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Ethiopia reports strong progress in health security assessment

Ethiopia has reaffirmed its commitment to global health security by submitting its annual health security assessment, known as the State Party Self-Assessment Annual Report (SPAR), to the World Health Assembly (WHA). This mandatory report, required under Article 54 of the International Health Regulations (IHR), evaluates the country’s capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public […]...

Kenyan HIV patients in fear as USAID funding freeze disrupts ARV supply

The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Nairobi has been rationing supplies of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to one-month refills since the US government froze foreign aid. Meanw...

7 Mar 2025

Recommendations announced for vaccine composition for the 2025–2026 Northern Hemisphere influenza season

The World Health Organisation (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2025–2026 influenza season in the northern hemisphere. The announcemen...

28 Feb 2025

Regional networks to strengthen Africa’s vaccine and health products manufacturing workforce

The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has committed to establishing Regional Capability and Capacity Networks (RCCNs) to enhance skills development, workforce training, and...

21 Feb 2025

Africa CDC and Global Health EDCTP3 sign MoU to promote public health in Africa

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Global Health European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 3 (Global Health EDCTP3) have signed a Memorandum of Un...

14 Feb 2025

Angola vaccinates over one million people as it bolsters cholera outbreak controls

More than one million people have been vaccinated against cholera in three of the hardest-hit provinces in Angola. The five-day campaign aimed to complement the ongoing public health measures to halt ...

7 Feb 2025

What next for Kenya’s healthcare financing after Trump’s USAID cuts?

President Donald Trump’s decision to gut the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has sent shockwaves globally, particularly in the Global South, where the agency funds numerou...

31 Jan 2025

WHO statement on potential global threat to people living with HIV

The World Health Organisation (WHO) expresses deep concern about the implications of the immediate funding pause for HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries. These programmes provide access...

24 Jan 2025

President Trump revives plan to withdraw US from WHO

President Donald Trump reignited efforts to withdraw the US from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on his first day back in the White House. This decision marks the second attempt in five years to s...

17 Jan 2025

What is HMPV and how does it spread?

A surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has raised fears of another COVID-style pandemic. Images of hospitals overrun with masked patients have circulated widely on soci...

13 Dec 2024

UHC Day: High Healthcare Costs in Africa Continue To Push Over 150 Million Into Poverty, New WHO Report

On Universal Health Coverage Day, a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa found that most African countries continue to rely heavily on out-of-pocket payments (o...

6 Dec 2024

WHO announces first prequalification of a tuberculosis diagnostic test

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) called Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra. It is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiot...

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