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Africa Leads the Charge for a Fairer Global Health System

The global health system is at a defining moment. Mounting pressure from reduced financing, widening inequities, and the urgent call for fairness expressed in the Lusaka Agenda highlight the need for a fundamental rethink of how health is governed, financed, and delivered worldwide. Without reform, millions risk being left behind, and the system may fail […]...

21 Nov 2025

Silent Lifesavers: The Untold Stories of Blood Donation

The request for a blood donation often arises at a moment of desperation in Kenya. When a patient’s blood levels drop dangerously low, families are thrown into a frantic scramble to find donors. For...

15 Nov 2025

WHO Launches Global Guidelines on Diabetes During Pregnancy on World Diabetes Day

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its first global guidelines for the management of diabetes during pregnancy, a condition affecting about one in six pregnancies, or 21 million women an...

7 Nov 2025

Plan for Dashboard Mapping Africa’s Health Supply Chain

A well-functioning supply chain is the backbone of any health system. Yet across Africa, insufficient infrastructure, fragmented logistics, and limited access to real-time data often delay the deliver...

31 Oct 2025

16th Annual Meeting of the WHO International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines

The 16th Annual Meeting of the World Health Organisation International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines (WHO-IRCH) was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, and hosted by the Indonesian Food and Drug...

24 Oct 2025

Kenya Switches to Single-Dose HPV Vaccine to Boost Uptake

Kenya has taken a major step in fighting cervical cancer by adopting a single-dose human papillomavirus vaccine. The new plan, announced by the Ministry of Health, aims to increase vaccine coverage am...

16 Oct 2025

WHO, EU Announce Collaboration to Advance Digitised Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Union (EU) have announced a new agreement to support the digital transformation of health systems and broader adoption of WHO’s Global Digital He...

9 Oct 2025

KNH Overwhelmed by Patient Surge Amid Healthcare Workers’ Strike in Kiambu and Nairobi

The labour ward at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is reportedly handling more than twice its normal capacity, while the operating theatres are running beyond capacity. The blood bank at the hospital...

3 Oct 2025

World Leaders Endorse Political Commitment on NCDs and Mental Health

World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first United Nations global political declaration on addressing Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and mental health in an integrated...

26 Sep 2025

A New Day for Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Africa CDC Calls for Urgent Action at UN

Africa’s health agency has called for urgent action on sickle cell disease, warning that most of the 300,000 children born with the condition each year on the continent die before their fifth birthd...

19 Sep 2025

Cholera’s Deadly Toll Persists: Second Year of Rising Deaths Despite Access to Care

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published its global cholera statistics for 2024, revealing a rise in both the number of cases and deaths caused by the disease. Reported cholera cases increase...

12 Sep 2025

Congo’s Ebola-Hit Towns Under Confinement as Cases Rise

Towns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) affected by the latest Ebola outbreak have erected checkpoints to restrict population movements, officials said this week, as cases increased slight...

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