Twelve women on the frontlines of health systems across the African continent including Ethiopia, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Malawi, Uganda, Nigeria, Togo and Ghana are the winners of the 2023 Women in Global Health Heroines of Health Awards. Award winners have been recognized for their outstanding contribution to advance safe maternity and sexual…
Make room for Inclusion and Diversity in The Maputo Protocol
By Imali Ngusale Access to health services remains a challenge for many young women and girls despite the numerous protocols and conventions that ensures the rights of women, participants at function marking 20 years of the Maputo Protocol in Nairobi, Kenya said. According to Nakato Martha Clara from SRHR Alliance in Uganda, women must pay…
AFIDEP, partners laud efforts by government on reducing gender gaps, but say more needs to be done
By Adelyn Wangusi Kenya has made some progress in closing the gender gap, moving from a gender gap index of 69.2% in 2021 to 72.9% in 2022, according to the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report of 2022. The recently released Kenya Health and Demographic Survey showed improvements in gender equality indicators, including a…
DNA repair test takes ‘hit and miss’ out of chemotherapy
A personalised test that tells how well chemotherapy, radiotherapy or gene therapy will work on individual patients is now approved for UK, US, EU and Japanese patents. It will give many people with serious diseases like cancer, heart disease, HIV and cystic fibrosis the choice to opt out of gruelling rounds of treatment that, for…
Health and Business Leaders to Convene in Johannesburg for Africa Health Business Symposium 2023
Key stakeholders in health and business will be on the 29th and 30th of June convene in Sandton, Johannesburg, for the 8th edition of the Africa Health Business Symposium (AHBS VIII), which will bring together policymakers, government representatives, development partners and business leaders, to discuss the vital role of the private sector in bolstering health…
Robust health systems could stem climate-related rising cases of malaria
By Pauline Soy Over the past few decades, remarkable strides have been made to end Africa’s malaria burden. Frontline tools, including insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) and artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), have played significant roles in saving countless lives by reducing deaths and curbing the spread of the disease over the past two decades. Between 2000…
Madrid conference marks reaching over 1 billion children vaccinated, reviews progress and resolves to tackle challenges
The Global Vaccine Impact Conference in Madrid was an important convening of global leaders to evaluate the past two years of implementation of the Vaccine Alliance’s five-year strategy against the complex backdrop of COVID-19, and to set out a strong new commitment to vaccination as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance passed the mark of 1 billion children vaccinated…
Training the next generation of African scientific leaders in global health
Ten outstanding early career scientists from nine African countries have been awarded four-year fellowships that will build their capacity to conduct cutting-edge research in global health. The fellowships will be awarded through the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) programme, which is implemented by the African Academy of Sciences in partnership with the U.S. National Institutes of Health…