In-Depth: 69th session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa
The sixty-ninth session of World Health Organisation's Regional Committee for Africa in Brazzaville (August 19-23 2019) helped turn a much-needed …
Ebola in Uganda, and the dynamics of a new and different outbreak
The 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the massive West African outbreak in 2014 and 2015 share a devastating economic impact
Road to measles elimination is predictable, but can be rocky
In 2019, Ukraine, Philippines, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Venezuela and Brazil, recorded tens of thousands of measles …
What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria
Nigeria’s highly mobilized efforts to eliminate polio can teach America how to reverse the increase in measles cases and shore up its …
Extracting a radioactive disaster in Niger
For 40 years, French firms have been extracting uranium ore in the heart of the Sahara. But instead of benefiting, local communities in Niger …
Can mobile-based systems strengthen Africa's poor public health infrastructure?
The most disadvantaged region in the world, Sub-Saharan Africa is witness to improvements in the quality and coverage of healthcare …
Guinea declares Ebola outbreak after 3 deaths
Four more infected; the epidemic first began in 2013 in Guinea and left more than 11,300 dead across the region
Open defecation in Nigeria: Faecal sludge is country's clicking time bomb
The country, which has the largest number of people defacting in the open, needs to frame a safe toilet technology and treat its faecal sludge, …
Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high
Given that Kenya shares a porous border with Uganda – and is a busy international travel hub – is Kenya ready to handle an outbreak?
The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa
It isn’t only the mothers who are suffering — the in-hospital mortality of babies after Caesarean delivery was double that of high-…
COVID-19: Zimbabwe staring at ‘massive health crisis’
Southern African country does not have enough medical personnel; those trained are on strike
Lessons from Kenya on how to boost breastfeeding rates
The country increased its number of breastfed babies to 61% in 2014 from 13% in 2003
SDG remains a distant dream in Sub-Saharan region
Africa's progress is crucial to the world achieving the 37 health-related indicators under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by …
Ghana faces hurdles to achieve targets set for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
At least 60% of Ghana’s 31 million residents will need to be vaccinated for the population to attain herd immunity. But a timeline for this …
How Africa’s porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola
'The surveillance team has to enter the mind of a typical villager from the DRC who knows they’re infected and is trying to escape to …
Why fixing Africa's data gaps will lead to better health policies
Commitment may be the first step towards affordable health care, but more needs to be done to harness the power of data for public health
How a nutrition programme is helping a Rwanda village overcome malnutrition
Under the Gikuriro Project, 336 households in Muhoza village do not have a single undernourished child as of now
How West African countries are coping in absence of strong healthcare system
In countries like Liberia and Nigeria, declining budgetary share in health services continues to undermine public well-being
WHO launches new strategy to tackle antimalarial drug resistance in Africa
Some 96% malaria infections and fatalities worldwide in 2020 were from sub-Saharan Africa
WHO proposes plan to improve district health systems in Africa
The framework aims to provide essential health services to 80% per cent people in African countries by 2030
Oly Ilunga: Congo’s very own ‘Deep Throat’?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s health minister resigned on July 22, alleging that he was under strong pressure to introduce an anti-…
Drones deliver medicines in Africa
A US-based company transports life-saving drugs, 148 vaccines and blood units to 2,000 health facilities across Ghana
What Tanzania’s COVID-19 vaccine reluctance means for its citizens and the world
Only a few months into the pandemic, the president declared Tanzania COVID-free following three days of national prayers. The argument was that …
What’s driving Africa’s population growth. And what can change it
What’s driving population growth on the continent, and what can be done to slow the trend, is one of the subjects that will be addressed …
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some
The deaths in this outbreak are 10% of the total deaths recorded in West Africa in 2014, which took more than 11,000 lives