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Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aidJennifer Rigby

An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

Mystery disease identified as severe malaria - DRC health ministry

By Yassin Kombi and Anait Miridzhanian 18 Dec 2024

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Tragedy strikes WHO Africa: Leadership transition uncertain

By Katja Hamilton 28 Nov 2024

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Source: Reuters.

Congo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak

1 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

Source: 123RF/svershinsky

South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

Nigerian competition watchdog fines British American Tobacco $110m

MacDonald Dzirutwe 28 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

Saudi Arabia to sign deals worth over $500m with African nations -minister

Aziz El Yaakoubi 10 Nov 2023

Source: City of Hope.

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

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AUC, Africa CDC, and Gavi forge strategic vaccine partnership

16 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

IPG Health partners with Fine, expanding Africa presence

15 Sep 2023

Source: Dutch runner Boas Kragtwijk.

Dutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine

1 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

WHO says contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon

Leroy Leo 20 Jul 2023

Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels

5 startups addressing Africa's healthcare gap

14 Jul 2023

Source: iStock

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied.

Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

Source: Daktaridudu/Wikimedia Commons)

Namibia declares outbreak of Crimean-Congo fever after patient dies

Nyasha Nyaungwa 25 May 2023

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

19 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Ghana first to approve Oxford's malaria vaccine

13 Apr 2023

Source © Business Wire India The Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition More Than a Mother Awards 2022 and Diabetes and Hypertension Awards 2022 winners were announced via via videoconference.

The Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards 2022 winners

28 Mar 2023

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Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Source: Marie Stopes

New coalition to increase access to cervical screening in sub-Saharan Africa

20 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

20 Feb 2023

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Steady rise in demand for contraception among women, study shows

27 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads

Frank Phiri 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. A health worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal February 23, 2021.

Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity

Nellie Peyton 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. China's foreign minister, Qin Gang addresses delegates at the inauguration of the new Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, which China is building and equipping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 11, 2023.

Africa should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister

12 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

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Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

ESG & SustainabilityAfrica's top health official presses US to resume health aid

Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

HealthcareMystery disease identified as severe malaria - DRC health ministry

Yassin Kombi and Anait Miridzhanian 18 Dec 2024

Source:

HealthcareTragedy strikes WHO Africa: Leadership transition uncertain

Katja Hamilton 28 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareCongo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak

1 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareBioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

HealthcareKenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

Source: 123RF/svershinsky

HealthcareSouth Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

LegalNigerian competition watchdog fines British American Tobacco $110m

MacDonald Dzirutwe 28 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

FinanceSaudi Arabia to sign deals worth over $500m with African nations -minister

Aziz El Yaakoubi 10 Nov 2023

Source: City of Hope.

HealthcareBreakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Source:

HealthcareAUC, Africa CDC, and Gavi forge strategic vaccine partnership

16 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

HealthcareIPG Health partners with Fine, expanding Africa presence

15 Sep 2023

Source: Dutch runner Boas Kragtwijk.

HealthcareDutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine

1 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareWHO says contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon

Leroy Leo 20 Jul 2023

Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels

Entrepreneurship5 startups addressing Africa's healthcare gap

14 Jul 2023

Source: iStock

HealthcareIllegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied.

HealthcareMastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

Source: Daktaridudu/Wikimedia Commons)

HealthcareNamibia declares outbreak of Crimean-Congo fever after patient dies

Nyasha Nyaungwa 25 May 2023

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

RetailWoolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

19 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareGhana first to approve Oxford's malaria vaccine

13 Apr 2023

Source © Business Wire India The Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition More Than a Mother Awards 2022 and Diabetes and Hypertension Awards 2022 winners were announced via via videoconference.

Marketing & MediaThe Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards 2022 winners

28 Mar 2023

Source:

HealthcareTanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Source: Marie Stopes

HealthcareNew coalition to increase access to cervical screening in sub-Saharan Africa

20 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareMedical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

20 Feb 2023

Source:

HealthcareSteady rise in demand for contraception among women, study shows

27 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareCholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads

Frank Phiri 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. A health worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal February 23, 2021.

HealthcareSenegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity

Nellie Peyton 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. China's foreign minister, Qin Gang addresses delegates at the inauguration of the new Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, which China is building and equipping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 11, 2023.

FinanceAfrica should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister

12 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

HealthcareUganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

LegalGambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareSpread of cholera threatens eastern Congo camps of displaced persons

9 Dec 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

RetailPMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

ESG & SustainabilityAir pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

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HealthcareGambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

Sofia Christensen 12 Oct 2022

Source: AfricaCDC.

HealthcareUS to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

HealthcareCholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

HealthcareEbola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

HealthcareUganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

ESG & SustainabilityAnglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

Source: public health image library/CDC (public domain).

HealthcareChild infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

Wendell Roelf 20 Sep 2022