October 31
Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At WHO Investment Round Event - 31 October 2024 [document]
WHO
Honourable Ministers Nisia Trindade Lima, Mauro Vieira and Fernando Haddad, Read more »
Ethiopia: U.S. Government Renovates Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Unit At Axum University [press release]
U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa
The United States Government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), inaugurated a newly renovated Mental Health and Psychosocial Support unit at Axum… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda Gets Additional 1,000 Marburg Vaccine Doses
New Times
The Sabin Vaccine Institute on Thursday, October 31 dispatched approximately 1,000 additional doses of its investigational vaccine, in a continued collaboration with Rwanda to… Read more »
South Africa: Spotlight Initiative Brings Together Experts and Influencers to Discuss Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence At SVRI
Spotlight Initiative
During this year's Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, Spotlight Initiative hosted 'Unfollowing Misogyny: A conversation on digital… Read more »
Africa: African Health Ministers, Delegates Adopt Declaration On Climate Change and Health
WHO-AFRO
Health ministers and delegates from 20 African countries today adopted a landmark declaration to enhance climate resilience within health systems and address the profound health… Read more »
Africa: Statement On Antigen Rapid Tests for Mpox Diagnosis, 30 October 2024
Africa CDC
No Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) has demonstrated the minimum requirement for mpox testing Read more »
Nigeria: Prioritise Mental Health Equity to End Stigma, Discrimination - UNHCR
Vanguard
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has called for mental health equity. Read more »
Ghana: Cerebral Palsy, Autism Sufferers Target of Sexual Abuse At Akyem Tafo
Ghanaian Times
Some women and young girls living with cerebral palsy, autism, and other forms of disabilities at Akyem Tafo in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region have become… Read more »
Africa: Call for Applications | the Africa CDC Bingwa Plus Initiative [press release]
Africa CDC
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Office to the… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Health Watch Announces Solutions Journalism Masterclass for Nigerian Newsroom Editors [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria Health Watch, in partnership with the School of Media and Communication at Pan-Atlantic University, is pleased to announce the Solutions Journalism Masterclass for Nigerian… Read more »
Nigeria: Geri-Care Health Scheme - A New Dawn for Nigeria's Senior Citizens
This Day
In a country where youth dominates the demographic landscape, Dr. Olutoyin Akande Ajala dared to challenge the status quo. As a UK-trained consultant geriatrician, she recognised… Read more »
October 30
Uganda: Uganda Battles Rising Mpox Cases As Kampala Records Highest Outbreak
Nile Post
Authorities report that mpox primarily affects urban and ghetto communities, with vulnerable groups like commercial sex workers, timber dealers, university students (particularly… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Role in Ethical AI for Healthcare [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming healthcare systems worldwide, offering promising solutions to challenges such as patient diagnosis, disease prediction, and… Read more »
Uganda: Caregivers - Uganda's Silent Heroes Facing Hardships to Save Lives
Nile Post
In Uganda, caregivers stand as the unsung heroes of the healthcare system, offering essential support to patients in hospitals and homes alike. Read more »
Kenya: Health Ministry Reports 83% Drop in New HIV Infection in a Decade
Capital FM
Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa announced on Wednesday that Kenya recorded 16,752 new HIV infections in 2023, a significant drop from 101,560 in 2013. Read more »
South Africa: Bedsores and Maggots - Ikamva Labantu's Shocking Findings On Elder Abuse
GroundUp
Research report released into neglect and abuse of older people in Cape Town's poor communities Read more »
Ghana: A Call to Action - Addressing Breast Cancer in the Upper East Region of Ghana [guest column]
allAfrica
Breast cancer is one of the most significant health challenges facing women globally, and the Upper East Region of Ghana where I live is no exception. As we celebrate Breast Cancer… Read more »
Africa: Africa Makes TB Progress, But Global Spike Makes It Deadliest Disease in 2023
allAfrica
Tuberculosis was the leading killer among infectious diseases in 2023, the World Health Organization said. While the number of TB-related deaths decreased from 1.32… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos, Nigeria's Richest State, Is Also Its Cholera Epicentre. This Is Why
Premium Times
Lagos becoming Nigeria's cholera hotspot raises critical questions Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Launches Campaign Against Hypertension, Diabetes in Ekiti
Premium Times
Governor Oyebanji said the initiative hopes to conduct free screening for about 200,000 people in Ekiti State for hypertension and diabetes within the week-long campaign across 161… Read more »
Mali: MSF Condemns Violence Against Our Team in Mali [press release]
MSF
On 14 October, on the outskirts of Nampala in the Segou region of central Mali, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team and community health workers were violently… Read more »
Kenya: Govt Vows Sustained Efforts to Tackle Femicide, GBV
Capital FM
The government has vowed sustained efforts to strengthen prevention mechanisms to tame Gender Based Violence (GBV) including femicide cases in the country. Read more »
Africa: 56 000 TB Deaths in SA in 2023, According to WHO
spotlight
An estimated 56 000 people in South Africa and 1.25 million around the world died of TB in 2023, according to just-published figures from the WHO. This means that in 2023 TB… Read more »
Africa: Cancer Poses Serious Threat to Humanity! [editorial]
The Point
Tackling cancer is one of the most formidable challenges facing our society. The disease, which remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, knows no… Read more »
Africa: Bringing Research to Life - From Hypotheses to Policies [blog]
Malaria Consortium
At Malaria Consortium, we want our research to make a difference. It's why attending international conferences such as the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical… Read more »
