Africa: Time to Embrace HIV Prevention Tools While We Wait For The Cure

allAfrica's Sethi Ncube is in Lima, Peru, for the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, HIVR4P 2024, reporting from the only global scientific conference… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Researchers Playing Crucial Role in Advancing HIV Prevention #HIVR4P2024

Africa is contributing to groundbreaking data from the PURPOSE 2 study, which explores twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention. This study, with participants from South Africa… Read more »

Africa: Rwanda Struggles To Halt Spread Of Marburg Virus

Rwandan health authorities are struggling to contain the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, which has claimed the lives of about a dozen people. Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana… Read more »

Africa: Are We Losing Tree Species Before We Even Find Them?

For more than 17 years, Alice Muchugi has led the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) program on tree genetic resources. The… Read more »

Africa: Is Crop Diversity Our Lifeline Against The Climate Crisis?

Crop diversity presents an opportunity to address some of the most pressing issues Africa faces today, such as climate impacts, biodiversity loss, and land degradation. Read more »

Africa: We've Shown Meningitis Can Be Eliminated. Let's Do It

It is a deadly disease linked to high temperatures, airborne dust, and overcrowded living conditions – some of the very conditions that climate change threatens to … Read more »

Africa: The 'Forgotten Crops' that Can Save Our Food System

Neglected crops are among the underappreciated solutions for alleviating Africa's food and climate crises. Read more »

Africa: We Know That The Status Quo is Not Working for Africa - COP29 CEO

The COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, is expected to lay the groundwork for a new climate finance target. Read more »

Africa: Lives Can Be Saved Despite Drug-Resistant Infections

World leaders commit to action at UN General Assembly Read more »

Africa: Amadou Mahtar Mbow - former Unesco Head and 1st African to Lead a Major International Organisation

Amadou Mahtar M'Bow, who served as the 6th Director-General of Unesco and the first African to head an international organisation, is being remembered for his leading role in… Read more »

Africa: Women in Low-Income Countries Bear the Brunt of Ovarian Cancer

"But conversely, when it comes to healthcare dollars spent per capita on ovarian cancer, middle- to lower-income countries spend significantly more." Read more »

Africa: Communities at the Center - Leading the Fight to End HIV

The choice is clear, and the time to act is now: Trust, empower, and follow the lead of the communities we serve. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Military Strategy in Africa Remains 'Partnership-Centric' - Africom's General Langley

The head of the U.S-Africa Command (Africom) - a unit of the U.S. military responsible for operations on the continent -  said the U.S. strategy on the continent will… Read more »

Africa: Is Wild Wheat The Unsung Hero in the Fight Against Global Warming?

Wild relatives of wheat, humanity's most widely grown crop, could provide a solution to adapting to the climate crisis. Read more »

Africa: Atlanta and Africa Forge New Creative Frontiers

Africa's creative sector finds a dynamic ally in Atlanta Read more »

Africa: Afcon 2025 Qualifiers This Weekend

Join Africa's star footballers for the qualifiers determining the 24 teams competing in the 35 th  edition of Africa’s biggest sporting spectacle in Morocco from… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Initiative Aims to Fuel Job Growth in African Creative Industries

In recognition of the potential of Africa's creative industries, Prosper Africa strives to harness these sectors for job creation and sustainable development. Read more »

Africa: Mpox Outbreak Exposes Need for Robust Global Vaccine Distribution

A "unprecedented" spike in mpox cases has been reported in 15 countries since January 2024. Read more »

Africa: Why the New Public Health Order is Essential for Africa's 2025-2027 Health Goals

African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has remained vigilant throughout the year, despite an ongoing mpox epidemic across the continent. In early August,… Read more »

Africa: Mpox Surge Grips Africa But Africa CDC's Vaccine Hopes Rise

"The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic to facilitate technology transfer for African manufacturers," said Dr. Jean… Read more »

Africa: Attacks on Health Are Becoming The New Reality; We Must Stop This Becoming The Norm

To mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues a call to stop the intensifying attacks on healthcare workers, hospitals and… Read more »

Africa: UN Report on Food Security Reminds Us to Stop Food Waste

According to the just released 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, in 2023, an estimated 28.9 percent of the global population – 2.33 billion people… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Declares Mpox a Public Health Emergency

Africa's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared Mpox a public health emergency today. Read more »

Africa: 60% of Mpox Cases in DR Congo are Children Under 15 - Africa CDC Calls It 'Major Alarm'

The Africa Center for Disease Control raised the alarm over the growing number of cases of the Mpox disease on the continent during an online briefing to give updates on the steps… Read more »

Africa: Widows' Rights in Africa - No Woman Should Lose Her Rights When She Loses Her Husband

Recently I had the privilege of attending the inaugural African Widows Summit. For the first time, gender ministers, First Ladies, and African Union leaders from 11… Read more »