Nigeria’s response to the diphtheria outbreak is taking different directions across the country, with Zamfara reopening schools after an improvement in its situation while Plateau State intensifies its response after 31 deaths. The developments highlight the challenge facing health authorities: controlling outbreaks locally while building stronger systems to detect and respond to future public health…
Nigeria has placed its public health system on high alert for Ebola as a major outbreak of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) issued an interim advisory on September 23, 2026, following the worsening situation in the DRC. As…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun vaccinating frontline healthcare workers as authorities battle the country’s largest Ebola outbreak on record. The campaign began in Bunia, the epicentre of the outbreak, on September 19, with health workers and other people directly involved in the response receiving the Ervebo vaccine. But there is an unusual problem…
The Ondo methanol poisoning deaths have reached 48 after laboratory tests linked the outbreak to dangerously high levels of methanol in locally prepared alcoholic and herbal drinks. The development has shifted the focus from the initial mystery surrounding the deaths to a wider question about how unregulated drinks are produced, sold and consumed in Nigerian…
Zamfara State has extended the resumption of public and private schools by two weeks as health authorities respond to a growing diphtheria outbreak. The state has recorded 367 clinically suspected diphtheria cases, with more than 320 patients treated and discharged, while 44 deaths have also been reported. Why Zamfara Is Keeping Schools Closed The decision…
Nigeria’s healthcare market is becoming too large for investors to ignore, with Nigerians projected to spend about $34 billion on healthcare in 2026, according to recent industry reports. The rising spending is attracting greater interest in private hospitals, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and other medical infrastructure. But the opportunity comes with a major weakness: Nigeria still imports…
For millions of people living with sickle cell disease, the biggest challenge is not only the illness itself. It is getting regular access to medicines that can reduce painful crises and hospital visits. That is why Senegal’s sickle cell treatment, Drepaf, could be bigger than a new drug on the market. Produced by Senegalese pharmaceutical…
Erling Haaland has unexpectedly become part of a major drug seizure in Ecuador — not because of anything he did, but because traffickers allegedly used the Manchester City and Norway star’s image to mark packages in a shipment of cocaine. Ecuadorian police seized 469 kilograms of cocaine packed into 370 packages after stopping a truck…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak has crossed a grim milestone: more than 2,000 people have died, with health authorities reporting 4,381 confirmed cases and 2,011 deaths. The outbreak, declared less than three months ago, is now being described as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. But the most alarming part is not…
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is entering a dangerous phase, with cases continuing to rise rapidly in the country’s eastern hotspot zones. The World Health Organization is warning that the response needs to be scaled up urgently as transmission continues, particularly in Ituri province. The latest numbers show how quickly the…
