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Congo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak

Source: Reuters.

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

By 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

By George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

Looking for genetic clues to Ebola outbreak

Looking for genetic clues to Ebola outbreak

Sora Halake 2 Jun 2017

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

26 May 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO

WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries

David Sanders 26 May 2017

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Blessing Mberu, Kanyiva Muindi, and Patricia Elung 25 May 2017

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

19 May 2017

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New UN-backed citizen-led alliance formed against mosquito-borne diseases

10 May 2017

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

3 May 2017

Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates. Source:

Gates and Dangote talk health in Africa

26 Apr 2017

Image credit: Top Girl Studio © –

Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Verah Okeyo and Elizabeth Merab 5 Apr 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

Nigeria needs $1.1bn for meningitis vaccine programme

Damilola Oyedele 4 Apr 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

9 Feb 2017

WPP forms Health & Wellness company to extend competitive advantage

7 Feb 2017

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

15 Sep 2016

Source: Bhekisisa Centre of Health Journalism/ Amos Gumulira

Malawi's rickshaw ambulances cycle the sick to care

Ina Skosana 12 Sep 2016

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

15 Jul 2016

Access to quality healthcare must be improved in Africa

Access to quality healthcare must be improved in Africa

9 Jun 2016

Source: Merck Group

Nigeria's fight against bilharzia gets a major boost

25 May 2016

Graphic of the CLC at Mandera

Developing a community of health

13 May 2016

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Fighting HPV and cervical cancer in Africa

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Fighting HPV and cervical cancer in Africa

28 Apr 2016

Merck launches second digital health accelerator programme in Africa

Merck launches second digital health accelerator programme in Africa

10 Feb 2016

How Rwanda's clinics have gone off-grid and onto renewable energy

How Rwanda's clinics have gone off-grid and onto renewable energy

Taha Selim Ustun 25 Jun 2015

Merck supports schistosomiasis education in Mozambique

Merck supports schistosomiasis education in Mozambique

23 Mar 2015

SA to deploy healthcare workers to help contain Ebola

SA to deploy healthcare workers to help contain Ebola

20 Jan 2015

Rev. Winston Binabiba shows the digital recorder that Radio Gaakii received from the MFWA. Image: Media Foundation for West Africa

New centre supports access to information about Ebola

8 Jan 2015

Ebola survivors share life-saving tips via mobile app

Ebola survivors share life-saving tips via mobile app

7 Jan 2015

Orange and USAID join forces to boost mHealth innovations across Africa

Orange and USAID join forces to boost mHealth innovations across Africa

12 Dec 2014

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

4 Dec 2014

Another free app for Ebola information

Another free app for Ebola information

17 Nov 2014

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Looking for genetic clues to Ebola outbreak

Looking for genetic clues to Ebola outbreak

Sora Halake 2 Jun 2017

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

26 May 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO

WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries

David Sanders 26 May 2017

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Blessing Mberu, Kanyiva Muindi, and Patricia Elung 25 May 2017

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

19 May 2017

CreativesolutionisT via

New UN-backed citizen-led alliance formed against mosquito-borne diseases

10 May 2017

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

3 May 2017

Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates. Source:

Gates and Dangote talk health in Africa

26 Apr 2017

Image credit: Top Girl Studio © –

Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Verah Okeyo and Elizabeth Merab 5 Apr 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

Nigeria needs $1.1bn for meningitis vaccine programme

Damilola Oyedele 4 Apr 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

9 Feb 2017

WPP forms Health & Wellness company to extend competitive advantage

7 Feb 2017

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

15 Sep 2016

Source: Bhekisisa Centre of Health Journalism/ Amos Gumulira

Malawi's rickshaw ambulances cycle the sick to care

Ina Skosana 12 Sep 2016

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

15 Jul 2016

Access to quality healthcare must be improved in Africa

Access to quality healthcare must be improved in Africa

9 Jun 2016

Source: Merck Group

Nigeria's fight against bilharzia gets a major boost

25 May 2016

Graphic of the CLC at Mandera

Developing a community of health

13 May 2016

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Fighting HPV and cervical cancer in Africa

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Fighting HPV and cervical cancer in Africa

28 Apr 2016

Merck launches second digital health accelerator programme in Africa

Merck launches second digital health accelerator programme in Africa

10 Feb 2016

How Rwanda's clinics have gone off-grid and onto renewable energy

How Rwanda's clinics have gone off-grid and onto renewable energy

Taha Selim Ustun 25 Jun 2015

Merck supports schistosomiasis education in Mozambique

Merck supports schistosomiasis education in Mozambique

23 Mar 2015

SA to deploy healthcare workers to help contain Ebola

SA to deploy healthcare workers to help contain Ebola

20 Jan 2015

Rev. Winston Binabiba shows the digital recorder that Radio Gaakii received from the MFWA. Image: Media Foundation for West Africa

New centre supports access to information about Ebola

8 Jan 2015

Ebola survivors share life-saving tips via mobile app

Ebola survivors share life-saving tips via mobile app

7 Jan 2015

Orange and USAID join forces to boost mHealth innovations across Africa

Orange and USAID join forces to boost mHealth innovations across Africa

12 Dec 2014

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

4 Dec 2014

Another free app for Ebola information

Another free app for Ebola information

17 Nov 2014

Discussing the future of Africa at the GIL Conference 2014

Discussing the future of Africa at the GIL Conference 2014

Cari Van Wyk 21 Aug 2014

The evolving business model for m-governance

The evolving business model for m-governance

Vijay Sai Pratap 27 Mar 2014

Healthcare hotline expands to Cameroon

Healthcare hotline expands to Cameroon

25 Mar 2014

Translators without Borders ups humanitarian aid in Africa

Translators without Borders ups humanitarian aid in Africa

30 Jan 2014

Cannes Lions 2014 now open for delegate registration

Cannes Lions 2014 now open for delegate registration

15 Jan 2014

Lions Health open for delegate registration: First speakers announced

Lions Health open for delegate registration: First speakers announced

13 Jan 2014

Inaugural Lions Health Awards now accepting entries

Inaugural Lions Health Awards now accepting entries

9 Jan 2014

Winners of the Pioneers of Health Challenge announced

Winners of the Pioneers of Health Challenge announced

11 Dec 2013

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Mobilium Smart Health app launched

5 Nov 2013

Mozambique seeks to curb boozing

Mozambique seeks to curb boozing

17 Sep 2013