Reports on public health issues, healthcare policies, and medical advancements, striving to inform and improve health outcomes across the continent.
On 05 July, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan ceremoniously opened the new maternity and infant clinic at the CCBRT hospital in Dar es Salaam in the presence of German Ambassador Regine Hess. On behalf of the German Federal Government, KfW Development Bank provided EUR 18.5 million in funding for construction and equipment, and numerous other […]
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 7, 2022)— The number of children receiving treatment for the most dangerous form of malnutrition surged 300% in the first six months of 2022 at a Save the Children clinic in Somalia as the worst drought in years tightened its grip on the country, Save the Children said today. In June, doctors […]
GENEVA, 18 March 2022—UNAIDS congratulates Zimbabwe’s parliament for repealing section 79 of the Criminal Law Code, which criminalizes HIV transmission. A new marriage bill adopted by parliament that repeals the criminal code section is to be signed into law by the president. The criminalization of HIV transmission is ineffective, discriminatory and undermines efforts to reduce […]
With these hearing aids hundreds of children can now hear their teacher at school and communicate with their parents, allowing more independence and participation. For children with profound hearing loss, it may be the first time they hear their parents’ voices. Pascaline, 13, was diagnosed as having moderate to severe hearing loss. She could only […]
JUBA – Almost one-third of the acutely food insecure South Sudanese the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) planned to support this year will be left without humanitarian food assistance due to critical funding shortages, heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people. The suspension of aid comes at the worst possible time for […]
The British Government and other donors must urgently reinstate funding to South Sudan, after millions of pounds in support to the national healthcare system was recently withdrawn, said the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The Health Pooled Fund (HPF) is the largest donor-financing mechanism for healthcare in South Sudan. The […]
Covid-19: Pandemic restrictions magnified discrimination against most marginalized groups Marginalized groups, including LGBTI+ people, sex workers, people who use drugs, and those experiencing homelessness, were disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 regulations that exposed them to further discrimination and human rights abuses, Amnesty International said in a new report today assessing the impact of pandemic restrictions across […]
UN releases an additional US$30 million to urgently ramp up humanitarian response in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger NEW YORK/GENEVA, 20 May 2022 – Up to 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region will face severe food insecurity over the next three months, the highest number since 2014, the United Nations Office for the […]
Clive Tatenda Makumbe By using the public health system to provide free care through the private sector, more than 80 million people are now protected against eye diseases each year. Combating this disease, which causes much suffering and blindness, is one of the first efforts of the World Bank, in collaboration with the African Union, […]
Dr Suilanji Sivile is an HIV clinician in Zambia who started working in the Eastern Province nearly a decade ago. He is also an HIV Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Health, leading many national COVID-19 activities. Reflecting on how the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in Zambia, Dr Sivile highlights key decisions and turning points that […]
