Real-time health news from Nigeria, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters Nigeria-relevant health coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=health&country=ng), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Ebola outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed in Congo has not peaked yet and could be three times the current known size, according to data ...
N'DALI, Benin (AP) — Sabi Bera Zakari didn't appear to care much how tall his children would grow. The farmer said he only sometimes wished they could gain more weight.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An Ebola outbreak in Congo has surpassed 5,000 confirmed cases , making it one of the largest outbreaks of the deadly disease ever recorded.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An Ebola outbreak in Congo has surpassed 5,000 confirmed cases, making it one of the largest outbreaks of the deadly disease ever recorded.
Researchers say warming temperatures are altering malaria transmission patterns across Africa, creating new challenges for health systems and disease control.
Malaria killed an estimated 579,000 people in Africa in 2024, about three-quarters of them children under five, according to the World Health Organization.
Developers say the phone-based tool, which advises medics on how to prescribe antibiotics, has already helped raise the quality of care
NewsMesh filters Nigeria-relevant health coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=health&country=ng). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=health&country=ng&limit=20"GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.NewsMesh filters Nigeria-relevant health coverage into one structured feed, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body.
Call GET /v1/latest?category=health&country=ng. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all Nigeria coverage from /v1/latest?country=ng.
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: health Nigeria stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.