With Nigeria facing significant vulnerability to rising temperatures, erratic weather patterns, and environmental degradation, Grace Oluchi Mbah, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Climate Action Africa (CAA) has emphasized the need...

By Grace Oluchi Mbah, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Climate Action Africa Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is facing a critical challenge: climate change. The country is highly vulnerable to the...

The World Health Organisation says the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife may facilitate the emergence of new virus variants. In a joint statement, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, has underscored the Organization’s commitment to support Nigeria’s efforts in reinforcing its health system for better access to...

Disruptions to essential health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt broadly. As the world marks International Women’s Day, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds that...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated the national multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary Lassa fever Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in response to the Lassa fever outbreak in some parts...

Guinea has declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak having recorded no new cases over the past 42 days—two incubation periods, or the time between infection and the...