June 05, 2023
Africa: Close Inequalities to End Aids & Prepare for Future Pandemics
By Winnie Byanyima and Sir Michael Marmot Read more »
May 24, 2023
Benin: World Hunger Day - Renewing Our Commitment to Elevating Women As Change Agents for Ending Hunger
This upcoming weekend, on May 28, we are commemorating World Hunger Day. The day serves as a reminder that more than 800 million people around the world are living with hunger and… Read more »
May 18, 2023
Africa: Nothing Beats Bushmeat, Not Even the Risk of Disease
Meat from wild animals is relished across Africa and widely traded, but scientists are warning that eating bush meat is a potential health risk, especially in the wake of pandemics… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Sudan: The Privilege of Making a Choice
A civilian student named Saber was caught in the crossfire in Khartoum. He had two choices: either flee and lose everything; or die. But within a moment his option to choose was… Read more »
Africa: New Mosquito Species Could Derail Fight Against Malaria
'Urban' Kenya has been alerted because new mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, threatens to derail decades of effort made in the fight against malaria. Read more »
Africa: Can a Pledge to End TB Stick This Time Around?
This week, the United Nations will host two days (May 8-9) of preliminary talks to plan a larger conference on tuberculosis (TB) in September. These preliminary talks will be held… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Sudan: In Sudanese Conflict, Either You Lose Everything, or You Die
On the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Sabre Nasr, a young Egyptian man of 20, developed a fever. Read more »
April 24, 2023
Africa: The Last Mile to Malaria Elimination - Confronting Gender Inequalities & Power Dynamics
For centuries, malaria has remained one of the deadliest diseases, inflicting great suffering on families and perpetuating the cycle of poverty in many communities and nations. The… Read more »
April 14, 2023
Africa: Vulnerable Countries Need Action On Loss and Damage Today and Not At COPs to Come #AfricaClimateHope
In March 2023, more than 600 people died in Malawi after Tropical Cyclone Freddy dumped heavy rain, flooding the southern part of the country, displacing over half a million… Read more »
April 07, 2023
Africa: Platitudes Not Enough - Urgent Investment Needed in Health Workforce
By Roopa Dhatt and Susannah Schaefer Read more »
Africa: Neglected Tropical Disease Mycetoma Research Gains Momentum
The disease burden and distribution of mycetoma--a neglected tropical disease--are not very well understood. However, it is known to affect people in Sudan, Senegal, Mauritania,… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Africa: Why Gender Transformative Leadership Is Key to Ending TB - for Good
Despite being both curable and preventable, the TB pandemic is a global health crisis and a leading cause of death worldwide. COVID-19 brought into sharp focus how women bear the… Read more »
Kenya: Entrepreneur Using Organic Microbes to Unlock Hidden Nutrients in Dairy Feeds
Using naturally occurring microbes, a Kenyan entrepreneur has developed a molasses-based supplement that pre-ferments animal feeds to unlock all the necessary nutrients that would… Read more »
March 16, 2023
Africa: Health - It's Time for Women to Lead the Sector
Women health workers are more than two thirds of the health workforce and represent 90% of the world's frontline health workers, yet hold less than a quarter of senior leadership… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Africa: Pandemic Accord Text Falls Short of Expectations
As countries recently gathered in Geneva for the fourth round of negotiations on the WHO proposed pandemic treaty or accord, close examination of the current text by civil society… Read more »
March 10, 2023
Africa: Next Ebola Outbreak 'Not a Matter of If, but When'
It is two months since the World Health Organization declared Uganda free of the most recent Sudan ebolavirus, which killed 55 people. Read more »
March 02, 2023
Africa: Research Uncovers Cheaper Diagnostic Tools for Chronic Hepatitis B in Africa
Researchers have found that cheaper and more accessible blood testing methods can improve the care of patients with chronic hepatitis B in Africa. Read more »
February 09, 2023
Africa: Mental Health Must Be Addressed in Medical Facilities and in Communities
Patients who visit public clinics in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, are asked mental health questions to detect signs of stress and depression early. The process starts with a… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Africa: As the #AfricaClimateCrisis Bites, Soil Needs Doctors Too
In a wiser world, the term 'treating someone like dirt' would be a good thing. After all, 15 of the 18 nutrients essential to plants are supplied by soils and around 95% of the… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Africa: New Business Technology Transfer Provides Benefits for African Pharmaceutical Industry
A few months after German biotechnology company BioNTech announced the establishment of the first-ever local vaccine manufacturing in Rwanda, experts believe the successful… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Malawi: Malawi Suffers Worst Cholera Outbreak in Decades
On March 3, 2022, Malawi declared a cholera outbreak after a district hospital in the southern region reported a case. This was the first case in the 2021 to 2022 cholera season. Read more »
January 03, 2023
Africa: Africa's Maternal Deaths Need Urgent Action to Meet SDG Goals
As the effects of COVID-19 on Africa's health sector become clearer, it looks the continent will need to take urgent steps to overcome the disruptions suffered in the breakdown in… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: Universal Health Coverage - Think of Health Workers, Not Just Health Services
Health services don't deliver themselves. It is the nurse who triages in the emergency department, the midwife who delivers babies and cares for mothers, the community health… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Africa: Pan-African Approach Needed to Tackle Food Insecurity Arising From Conflict and Climate Shocks
Upheaval on the global stage, the war in Ukraine, conflict in the Horn of Africa, severe climatic shocks, high international inflation, increasing global commodity prices, high… Read more »
November 21, 2022
Africa: A Looming Debt Crisis Is Threatening Global Health Security. It Is Time to Drop the Debt
In this moment of profound challenge in international relations, it was understandable that the conclusion of the G20 meeting left leaders feeling relieved that the meeting took… Read more »