Sunday Oko

Global Health Advocate| Tech Enthusiast | Health Policy & Advocacy Strategist | Climate Change and Migration Advocate

[Winnie Byanyima @Winnie_Byanyima]

Progress toward a Pandemic Agreement is encouraging, but the world must not repeat the devastating inequities of COVID-19.
Countries that share pathogens and scientific data must also share in the benefits.
Equity, technology transfer & access to life-saving products are essential for global health security.
https://t.co/GKLEP4SrXx

[Africa Health Watch @africahlthwatch]

Africa is home to the world's greatest human genetic diversity, yet remains one of the least represented populations in genomic research. Many clinical guidelines and treatment decisions are based on evidence generated from populations outside Africa.

A new African-led partnership is working to change that. Backed by a US$3.5 million investment, Biolinx Africa, YTO Foundation, and NextGen Molecular Lab are building the scientific infrastructure needed to advance precision medicine on the continent.

Read how this collaboration could reshape the future of healthcare in Africa - https://t.co/t4IfSXUlnS

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

To mark Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026, Nigeria Health Watch, in collaboration with NoGirlWithoutAPad, visited City Royal School in Abuja for an outreach programme centred on menstrual health awareness, education, and support.

Read more: https://t.co/7UwVZoYPND

[Chikwe Ihekweazu @Chikwe_I]

.@WHO is looking for its next leader to serve as @WHOAFRO Regional Emergency Director working across 47 Member States in an increasingly complex public health landscape

If you have the experience, collaborative spirit & passion, I encourage you to apply:
https://t.co/I2hQSkdfPa

[Chikwe Ihekweazu @Chikwe_I]

For 100 years, the Weekly Epidemiological Record has turned information into action

📊1926: telegraphed bulletin
📊2026: html edition

The format has changed, but the mission hasn’t:

Supporting countries with trustworthy data to protect health.

https://t.co/68vAyQQ6So

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

The future of health will not be defined by the ideas we celebrate. It will be defined by the impact we deliver.

At the 2026 Future of Health Conference, leaders, innovators, and partners will come together to explore what it takes to turn innovations into impact for people and communities.

Registration is now open: https://t.co/ZwWA3RE9Xr
#TheFutureOfHealthIsNow.

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Good News!

The 2026 Future of Health Conference website is officially live!!

This year's edition of the conference is a space where innovation meets action, where conversations turn into collaboration, and where ideas are shaped into impact.

Explore it. Engage with it. Be part of what comes next: https://t.co/fnASYXlLNv
#TheFutureOfHealthIsNow

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Every time I meet with young people, the priority health issue they raise with me is mental health.

That's why I was grateful that Veronika Novotná shared with me the “Global Youth Call to Action on Mental Health”. I look forward to reviewing it with my team and supporting it in every way we can.

I also invited these inspiring creators from across the European Union to engage with the @WHOYouthCouncil and help shape the future of global health.

But there is another issue that will define their generation: pandemic preparedness.

No young person should relive the collective trauma we all endured from COVID-19.

So I asked them to do one thing: tell the story of the Pandemic Agreement to their communities. The Agreement only works if countries join it. Their voices can help make that happen.

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Communities that keep their surroundings clean, wear protective clothing outdoors, take ivermectin when offered, and support community health workers are communities preventing avoidable blindness.

Prevention is not just personal. It is communal.

Share this reminder with your community. Prevention works when we all do our part.
#RiverBlindnessNG @Fmohnigeria

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Innovation is not the end goal. Impact is.

As Nigeria and the global health community continue to generate solutions, how do we ensure those solutions reach the people who need them most?

The Future of Health Conference 2026 is committed to answering that question. We invite partners and collaborators to turn these ideas into action. Contact [email protected] for details.

#TheFutureOfHealthIsNow

[NoteS. @NoteSphere]

Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby unveils the first official portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama.

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Nigeria struggles with overcrowded wards, delays in care, exhausted healthcare workers, overstretched primary healthcare centres (PHCs), and families often contacting one nurse because the formal system feels too distant, slow, or expensive.

Read more: https://t.co/hQ0KmHNu0u

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

What role can the media play in strengthening Nigeria’s health system?

In this #NHWPost, @alagboso and @t_chinwendu draw insights from our interview with Chief Mrs @MakanjuolaMoji on how journalists and the media can improve health outcomes.

A must-read: https://t.co/N3HMBGmJBw

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Nigeria’s journey towards universal health coverage (UHC) cannot be achieved by the government or the private sector alone. The more critical question is how Nigeria can bring both parties together within a more disciplined framework

Read more: https://t.co/GHjbYeEPck

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

A leading Lassa fever vaccine candidate, IAVI’s rVSVΔG-LASV-GPC, is now in Phase II trials across Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Ghana, making it one of the most advanced Lassa fever vaccine candidates in clinical development.

Read more: https://t.co/yJaLU6mTJK

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Ivermectin is used in community programmes to prevent and treat river blindness. When entire communities take it together, it helps break the cycle of infection and protect everyone at risk.

This approach is called Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI), and it works.
#RiverBlindnessNG @Fmohnigeria

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Menstruation should never limit a girl’s learning, participation, or dignity. Yet period poverty in Nigeria persists due to cost and poor school sanitation facilities.

In this #NHWPost, @deajayiprecious calls for accountability and sustained investment in systems girls need.

Read: https://t.co/OCZB8h7I0y
#PeriodFriendlyWorld

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

As epidemic threats continue to evolve, strengthening regional health security requires more than emergency response. It requires sustained investment in preparedness, research, coordination and country leadership.

At the @OoasWaho Breakfast Session during #GHSC2026, experts reflected on the lessons from #LassaFever and how they are shaping a stronger preparedness agenda across West Africa.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

I know how committed @WHO is to supporting the #Ebola outbreak response in #DRC. But the entire @UN system is equally committed. 

Take our sister agency @WFP, who I call “The Wings of the Response,” thanks to their UNHAS flights that bring experts and humanitarians to the field. 

In Bunia, capital of Ituri Province, I have also seen how WFP is implementing local solutions to access to nutritious food, helping local restaurants provide local food to the local communities.

Thank you WFP for all you do.

https://t.co/XmBeyftLgN

[Nigeria Health Watch @nighealthwatch]

Stakeholders called for expanded health insurance coverage, better budget accountability, and stronger integration of private providers, especially PPMVs and community pharmacies, into maternal health systems.

The meeting ended with a shared commitment to stronger collaboration across government, development partners, financial institutions, and the private sector to reduce maternal mortality in Kaduna State.
#GivingBirthInNigeria