May 27
Africa: One Vision, One Future - Why Africa's Health Financing Is a Global Reset
Health financing has long shaped whether universal health coverage remains an ambition or becomes a reality. Across many African countries, governments are still spending far below… Read more »
June 04
Africa: Africa's Precision Medicine Future Depends On Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems
Precision medicine will not deliver equity for Africa if Africa remains underrepresented in the evidence that shapes it. The endorsement of a new resolution on Precision Medicine… Read more »
May 25
Africa: The Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Shows Why Preparedness Cannot Wait
“As we scale up our detection and response, we expect to see more cases initially before the curve begins to go down” These were the words of Prof Mohamed Janabi, WHO… Read more »
February 11
Africa: From Emergency to Endurance - What It Will Take to Sustain Mpox Control in Africa
For the first time since the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was established, the agency used its expanded mandate under the revised 2022 statutes to… Read more »
February 04
West Africa: West Africa Takes Historic Step Toward Lassa Fever Vaccine Access With Launch of First End-to-End Roadmap
West Africa has today, 3rd February 2026, marked a major milestone in regional health security with the official launch of the Lassa Fever End-to-End (E2E) Access Roadmap for West… Read more »
December 12, 2025
Africa: Financing Health From Within - How Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar Taxes Can Support Africa's Health Priorities
Africa's health sector is facing an unprecedented funding crisis, driven in part by a sharp decline in external health aid, which has fallen by 70% between 2021 and 2025. This… Read more »
November 26, 2025
Africa: Lancet Countdown Africa Publishes Landmark Report On Climate Change and Health in Africa
PRETORIA - Climate change is driving economic losses in developing nations. It's slowing progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and worsening threats such as infectious… Read more »
November 23, 2025
Africa: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty As the Global Fund Secures U.S.$11.34 Billion in Ongoing Replenishment
In 2001, when the late Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations was championed the creation of the Global Fund, he is famously quoted as saying "When I first… Read more »
October 20, 2025
Africa: Nigeria Health Watch to Host the First Solutions Journalism Africa Summit
For decades, media coverage of Africa has been dominated by a narrow and often negative lens, focusing largely on poverty, hunger, corruption, and conflict. While these issues… Read more »
October 16, 2025
Africa: Trump Cuts U.S. Aid to Africa. Pregnant Women Lose Needed Medicines
The United States is cutting billions in foreign aid. In Nigeria, pregnant women and others now face higher risks from HIV Read more »
September 29, 2025
Africa: Helium Credit Is Financing Africa's Private Clinics, One Loan At a Time
Across Nigeria, many privately-owned healthcare facilities face funding bottleneck. Pharmacies watch their shelves empty as they struggle to restock essential drugs. Laboratories,… Read more »
September 24, 2025
Africa: Enhancing Lassa Fever Medical Countermeasures in West Africa
Lassa fever remains one of the most pressing public health threats in West Africa. According to the Africa CDC, the viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) infects between 100,000 and… Read more »
September 13, 2025
West Africa: West Africa Unite in Abidjan to Fast-Track Lassa Fever Vaccine and Strengthen Epidemic Preparedness
The 2nd ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference (#ELFIC 2025) concluded this Thursday 11 September 2025 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, after four days of high-level… Read more »
August 13, 2025
West Africa: Strengthening Lassa Fever Vaccine Research and Trial Capacity in West Africa
In West Africa, Lassa fever remains a persistent and recurring health threat, causing hundreds of lives each year and underscoring urgent need for sustained investment in research… Read more »
August 06, 2025
Africa: Breastfeeding Week 2025 - Empowering African Women By Integrating HIV Prevention Into the First Bonds of Life
During the recently commemorated Pan-African Women's Day (PAWD), we were reminded of the enduring legacy, resilience, and leadership of African women. However, as we celebrated, we… Read more »
July 15, 2025
Africa: Nigeria Health Watch Announces Fellows for the 2025 Solutions Journalism West Africa Fellowship
Nigeria Health Watch is pleased to announce the selection of 10 fellows for the Solutions Journalism West Africa Fellowship, a four-month programme designed to strengthen the… Read more »
