Africa CDC Strengthens Frontlines in the Fight Against Cholera
19/11/2025Africa is confronting one of its most severe cholera crises in a quarter of a century. In 2025 alone, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has.
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Why Africa Must Tackle the $12 Billion Loss in GDP Due to Malaria
23/10/2025While Africa is home to some of the world’s most dynamic and rapidly growing economies, malaria remains a persistent challenge. A handful of countries have successfully eliminated the disease, with.
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Is Africa at Crossroads on Malaria Innovation?
25/08/2025Burkina Faso’s military government has ordered the immediate suspension of Target Malaria—a Bill Gates-backed research initiative designed to combat malaria through genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes. The government’s directive not only.
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Burnout Crisis: How Africa is Supporting Its Health Workforce
11/06/2025In early 2023, the World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Qatar Foundation’s World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) and the World Health Organisation, delivered a sobering assessment of the.
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Bridging Africa’s Healthcare Divide with Telemedicine is Closer than Ever
10/06/2025Across the globe, telemedicine has redefined how healthcare is delivered, reshaping what it means to see a doctor, access treatment, or monitor chronic conditions. Virtual health platforms have transitioned from.
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Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Global Failure in Plain Sight
09/06/2025As the world has wrestled with the immense challenges posed by COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, another group of diseases continues to exact a devastating toll largely out of view..
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Vaccine Sovereignty: Building Africa’s Pharmaceutical Future
27/05/2025As the world emerges from the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, the race to secure vaccines has revealed deep inequalities and sparked a global reckoning on health security. Across continents,.
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Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance: Africa’s Silent Health Emergency
19/05/2025Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is fast becoming one of the gravest health threats of our time. Around the world, drug-resistant infections are on the rise, undermining decades of progress in modern.
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Pandemic Preparedness in Africa: What Have We Learnt from COVID-19?
09/05/2025The COVID-19 pandemic was a profound global event that disrupted lives, economies and systems worldwide. For Africa, it was not just a health crisis but a moment of reckoning for.
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World Health Day 2025 Reflection: Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures
08/04/2025“A mother’s health is a nation’s wealth. When women thrive, families flourish.” – Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA Recently, the world paused to recognise World Health Day under.
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