East Africa: Kenya Floods Prompts Calls for Warning Systems

Kenya's worst flooding in decades highlights the urgent need for more robust mitigation efforts, including flood risk maps and early warning systems, say climate scientists. Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Health Sector At Breaking Point in Doctors Strike

Kenya's public health sector is at risk of a collapse as a countrywide doctors' strike stretches into the second month with no solution in sight, warns the national doctors' union. Read more »

Africa: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policymaking

This article was produced with the support of the International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA). Read more »

Africa: Data Arms Africa's Fight Against Malaria

Year after year, hundreds of thousands of lives in Africa are lost to malaria--a preventable and treatable disease. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's Science Council Given New Lease of Life

A pan-African initiative supporting science granting councils has boosted Sierra Leone's National Science, Technology and Innovation Council, helping it gain international… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Failing to Meet Healthcare Funding Commitments

Twenty-three years after the famous Abuja declaration to improve health services in Africa, Nigeria has yet to meet its commitment to ensure 15 per cent of its budget goes to the… Read more »

Africa: South Africa Steps Up Cancer Data Gathering

South Africa has begun collecting data on cancer directly from patients for the first time, to help shape national cancer policies and resourcing. Read more »

Africa: Mentorship Key to Building Africa's Research Capacity

This article was supported by the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative. Read more »

South Africa: Breakthrough Raspberry TB Meds Available for Children

A new child-friendly formulation of rifapentine, approved for TB prevention in children, promises easier access and improved treatment outcomes. Read more »

West Africa: In West Africa, Food Poisoning Is Silently On the Prowl

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South Africa: Research Council Supports South Africa's Young Researchers

The Human Science Research Council (HSRC) says it is reshaping the landscape for emerging researchers in Africa through its commitment to mentorship. Read more »

Africa: Data Crucial for Africa's Mental Health Response

A dearth of basic data on mental health conditions, as well as non-communicable diseases such as cancer and heart disease, is preventing people in Africa from accessing the care… Read more »

Africa: African Govts to Coordinate Outbreak Response

Over 90 per cent of African countries should be able to coordinate healthcare worker surges and other emergency measures within the next five years when faced with a disease… Read more »

Africa: Catalysing Momentum for Health Negotiations At COP28

Inaugural health day at COP28 climate summit could be 'watershed moment', write directors of Amref Health Africa. Read more »

Africa: Inclusive Policies Could Close Africa's Stem Gender Gap

This article was supported by IDRC. Read more »

Africa: AI a 'Potent Remedy' for Africa's Health Challenges

Artificial Intelligence (AI) could emerge as a potent remedy for long-standing challenges in Africa's health care sector if innovators, researchers and policymakers collaborated… Read more »

Africa: Pooled Procurement to Transform Africa's Vaccine Market

To protect public health, African states must work together to reshape vaccine access and promote self-sufficiency, write Akhona Tshangela and Jean Kaseya ahead of the Third… Read more »

Africa: Tambo Partnerships 'Can Transform Research in Africa'

This article was supported by the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative. Read more »

Africa: Pesticide Policy Failings in Africa a Risk to Health

Stronger legislation is needed to curb the influx of illegal pesticide products in Africa, says chemicals risk expert Fredrick Otieno. Read more »

Africa: UN Pledges On TB Met With Caution By Health Community

World leaders must be held to account over renewed commitments to end TB including licensing a new vaccine, the global health community urged following a highly anticipated UN… Read more »

Africa: World Still in Shadow of Covid-19 Mental Health Legacy

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Africa: African Firms 'Need Know-How to Make New Malaria Jab'

Vaccine developers must share the know-how behind a groundbreaking new malaria jab so it can be rolled out efficiently to poor populations in Africa that need it most, according to… Read more »

Uganda: Fish Smoking Kiln Cuts Cancer Risks

Pioneers of a fish smoking kiln designed to reduce the risk of cancer and other health problems say it is improving the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of women in Uganda. Read more »

Africa: Rattled Rice Importing Countries Eye Self-Sufficiency

An Indian export ban on non-basmati rice has spurred calls to pursue greater self-sufficiency among rice-consuming countries and expand rice production to new areas such as Africa… Read more »

Malawi: Health Workers Primed to Fight Breast Cancer in Malawi

Women in rural Malawi are learning how to detect breast cancer thanks to the country's first dedicated training programme for health workers, aimed at reducing the burden of the… Read more »