27 October 2023 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the European Union Commission signed an agreement to support access to health products and local manufacturing in Africa as part of the Team Europe Initiative on Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines,
6 November 2023 By Irene Mwangi Nairobi — Cultural barriers and stigma have been linked as threats to eliminate HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) in Arid and Semi-Arid counties that bear the biggest burden of the transmission. In a report released by the National Syndemic Diseases
Courtesy 27 September 2023 By Kevin Rotich NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 27 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has blacklisted Joycot General Contractors Limited for engaging in fraudulent practices. This means that the construction company will no longer engage with the pan-African lender for 15 months
Courtesy 26 September 2023 By Elly Junior NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 26 – Three Kenyan startups are among five in Africa that have been picked for this year’s Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health program.
25 September 2023 Nairobi — The Government has embraced a new paradigm shift in the provision of basic healthcare and medical services to Kenyans. President William Ruto said the fight against diseases, especially preventable ones, can only be won if more time and resources are devoted
unitingtocombatntds Thoko Elphick-Pooley is the Executive Director of Uniting to Combat NTDs and Co-Chair of the G7 Taskforce on Global Health. 28 September 2023 By Nontobeko Mlambo Gaborone — During the World Health Organization’s 73rd Africa Regional Committee held in Botswana, AllAfrica’s Nontobeko Mlambo spoke to Thoko Elphick-Pooley, Executive Director
Bill Gates speaks to The Associated Press during a visit of the Institut Pasteur in dakar, Senegal, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.A $40 million investment will help several African manufacturers produce new messenger RNA vaccines on the continent where people were last in line to receive
The Patchwork Collective, Lever for Change,and ICONIQ Impact, ICONIQ Capital’s platform for collaborative philanthropy, have announced three awardees for the Maternal and Infant Health Award. The award is a U.S.$12 million grant competition designed to aid innovative, community-led organisations in providing women with access to safe,
11 October 2023 By Kevin Rotich Nairobi — Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Susan Nakhumicha has announced that the government will not be renewing a deal with Cuban doctors. Instead, the CS said that the country will count on local healthcare professionals who are up to
14 October 2023 By Mercy Kahenda Kenya is likely to lose gains made in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB), a leading infectious disease, following an acute shortage of drugs. According to sources, the nationwide shortage has been experienced in the past six months. Evelyn Kibuchi, head of Stop
