Africa: AfDB Supports 2012 World Malaria Day

Malaria hits Africa the hardest. More than 80 percent of all malaria cases around the world each year occur in Africa, and the continent suffers more than 90 percent of the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Launches Ehealth Award to Seek African ICT Health Solutions

On 19 April, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is launching a competition for innovative and sustainable information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for the health… Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day 2012 - Connecting Girls - Inspiring Futures

The African Development Bank will be celebrating International Women's Day on Thursday, 8 March. Read more »

Africa: Integrating Mhealth Into Ehealth Strategy Implementation

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Africa: AfDB Promotes Improved Access to Water, Sanitation and Health Services in Uganda

The African Development Bank and the Government of Uganda signed two separate agreements on 12 January to finance projects to improve health services delivery and access to water… Read more »

Africa: Securing a Triple Win With Health and Climate Change (AfDB)

UK medical journal The Lancet recently headlined climate change as "the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." Yet this presents a triple-win opportunity for Africa… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Marks 2011 World Aids Day

This year's global theme for the commemoration of World AIDS Day "Getting to Zero - Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS related deaths" has a deeper meaning… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Marks 2011 World Aids Day

This year's global theme to mark World AIDS Day is "Zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths." This theme has an even deeper meaning for Africa. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Lends Voice to Human Development Discourse

The African Development Bank (AfDB) lent a strong voice to the international dialogue on health and development at the recent launch of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative. The… Read more »

Africa: Promoting Gender Equality for Development (AfDB)

The World Bank, in collaboration with the African Development Bank, held a seminar to disseminate the World Bank flagship Report on World Development 2012 Gender Equality and… Read more »

East Africa: Kaberuka Attends AU Pledging Conference On Drought And Famine (AfDB)

"Time has come to address the root causes of the famines in the Horn." Read more »

Africa: Uganda - U.S.$88.8 Million Loan to Improve Health Services Delivery

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a loan of USD 88.8 million (UA 56 million) to finance The Improvement of Health Services Delivery at Mulango… Read more »

Africa: Delegates At AfDB Annual Meetings Seminar Support Better African Health Agenda

"It's time to change the health agenda in Africa," urged Agnes Soucat, human development department director at the African Development Bank (AfDB). She was adressing participants… Read more »

Africa: AfDB-Ghana - President Atta-Mills Cuts Sod for Accra Road Project

Ghana's President John Atta-Mills on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 in Accra, cut the sod for the beginning of the Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project. The project,… Read more »

Africa: "The Presence of Friends is Reassuring And Catalyses Support," Says Triki

"The African Development Bank is one of the reliable friends who stands by you before you even launch an appeal for help", said Tunisia's Planning and International Cooperation… Read more »

Africa: AfDB And ACBF - 20 Years of Support And Investment in Nurturing Capacity

The African Development Bank (AfDB), a founding member of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), will participate in the ACBF Summit marking its 20th anniversary, from… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Board of Directors approved on Wednesday, 26 January 2011, a U.S.$ 655,000 emergency relief assistance grant for Somalia. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Reiterates Commitment to HIV/Aids Campaign

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Africa: AfDB And Investment Fund for Health in Africa Sign Euro 10 Million Equity Investment

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed Euro 10 million equity in the Investment Fund for Health in Africa (IFHA). Read more »

Africa: WHO, Partners Meet On River Blindness Elimination Progress in Africa - the AfDB at the Centre of the Event

The governing board of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), comprising Health Ministers of the participating countries,… Read more »

Africa: World Aids Day - "Hiv/Aids Silence Must Be Broken At Our Workplace"

"HIV/AIDS silence must be broken at our workplace. Let's encourage open dialogue amongst ourselves," Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, said on December 1, 2009, in Tunis while… Read more »

Africa: The Annual Meeting of the Harmonization for Health in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be hosting, 1-5 December 2009 in Tunis, the 4th Annual Meeting of the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) initiative. What is… Read more »

Africa: Burkina Faso - AfDB Participates in Fifth Edition of "Walk Against Hunger"

For the fifth time in a row, the World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with Burkina Faso's Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy and civil society organizations, on June 7,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Joins the Rest of the World to Commemorate World Aids Day

The AfDB on Monday, December 1, 2008, joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World AIDS Day. As part of the events marking this day, the AfDB organized a forum in Tunis in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Health System Development in Equatorial Guinea

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of 15 million Units of Account (UA*), about US$ 23.35 million, to finance a health system development project in Equatorial… Read more »