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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

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Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

Dr Simon Antindi. Photo: Ryan Lenora Brown

Meet the doctors: Take a look at this country's first crop of homegrown physicians

Ryan Lenora Brown 1 Nov 2017

Africa has focused on tackling undernutrition caused by low calorie diets. IFPRI

Seven African countries show how the battle against malnutrition can be won

Sheryl L Hendriks, Katrin Glatzel, Ousmane Badiane 27 Oct 2017

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

24 Oct 2017

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

26 Sep 2017

Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre in Nigeria. Photo: Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre

Philanthropists join forces to fund Africa's cash-strapped health sector

Pavithra Rao 19 Sep 2017

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Why the path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans is within reach

Alex Ezeh, Nelson Sewankambo and Peter Piot 18 Sep 2017

Medsaf wins Nigeria round of Seedstars World

Medsaf wins Nigeria round of Seedstars World

29 Aug 2017

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Invisible and ignored: air pollution inside the homes of Nairobi's residents

Kanyiva Muindi and Blessing Mberu 17 Aug 2017

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

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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

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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

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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

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Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

AgricultureEfforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

Dr Simon Antindi. Photo: Ryan Lenora Brown

HealthcareMeet the doctors: Take a look at this country's first crop of homegrown physicians

Ryan Lenora Brown 1 Nov 2017

Africa has focused on tackling undernutrition caused by low calorie diets. IFPRI

ESG & SustainabilitySeven African countries show how the battle against malnutrition can be won

Sheryl L Hendriks, Katrin Glatzel, Ousmane Badiane 27 Oct 2017

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

ESG & SustainabilityPollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

24 Oct 2017

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

AgricultureThe fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

26 Sep 2017

Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre in Nigeria. Photo: Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre

ESG & SustainabilityPhilanthropists join forces to fund Africa's cash-strapped health sector

Pavithra Rao 19 Sep 2017

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ESG & SustainabilityWhy the path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans is within reach

Alex Ezeh, Nelson Sewankambo and Peter Piot 18 Sep 2017

Medsaf wins Nigeria round of Seedstars World

ICTMedsaf wins Nigeria round of Seedstars World

29 Aug 2017

Slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Image source:

ESG & SustainabilityInvisible and ignored: air pollution inside the homes of Nairobi's residents

Kanyiva Muindi and Blessing Mberu 17 Aug 2017

Looking for genetic clues to Ebola outbreak

HealthcareLooking for genetic clues to Ebola outbreak

Sora Halake 2 Jun 2017

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

HealthcareUniversal healthcare is more than just funding

26 May 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO

ESG & SustainabilityWHO'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

ESG & SustainabilityEnsuring 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

ESG & SustainabilityDrought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

19 May 2017

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

10 May 2017

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

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

3 May 2017

Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates. Source:

HealthcareGates and Dangote talk health in Africa

26 Apr 2017

Image credit: Top Girl Studio © –

Marketing & MediaFive ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

HealthcareDispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Verah Okeyo and Elizabeth Merab 5 Apr 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

HealthcareNigeria needs $1.1bn for meningitis vaccine programme

Damilola Oyedele 4 Apr 2017

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ESG & SustainabilityFirst group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

HealthcareGetting the balance right in African healthcare

9 Feb 2017

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Marketing & MediaWPP forms Health & Wellness company to extend competitive advantage

7 Feb 2017

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

AgricultureAddressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

15 Sep 2016

Source: Bhekisisa Centre of Health Journalism/ Amos Gumulira

HealthcareMalawi's rickshaw ambulances cycle the sick to care

Ina Skosana 12 Sep 2016

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

AgricultureFAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

15 Jul 2016

Access to quality healthcare must be improved in Africa

HealthcareAccess to quality healthcare must be improved in Africa

9 Jun 2016

Source: Merck Group

HealthcareNigeria's fight against bilharzia gets a major boost

25 May 2016

Graphic of the CLC at Mandera

HealthcareDeveloping a community of health

13 May 2016

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Fighting HPV and cervical cancer in Africa

Healthcare[WorldImmunisationWeek] Fighting HPV and cervical cancer in Africa

28 Apr 2016

Merck launches second digital health accelerator programme in Africa

Marketing & MediaMerck launches second digital health accelerator programme in Africa

10 Feb 2016

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

ESG & SustainabilityHow Rwanda's clinics have gone off-grid and onto renewable energy

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Merck supports schistosomiasis education in Mozambique

Marketing & MediaMerck supports schistosomiasis education in Mozambique

23 Mar 2015

SA to deploy healthcare workers to help contain Ebola

GovernmentSA 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

Marketing & MediaNew centre supports access to information about Ebola

8 Jan 2015

Ebola survivors share life-saving tips via mobile app

Marketing & MediaEbola survivors share life-saving tips via mobile app

7 Jan 2015

Orange and USAID join forces to boost mHealth innovations across Africa

Marketing & MediaOrange and USAID join forces to boost mHealth innovations across Africa

12 Dec 2014

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

ESG & SustainabilityAfrica United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

4 Dec 2014

Another free app for Ebola information

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17 Nov 2014

Discussing the future of Africa at the GIL Conference 2014

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