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Your ultimate curated news brief on the frontiers of all things health in Africa. Connect with us and we'll keep you up to speed.

    Latest industry news

    11 September 2023

    African Union admitted as permanent G20 member
    ​    11 Sept 2023


    Uganda's NDA found HIV drugs in meat but didn't issue warning
    11 Sept 2023


    Over half of Sudan's population can't access health services 
    11 Sept 2023


    One in three men worldwide are infected with genital human papillomavirus
    11 Sept 2023


    CDC warns that RSV cases may be starting to rise​ 
    11 Sept 2023


    Ghana to receive technology transfer for oral polio vaccine production in Ghana
    ​ 11 Sept 2023


    Ghana FDA warns the public of an influx of substandard medications into the Ghanian market 
    ​ 11 Sept 2023

    4 September 2023

    The women breaking barriers to build Sierra Leone’s new maternity unit
    ​    4 Sept 2023


    New research offers hope for a cure of HIV-infected individuals
    4 Sept 2023


    Growing evidence that African migrant workers are being exploited in the UK care sector
         4 Sept 2023

    Counterfeit pills involved in growing share of overdose deaths in the US, CDC study finds
    4 Sept 2023


    NHI Bill: A new dawn for SA healthcare
    4 Sept 2023


    ​Africa’s Health Experts Gather in Gaborone to Discuss Pandemic Readiness
    31 Aug 2023


    ​US President Joe Biden Makes Lower Drug Prices a Centerpiece of His 2024 Campaign.
    31 Aug 2023
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    Senators in Kenya want to reduce the monopoly of KEMSA, the national procurement agency 
    30 Aug 2023

    Kenya is facing shortages in condoms due to shrinking donor funds
    30 Aug 2023

    Dengue fever, chikungunya moving inland, say experts
    30 Aug 2023

    Kenya's Cabinet approves scrapping NHIF, to be replaced by three new Funds
    30 Aug 2023


    First oxygen plant in Turkana breathes life into patients
    30 Aug 2023


    ​Health stakeholders reveal the issues that threaten preparation for future pandemics
    ​    30 Aug 2023

    ​Europe to face shortage of Lilly's diabetes drug through September 
    30 Aug 2023


    Medical schemes regulator urges action on alleged billing fraud at Mediclinic
    30 Aug 2023

    Paradigm shift towards sustainable health financing in Africa
    30 aug 2023


    According to CDC, West Nile virus is leading cause of viral disease spread by insects in the US
    30 Aug 2023


    A new HIV vaccine clinical trial in Uganda, PrEPVacc, ignites hope for success where others have fallen short
    30 Aug 2023


    Mauritius- first African nation to adopt WHO full-scale tobacco control measures​
    29 Aug 2023


    South African health minister Joe Phaala agrees to extra price hike for medicines
    29 Aug 2023


    HIV/Aids can be ended by 2030 if governments step up funding 
    29 Aug 2023


    EU approves Pfizer's RSV vaccine to protect infants and older adults
    29 Aug 2023

    Inadequate facilities, incessant strikes, other challenges before Nigeria’s new health minister29 Aug 2023

    28 August 2023

    How a change in ARV distribution could help treat more people with HIV
    ​    26 Aug 2023
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    More than 60% of National Health Insurance bill for medications in Ghana is spent on antibiotics 
    26 Aug 2023


    What you should know about new COVID-19 BA.2.86 variant 
    ​    26 Aug 2023
    26 Aug 2023

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    NAFDAC veteran known for his dedication to confronting medicines counterfeiting in Nigeria retires
    26 Aug 2023


    ​Mozambique Health Services Paralyzed After Nurses Join Doctors’ Strike 
    26 Aug 2023​


    Lyme Disease Has Exploded, and a New Vaccine Is (Almost) Here
    26 Aug 2023


    Egyptian Ministry encourages citizens to enroll in '100 days of healthy lives' campaign
    26 Aug 2023


    Not all Covid ‘Misinformation’ Is Equal — or Even Misinformation
    26 Aug 2023


    AstraZeneca sues US over Medicare drug price negotiation plans
    26 Aug 2023


    Health Ministry advises against excessive intake of vitamins and nutritional supplements 
    26 Aug 2023


    US CDC advisers set to vote on updated COVID vaccines next month
    26 Aug 2023


    Cervical Cancer one of most difficult cancers affecting women: Egypt Health Ministry
    26 Aug 2023


    25 August 2023

    How lessons from HIV programmes are keeping diabetes and cancer patients alive 
    25 Aug 2023​


    Nigeria CDC chief says Nigeria is prepared to contain the next pandemic
    25 August 2023


    SA court ruling will help More than 2 million HIV-positive people in South Africa who are not on treatment.
    25 Aug 2023
    In Kenya, 70´000 households in Kiambu County are set to benefit from the Universal Healthcare (UHC) programme after the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) ratified their registration.
    25 Aug 2023

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    University of Science, Technology and Techniques of Bamako researchers report positive phase 3 clinical trial results for a malaria vaccine in Burkina Faso and Mali. 
    25 Aug 2023

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    What Botswana can teach the world about solving a health crisis
    ​25 Aug 2025


    Infectious diseases in the COVID-19 era: gaps between countries 
    ​25 Aug 2023


    Should African countries be concerned about a highly mutated Covid-19 variant detected in new countries?
    24 Aug 2023

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    US CDC says new COVID lineage could cause infections in vaccinated individuals 
    25 Aug 2023


    Four types of medicine, made in India, caused the deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia 
    25 Aug 2023

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    Rising HIV treatment failure in Zimbabwe: A stitch in time could save nine
    25 Aug 2025

    25 August 2023

    Why it is important to make it easier for rural communities to access antiretroviral treatment in South Africa and beyond   15 June 2023: Eastern Cape South Africa​


    South Africa´s National Health Insurance appoints two new directors says Dr Nicholas Crisp
    18 July 2023 Pretoria South Africa
    Africa´s main public health agency, the Africa CDC, will receive $100 million from The World Bank to help African countries prepare for, detect and response to disease outbreaks 22 July 2022: Addis Ababa Ethiopia


    EU trade deals could make generic medicines unaffordable for African countries and other low and middle-income nations
    28 July 2023: Geneva, Switzerland


    A Washington DC-based international nonprofit buying reproductive health medicines of questionable quality from India for women globally on behalf of major donors like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    02 August 2023: Washington DC USA


    South African court rules the government must disclose Covid-19 vaccine contracts signed with pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson 
    17 August 2023: Pretoria South Africa


    The Medicines Control Authority Of Zimbabwe issues public warning against substandard cough syrup recently detected on the Zimbabwean market 
    20 August 2023: Harare Zimbabwe


    Pharmacists in South Africa can now prescribe HIV medications directly to patients, Pretoria High Court Judge Elmarie Van der Schyff rules 
    23 August 2023: Pretoria, South Africa


    ​AUDA-NEPAD welcomes partners and stakeholders from across Africa to kick off the 9th Regional Economic Communities Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Programme meeting in Rwanda 
    23 August 2023: Kigali Rwanda
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    ​African Medicines Agency set to start work in Rwanda 
    24 August 2024: Kigali Rwanda
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