Adjoavi Sika Kaboré: Making the case for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases are pernicious. Yet it is neither difficult nor expensive to treat these diseases. Adjoavi Sika Kaboré, First Lady of Burkina Faso, writes …
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Winning the war against Aids
Uganda was one of the countries in East Africa that had been devastated by the Aids epidemic that raged across the continent from the 1990s …
How tech can transform Africa’s health
Africans have adopted and adapted new technology brilliantly. It is time we applied their innovative and entrepreneurial skills to solve the continent’s chronic health problems. …
How Aids became an ‘epidemic’ in Africa
In a shocking confession, made on camera in a new documentary released last month, a former member of South Africa’s Apartheid-era intelligence service says that …
Focus on adolescent health
Africa is a young continent, with a quarter of its population aged between 10 and 19, but how well do we take care of these adolescents?
2018 was a good year, but challenges remain
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, looks back on 2018, the year that marked the 70th anniversary of the World Health Organisation.