Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- October brought major developments across Nigeria's health sector, with the confirmation of an Ebola case in Abuja prompting renewed disease surveillance, contact tracing and emergency response measures.

The month also saw growing concerns over Nigeria's dependence on imported pharmaceutical ingredients, child malnutrition and challenges affecting maternal and child healthcare.

Beyond Nigeria, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued to raise concerns about regional health security.

PREMIUM TIMES reviews some of the major health developments that shaped October.

Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case since 2014 on 20 October, involving a 42-year-old Ugandan-born woman living in Abuj...