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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 (or out-of-pocket health spending) to fund their health services. The report urges countries to reduce the financial strains that high healthcare costs place on their […]...

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...

29 Nov 2024

Explained: The Social Health Authority

On October 1, 2024, the Ministry of Health officially launched the Social Health Authority (SHA) to replace the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). The new entity aims to achieve universal health c...

22 Nov 2024

WHO’s enhanced control measures to curb the spread of mpox in Africa

As of November 17, 2024, about 13,000 laboratories within the African continent had confirmed cases of mpox. The countries with the most confirmed cases in Africa have been Burundi, the Democratic Rep...

15 Nov 2024

Ethiopia to Host 2024 Global EOC Simulation Exercise, Strengthening Public Health Emergency Preparedness

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and WHO Ethiopia will host the 2024 Global Emergency Operations Centre Simulation Exercise (GEOCX), organised by WHO’s Emergency Operations Centre Networ...

8 Nov 2024

G20 health ministers rally support for WHO’s investment round

Health ministers expressed their support for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Investment Round that will be chaired by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro during the G20 Leaders’ Summit set for Novemb...

31 Oct 2024

WHO and Partners Activate Global Health Emergency Corps For The First Time In Response to Mpox Outbreak

In October 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to ...

25 Oct 2024

WHO global network expands digital health certification for Hajj pilgrims

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a new milestone digital health collaboration today to expand the Hajj health card initiative to support the roughly three ...

18 Oct 2024

Kenya Records First Mpox Death As New Cases Hit 13

Kenya has recorded its first mpox death, Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has confirmed. Speaking to Nation on Monday, Ms Muthoni revealed the confirmed cases....

4 Oct 2024

Vellum Health: Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

The World Health Organisation (WHO) congratulated Brazil for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. “Eliminating a disease is a momentous accomplishment that takes...

27 Sep 2024

Vellum Health: WHO kicks off $1.5 billion financing platform

Execution is starting under the new Health Impact Investment Platform on the first country health investment plans turning original commitment into operational reality. The landmark partnership betwee...

20 Sep 2024

FIFA and WHO Launch Global Concussion Awareness Campaign

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is launching Suspect and Protect: No Match is Worth the Risk, a concussion awareness campaign, in partnership with the World Health Organis...

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