April 26
Africa: AHAS 2024 - Technology is a key part of Tobacco Harm Reduction Approach, according to Dr Kgosi Letlape [interview]
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The 2024 edition of Africa Healthcare Summit was held in Accra on April 22-23, 2024. Organized by Zenith Global Health, this year's theme was " Advances in Public Health-Tackling… Read more »
April 25
Africa: Despite Pandemic Setbacks, WHO Vows Continued Fight for Global Immunization
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World Immunization Week celebrates a remarkable milestone - 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). This global initiative has been instrumental in saving… Read more »
South Africa: Social Security Agency Workers Busted in Grant Fraud Scheme - South African News Briefs - April 25, 2024
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April 24
Africa: Innovations at the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit [announcement]
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AllAfrica Global Media is launching the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit from May 8-10 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit will feature innovations to leverage the ever-changing media… Read more »
South Africa: Nearly Half of South Africans Can't Afford Basics - Survey - South African News Briefs - April 24, 2024
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April 23
Rwanda: UN Leaders Warn of Harm from UK-Rwanda Asylum Law
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The heads of two UN agencies have again rung the alarm on the harmful impact the passage of the "Safety of Rwanda" Bill by the UK Parliament will have on global… Read more »
South Africa: Johannesburg Power Outage Threatens Critical Healthcare - South African News Briefs - April 23, 2024
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April 22
Africa: Can We Achieve the Global Target for Maternal Mortality?
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"Did you know hundreds of thousands of women die in childbirth every year? Dr Anita Zaidi is determined to change that." Read more »
South Africa: Johannesburg Resident Wins Utility Bill Battle After 7-Year Fight - South African News Briefs - April 22, 2024
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April 19
South Africa: Search Continues for Missing 6-Year-Old Joshlin Smith - South African News Briefs - April 19, 2024
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April 18
South Africa: Ndebele Artist Esther Mahlangu Honored with Math Doctorate - South African News Briefs - April 18, 2024
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April 17
Africa: African Media Leaders Will Gather in Nairobi in May [press release]
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In response to pressing appeals from many media practitioners and stakeholders across Africa who believe a free, independent, professional and thriving media industry is essential… Read more »
South Africa: Johannesburg Faces Water Crisis as Infrastructure Crumbles - South African News Briefs - April 17, 2024
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April 16
South Africa: Severe Storm Hits Margate, Leaves Trail of Destruction - South African News Briefs - April 16, 2024
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April 15
South Africa: Heavy Rains and Winds Batter KwaZulu-Natal South Coast - South African News Briefs - April 15, 2024
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Sudan: Urgent Need to Avert a Worse Catastrophe after a Year of War in Sudan [guest column]
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Today marks one year since conflict between rival military leaders broke out in Sudan. Many Sudanese have fled across the border into Chad, including those from Darfur –… Read more »
April 12
South Africa: EFF and MK Party Dominate South Africa's Online Election Debate
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In the lead-up to South Africa's 2024 national elections, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) are dominating the online conversation, according… Read more »
Africa: Can We Have Our Food, and Equality Too?
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The world faces a daunting challenge: securing food for a growing global population while navigating the complexities of climate crisis and entrenched gender inequalities. These… Read more »
South Africa: Student Financial Aid Scheme Board Dissolved - South African News Briefs - April 12, 2024
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April 11
Tanzania: Mabinti Centre - Place of Hope Offers Dignity After Fistula
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Anastasia Majasho's journey with obstetric fistula began during her second pregnancy. Prolonged labor led to complications, and despite a previous cesarean scar, a vaginal delivery… Read more »
Africa: Africa Still in the Fight - Eradicating Malaria Remains a Top Priority
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Years of progress in the fight against malaria have been disrupted, but there is still hope. Read more »
South Africa: South African, Botswana Presidents to Visit Limpopo Bus Crash Site - South African News Briefs - April 11, 2024
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April 10
Sudan: MSF Urges More Help, More Eyes on Sudan's Suffering
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It's almost 12 months since Ramadan fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, 2023, and MSF is calling on the world not to turn its back on the devastated country. The level of… Read more »
April 08
Tanzania: Meet Zuhura Ahmed, A Young Leader in Climate Action
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The fight against climate change is seeing women emerge as powerful leaders around the globe, and Tanzania is no different. At the WomenLift Health conference in Dar es Salaam,… Read more »
April 07
Africa: Africa Needs a New Health Order Focusing Expenditures on Key Outcomes [guest column]
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Thirteen years ago this month, member states of the African Union met in the Nigerian capital and adopted binding commitments to spend at least 15 percent of their national budgets… Read more »
