Africa
EAC Launches Regional Centre of Excellence in Virology in Uganda
The East African Community has launched a Regional Centre of Excellence in Virology at the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
Tag: Public Health
Africa
Africa’s New $900m Clean-Cooking Commitments Face the Test of Delivery
Africa has secured $900 million in new clean-cooking commitments. The next test is whether the financing reaches households, local businesses and resilient…
Africa
Museveni Says Uganda Is Ready to Contain Ebola as Regional Health Cooperation Comes Back Into Focus
President Yoweri Museveni has assured the World Health Organization of Uganda’s readiness to contain Ebola, while calling for stronger regional collaboration on…
Africa
Kenya’s Ebola Facility Dispute Tests Health Security, Sovereignty and Trust
A dispute over a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya has become a wider test of health preparedness, sovereignty, transparency and local…
Africa
Uganda Shuts DR Congo Border as Ebola Outbreak Tests Regional Health Security
Uganda’s closure of its border with DR Congo after Ebola cases crossed into the country is a health-security decision with consequences for…
Ghana
Ghana Strengthens Malaria Elimination Efforts Through New Research Partnership
Vestergaard, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and Ghana’s Ministry of Health have signed an MoU to strengthen malaria elimination efforts…
Featured
Africa Commissions Medical Centre of Excellence in Abuja — A Game-Changer for Healthcare on the Continent
Afreximbank President, Prof. Benedict Oramah at the launch of the AMCE. Photo credit: AMCE LinkedIn Page
Africa
Mpox Declared a Global Health Emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, following the rapid spread of a…