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Uganda has introduced Artificial intelligence (AI) powered tuberculosis (TB) screening technology to improve efficiency and service delivery across its community-centered…
The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises says that two-thirds of all people facing high levels of acute hunger are concentrated in just 10 countries, including Nigeria.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Algeria as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the 10th country in WHO’s African Region and the 29th country globally to achieve this significant milestone.
Tanzania has introduced advanced gene-modification technology that can block the transmission of malaria via eliminating mosquitoes’ ability to transmit the…
The Ugandan parliament’s budget committee has raised a red flag following inconsistencies in the reported upgrade of health facilities with…
A Burundian delegation led by Jean Claude Barutwanayo was received in Ouagadougou on Wednesday by Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba…
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.