Health officials were investigating a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius in the Atlantic Ocean. The World Health Organisation said three people died and at least three others fell ill. At least one infection was confirmed, and one patient remained in intensive care in South Africa. Two more people with symptoms were awaiting…
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — HIV activists confronted U.S. officials before the official start of the AIDS 2026 conference over sweeping changes to Washington’s global HIV strategy, accusing the Trump administration of creating a public health emergency through funding cuts, while the United States defended a new financing model that it says will build more sustainable,…
The affordability of private healthcare in South Africa continues to face mounting pressure, with medical scheme members paying a significant portion of their household income to access private quality care in their time of need. While medical scheme membership remains a critical component of quality private healthcare access, many members are often surprised to discover…
The National Mental Health Programme of the Ministry of Health with support from the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention recently convened a day’s stakeholder’s engagement to help drum-up support for Mental Health Legislative reforms in The Gambia.
Nigeria and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have renewed calls for African countries to take greater control of the continent’s vast mineral regic financing and ownership of mineral data to ensure that Africa derives greater economic benefits from its natural wealth
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…
As Africa races to close its enormous energy access gap while also pursuing cleaner energy pathways, one question increasingly dominates boardrooms, government circles and investment forums: Who will finance the continent’s energy future?
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.
Nigeria and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have rallied African nations to take full control of the continent’s vast mineral re, and strategic financing to unlock greater economic benefits
Uganda’s Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has called for every school sick bay and dispensary to be equipped with at least a basic malaria testing laboratory, saying early diagnosis is one of the strongest tools for preventing deaths among learners. He made the appeal while flagging off the annual Malaria Walk on Sunday, 26 July 2026,…