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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has appointed Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as Senior Strategic Advisor to the Africa CDC Director General, Dr. Jean Kaseya.
Ghana has taken a major step forward in strengthening its health security with the completion of its National Action Plan…
Ugandan legislators are furious that the refurbishment of X-ray rooms in 20 hospitals has stalled thanks to non-compliance to procurement…
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete, has urged African governments to adequately finance and build resilient health systems capable of sustaining progress amid tightening fiscal conditions.
Morocco’s Minister of Health and Social Protection, Amine Tehraoui has advocated for strategic investment in African health systems during a…
Diplomacy has brought Beijing and Lusaka to scale new heights of cooperation in the health sector rarely seen in the annals of modern country-to-country collaboration.
Ghana, like many countries in the WHO Africa Region, remains vulnerable to public health emergencies due to underlying vulnerabilities and challenging health systems.
Amid fragmented alert systems and an estimated 91 million cases of foodborne illnesses annually across the continent, Dakar is hosting…
In Kigoma Region, a quiet but important change is transforming the fight against tuberculosis (TB). People who are suspected to have TB are now getting accurate results within hours instead of days. This means they can start treatment much earlier, recover faster, and reduce the risk of spreading the disease to others.
Tanzania has launched a sub-national polio vaccination campaign in the Lake Zone targeting over 6.7 million children, a ministry of…