseases. Encouraging progress also emerged from maternal health interventions in Kano and renewed action against Female Genital Mutilation in Ekiti.
Together, these stories highlight the urgent need for stronger disease surveillance, healthcare investment, regional cooperation and sustained public health reforms. As Africa confronts both outbreak emergencies and systemic health challenges, the decisions made today will shape the continent’s health security and development trajectory for years to come.
🔟 Top 10 Stories This Week
🔟 Kano Revamps Health Centres, Maternal Deaths Halve
Kano State has recorded a sharp decline in maternal mortality as the government intensifies…
9️⃣ Ekiti Vows Crackdown on Female Genital Mutilation
The Ekiti State Government has renewed its commitment to eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM)…
8️⃣ WHO Sounds Alarm Over Nicotine Pouch Surge
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that nicotine pouches are rapidly gaining popularity…
7️⃣ WHO Unveils DoxyPEP Strategy to Curb Rising STI Infections
The World Health Organization has issued its first global recommendation on the use of…
6️⃣ Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Africa Faces Funding Gap
African countries have renewed calls for greater investment in mental health services as…
5️⃣ WHA79 Adopts Decade-Long Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Member States at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly adopt a new Global Action Plan…
4️⃣ African Leaders Push Cross-Border Pact to Eliminate Malaria, NTDs
African countries and global health partners intensify efforts to eliminate malaria and neglected tropical…
3️⃣ Lassa Fever Deaths Rise to 204 Despite Case Decline
Nigeria has recorded a decline in new Lassa fever infections, but the disease has…
2️⃣ Cholera Kills 37 as Borno Cases Surpass 3,000
A worsening cholera outbreak has claimed at least 37 lives and infected more than…
1️⃣ Nigeria Activates Emergency Preparedness as Ebola Outbreak Spreads Regionally
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has placed Lagos State, the Federal…
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