February 26
Nigeria: Achieving the 3 By 35 Initiative in Nigeria - Are the Current Health Taxes Strong Enough?
In July 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the 3 by 35 Initiative, calling on countries to use health taxes to increase the real retail prices of tobacco, alcohol,… 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 »
September 09, 2025
Nigeria: West African Leaders Commit to Advance Lassa Fever Vaccine for the Region
In an historic moment for regional solidarity and leadership, West African Ministers of Health today pledged their joint commitment to advance the development of, and readiness… Read more »
July 07, 2025
West Africa: WAHO Announces Revised Dates for 2nd Ecowas Lassa Fever International Conference - 8th to 12th September 2025
The West African Health Organization (WAHO) has officially announced revised dates for the 2nd ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference (LIC). The conference will now take place… Read more »
July 01, 2025
Nigeria: Nigeria to Host 5th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference On Antimicrobial Resistance in 2026
Nigeria will host the 5th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) on 29-30 June 2026 in Abuja. This marks the first time the conference will take… Read more »
Nigeria: Vaccine Financing Saves Lives - Gavi's 6.0 Replenishment Shows Why
Seatbelts began as a simple safety feature, often dismissed at first as inconvenient. But over time, this innovation proved transformational. Countries that mandated its use saw… Read more »
