Africa: 10 Yays for the AU!

While the African Union gets a lot of flack for its inaction, they have taken *some* good decisions. We want to use Madam Chair's departure to highlight those... Read more »

Africa: Investing in Health to Foster Equitable and Sustainable Growth

“If you want to go quickly, go alone," says one African proverb. "If you want to go far, go together.” This adage is particularly telling when we consider… Read more »

Africa: Tobacco Control Week Starts in India

It’s in the heavily polluted capital city of India, Delhi, that the 7th Conference of Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control starts… Read more »

Africa: We Can Lead The Way in Ending Aids, Malaria and TB

In September, world leaders pledged nearly US$13 billion to tackle some of the world's deadliest diseases through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria. In a… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Choice Should Head World Health Organization

Following intense criticism of its handling of the Ebola outbreak of 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) has outlined institutional changes to address the shortcomings that… Read more »

Africa: We Can End Global Hunger - Kofi Annan

For the first time in human history, the end of hunger is within our reach. Read more »

Africa: Global Forum on Nicotine - Reducing Harm and Saving a Billion Lives in this Century

The 3rd Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) was held June 17 & 18 17 in Warsaw. This annual international conference brings together stakeholders in smoking and less harmful ways to… Read more »

Africa: The Global Forum on Nicotine calls for more Inclusiveness and Transparency in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

The 16th Global Forum on Nicotine that took place in Warsaw on June 17th and 18th had three main themes: Evidence, Accountability and Transparency. This meeting gave an opportunity… Read more »

Africa: Introducing a New Force in the Fight Against Malnutrition

Malnutrition is holding Ghana back. And it’s holding Africa back. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Read more »

Liberia: Young Entrepreneur Builds Jobs & Futures

Mahmud Johnson is founder and chief executive of J-Palm Liberia, an oil palm processing business he founded in 2013. He is one of a new group of young Liberians who attended… Read more »

Liberia: Impoverished Hard-Hit Area Points to Ebola Recovery

You can't walk too far along West Point's main thoroughfare before realizing that life in the slum community is much like it was before the Ebola epidemic made it a battle ground… Read more »

Liberia: Ebola Survivors Network Eases Transition Home

Josephine Karwah held back tears as she recounted being abandoned by friends and neighbors. The twenty-nine-year-old had contracted Ebola while taking care of her sick parents.… Read more »

Liberia: Ebola - While World Waited, Liberians Acted

Ebola hit close to home – hard – as it reached its peak in 2014. Two members of my church - one a nun and the other a social worker who had been under 21-day quarantine… Read more »

Liberia: The Ebola Stories That Don't Get Told

International news reports about Liberia left the impression of overwhelming irrationality in response to the Ebola crisis – an impression that endures among both policy… Read more »

Africa: Tedros Campaign to Head WHO Launched by African Union in Geneva

On this sunny Tuesday in the city that hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world, Africa took center stage presenting a united front in support of the… Read more »

Africa: Why Health Systems Matter in the Fight Against Malaria

As a child growing up in Angola, I saw countless friends and neighbors fall sick from malaria. The disease was so widespread that it seemed an inevitable and irrevocable part of… Read more »

Nigeria: Ending Polio Will Bring Wider Benefits

Nigeria has seen a year and a half with no child paralysed by wild poliovirus. This is a remarkable achievement, taking the world one step closer to reaching eradication once and… Read more »

Liberia: 'Pulling Together' After Ebola & Economic Downturn – Commerce Minister

When Axel Addy was tapped by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to become Liberia's Minister of Commerce and Industry three years ago, after almost a year as deputy minister, the… Read more »

Africa: How to Adapt to Beat Crippling Droughts

Right now, 14 million people across southern Africa face going hungry due to the prolonged drought brought on by the strongest El Niño in 50 years. Read more »

Nigeria: Nation Faces Major Challenge to Vaccinating Children

As we look back on the public health issues that caught the world's attention in 2015, immunization stands out. Whether it was the measles outbreak in the US or the Ebola vaccine… Read more »

Africa: Over 30 Years of HIV: What We've Learned and the Road Ahead

As someone who has been involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and control for years, I vividly remember a time the epidemic seemed unsolvable, globally and in Africa. Read more »

West Africa: Late, Slow and Wholly Inadequate – the Global Ebola Response

Dr. Samuel Kargbo and his colleagues in Sierra Leone's health ministry were in despair. Read more »

Africa: 'How?' - Not 'How Much?' to Fight Poverty

World leaders gathered at the United Nations last month to adopt a new set of global development goals that aim to end extreme poverty, promote inclusive economic growth, and… Read more »

Africa: Saving Mothers & Babies Advances Africa - Melinda Gates

Sometimes the technical words we use to describe a problem mask its true nature. Read more »

Africa: Food: The Centre of our Lives and the Centre of our Futures

Food often brings us together - whether it is working to harvest crops, preparing traditional recipes or over joyous celebrations. While what we eat varies, food is a constant… Read more »