Author: Justus Akamin

The Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly, which concluded in Geneva on 23 May 2026, may be remembered less for its resolutions than for the view of health they expressed. Across deliberations on financing, antimicrobial resistance, workforce mobility, emergency preparedness and universal health coverage, health was treated as a concern of economic policy, industrial development, national security…

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Today, Africa CDC releases the Operational Toolkit for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis B. It is a deliberately practical document. Treatment algorithms. Liver fibrosis assessment. Clinical decision support for a nurse in a district facility where the nearest specialist is hundreds of kilometres away.

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Africa’s fertilizer challenge is no longer simply about producing more fertilizer, it is about ensuring that farmers have reliable access to affordable agricultural inputs despite growing global uncertainty. A report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) argues that fertilizer should now be viewed as strategic infrastructure for food…

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