3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (603+ words) Oyo State has recorded 131 suspected Lassa fever cases from January to September 10, 2026, with six confirmed cases and one death. The disclosure was made by the state Commissioner for Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi. Ms Ajetunmobi disclosed this in Ibadan on Thursday. The…...

5+ day, 35+ min ago   (415+ words) The Ducit Blue Foundation has launched the African AMR Voices Network to strengthen the participation of people and communities affected by antimicrobial resistance in advocacy and action across Africa. The foundation unveiled it in partnership with the AMR Narrative, an…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (265+ words) The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Jean Kaseya, has welcomed increased United Kingdom support for the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The additional commitment raises the UK’s total assistance…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (459+ words) The expert said the lack of comprehensive genomic datasets should not stop African researchers from starting the process. Oladipo Kolawole, an infectious disease expert, says Africa must strengthen its capacity to own, analyse and develop artificial intelligence tools from its…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (579+ words) Adorned in a navy blue shirt and with a black nose mark, Samuel Ezekiel, narrated how he was deceived by a friend into a black market organ harvesting syndicate that removed his kidney in an Abuja hospital. Mr Ezekiel, 22, who…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (386+ words) African ministers of health have endorsed and pledged to provide children born on the continent “the best start in life.” The commitment was made on Wednesday during the seventy-sixth session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (579+ words) The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has warned that a $185 million funding gap could undermine efforts to develop and ensure equitable access to vaccines against Bundibugyo virus. CEPI raised the concern in a publication marking 100 days into the Bundibugyo…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (600+ words) The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and UNICEF have urged the leadership of the six area councils of the FCT to take full ownership of local food and nutrition programmes to curb malnutrition and boost food security. Ubokutom Nyah, mandate…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (721+ words) Emmanuel Agogo, a global health consultant and environmental health science specialist, says insecticide resistance and climate change threaten the control of mosquito-borne diseases. Mr Agogo said this in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Abuja, in commemoration of the…...