October 17, 2019
Africa: Scribes Trained in Effective Use of Data in Public Health Journalism At Com5
Twenty journalists from newsrooms across Africa this week received training on effective use of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) data in public health journalism at… Read more »
September 23, 2019
Africa: With 5 Billion Set to Miss Out On Health Care, UN Holds Landmark Summit to Boost Coverage
Some five billion people risk missing out on health care in 2030, unless countries close glaring gaps in health coverage, a new report revealed on Sunday, as the UN prepares to… Read more »
August 22, 2019
Cameroon: Terrorism Survivor in Cameroon Takes Road to Recovery
The words of 29-year Wala Matari from Cameroon may be uncompromising, but they are a heartfelt and honest window into the suffering she has experienced, and the enduring torment of… Read more »
June 28, 2019
Africa: African Govts Urged to Move With Speed to Address Over-Dependence On Imported Medicines
The two-day Horn of Africa trade forum ended Friday in Addis Ababa with participants agreeing that with the African Continental Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) now in force, it was time… Read more »
June 26, 2019
East Africa: All Set for Horn of Africa Trade Forum Focusing On Region's Pharmaceutical Industry
All is set for the two-day regional trade forum for the Horn of Africa focusing on the implementation of the historic African Continental Free Trade Agreement that went into force… Read more »
July 01, 2019
Africa: African gov'ts urged to move with speed to address over-dependence on imported medicines
Addis Ababa, June 28, 2019 (ECA) – The two-day Horn of Africa trade forum ended Friday in Addis Ababa with participants agreeing that with the African Continental Trade… Read more »
March 24, 2019
Africa: Com2019 - Private Sector Key to Improving Quality of Healthcare in Africa
The call for private sector involvement to improve Africa's health and economic growth grew louder in Marrakesh Sunday with a number of African Ministers and officials outlining… Read more »
February 12, 2019
Africa: The Great Debate Focuses On How to Fix Africa's Healthcare
There was consensus Tuesday during the great debate on health as an economic driver in Africa at the Africa Business Health Forum 2019 that governments on the continent need to… Read more »
Africa: Public-Private Partnerships Crucial to Change Face of Healthcare in Africa, Says Drogba
Chelsea and Ivory Coast football legend Didier Drogba on Tuesday said he will do all he can to support private sector participation in the continent's health sector. Read more »
February 21, 2019
Africa: Bold Leadership Crucial for Ebola Eradication, Says ECA's Biha
Eradicating the Ebola Virus Disease from Africa requires bold leadership at different tiers of government and society, Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Deputy Executive… Read more »
February 15, 2019
Ethiopia: Forum Focuses On Ethiopian Women's Health - Agrees There's Need to Increase Funding for Sector
The Economic Commission for Africa and the World Health Organization on Friday hosted a meeting in Addis Ababa to discuss women's health issues in Ethiopia. Read more »
February 14, 2019
Africa: African Private Sector Leaders Take the Lead to Rewrite Africa's Healthcare Narrative, With Support From African Heads of State
GBCHealth, Aliko Dangote Foundation and the UN Economic Commission for Africa jointly held the inaugural Africa Business: Health Forum on the margins of the 32nd African Union… Read more »
August 01, 2018
Africa: Developing Africa's Pharmaceutical Sector Crucial, Says Eca's Soteri
There is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Africa to reduce the continent's dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products, says Economic… Read more »
October 09, 2017
Africa: Enact Robust National Ageing Policies, ECAs Muhwava Urges African Governments
Africa needs to intensify efforts to put in place effective mechanisms that will cater for the needs of its older population, says William Muhwava, Chief of the Population and… Read more »
March 25, 2017
Africa: African Experts Discuss Ways to Increase Health Budgets for Universal Access
Africa's health experts gathered in Dakar Saturday to discuss health financing and social protection to ensure there's universal access to health on the continent amid worries that… Read more »
August 02, 2016
Ghana: Hunger Costs Ghana Ghc4.6 Billion per Year
The economy of Ghana loses some GHC4.6 billion annually (equivalent of US$2.6 billion in 2012) due to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a study released in Accra… Read more »
April 04, 2016
Africa: Okonjo-Iweala Urges Africa to Invest in Vaccinations As Gateway to Health and Prosperity
The African Development Week continued in Addis Ababa Monday with former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, now chairperson of the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,… Read more »
April 03, 2016
Africa: Africa's Pharmaceutical Industry Needs Incentives
Africa's pharmaceutical industry hardly accounts for 2 per cent of the world's market of medicines but good incentives, innovation and proper regulation could give it a good boost,… Read more »
Africa: Financing Africa's Pharmaceutical Industry
On the fringe of the African Development Week, the Economic Commission for Africa organized, on 3 April 2016 in Addis Ababa, from 11:30 a.m. to 13:30 p.m., in Conference Room 6, a… Read more »
April 04, 2016
Africa: African States Urged to Prioritise Vaccination
A group of eminent African politicians and medical experts attending sessions of the inaugural African Development week in the Ethiopian capital, have made a fervent appeal to… Read more »
March 05, 2016
Africa: Development Stakeholders to Scan the Future of Africa's Pharmaceuticals
On the fringe of the African Development Week to take place in Addis Ababa, the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Union Commission and UNAIDS have convened a High-Level… Read more »
July 03, 2015
Africa: ECA Appeals for More Investment in Fighting Malnutrition
"African countries should prioritize nutrition interventions in their budget and translate their commitments into policy actions in order to end the malnutrition problem on the… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Way to Go in Domestic Health Funding
Africa has what it takes to pull together domestic resources to finance its health sector, starting with the continent's characteristically high growth rate which has given it… Read more »
June 29, 2015
Guinea: Carlos Lopes, President Condé Discuss Post-Ebola Guinea
On the invitation of H.E. Prof. Alpha Condé - the President of the Republic of Guinea, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) - Mr Carlos Lopes,… Read more »
June 01, 2015
Africa: In Abidjan, Carlos Lopes Speaks On Ebola, Climate Change and Financing Africa's Transformation
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr Carlos Lopes participated, as Head of the ECA Delegation in the African Development Bank 2015 Annual Meetings from… Read more »
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