Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing quality medical diagnostics to places beyond major hospitals and specialist centres. Across Africa, start-ups are developing tools that analyse medical images, assist with clinical documentation.
Africa has an opportunity to use one of its most established social programmes, school feeding, to address a growing public health challenge. Type 2 diabetes and other non-communicable diseases are.
For decades, Africa’s health systems have depended heavily on imported vaccines and medicines. That dependence became particularly visible during COVID-19, when global supply disruptions and export restrictions exposed the risks.
Africa is beginning to rethink one of its most persistent development assumptions: that spending on health is primarily a social cost rather than an economic investment. That shift was.
Across Africa, healthcare is increasingly being viewed through a broader lens. Beyond its essential role in protecting lives, a strong health system is becoming recognised as an important foundation for.
At the 76th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Addis Ababa, health ministers from across the continent agreed, unanimously, on a ten-year plan to fix one of.
Building on a decade of meaningful progress, Africa is now mobilising to address the critical shortage of healthcare workers and accelerate progress towards universal health coverage. In a bold and.
Across Africa, some of the most important changes in healthcare are no longer happening only inside hospitals. They are taking place through mobile phones, digital platforms, data systems and technologies.
Strategic infrastructure investment is reshaping Africa’s economic landscape. The African Development Bank’s recent $265 million commitment to the Lobito Economic Corridor, linking Zambia and the DRC to Angola’s Port of.
Africa has made significant progress in responding to public health emergencies, from Ebola outbreaks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet alongside viruses and other biological threats, another challenge has become increasingly.
