Tag: #AfricaHealth
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GAVI ANNOUNCES HUGE MILESTONE: OVER ONE MILLION CERVICAL CANCER DEATHS AVERTED IN LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES
The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, has revealed that more than one million cervical cancer deaths have been prevented in lower-income countries thanks to a massive scale-up of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. This breakthrough was announced on the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day. An estimated 86 million girls are now shielded from cervical cancer, the…
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AFRICA CDC URGES VIGILANCE & COOPERATION TO FIGHT DISEASE OUTBREAKS
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is calling for stronger community surveillance, better vaccination efforts, and ongoing cross-border teamwork to curb deadly outbreaks sweeping the continent. Prof. Yap Boum, Africa CDC’s Incident Manager for Health Emergencies, gave this update at their weekly news briefing, revealing progress but warning against letting down…
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EBERE OKEREKE WARNS U.S. AMERICA FIRST HEALTH STRATEGY UNDERMINES AFRICA’S HEALTH SOVEREIGNTY
Africa urged to unite and protect its health future amid shifting global aid dynamics. Ebere Okereke of the Tony Blair Institute cautions that the new U.S. America First Global Health Strategy risks weakening Africa’s health sovereignty by prioritizing U.S. interests over continental goals. She critiques the strategy’s blame on African inefficiency, ignoring donor-driven dependency, and…
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AFRICA CDC, PARTNERS HOST WORKSHOP TO BOOST VACCINE TECH TRANSFER IN AFRICA
Paving the way for Africa to produce 60% of its vaccines by 2040 through technology and collaboration. The Africa CDC, with Team Europe, AVMI, and Ghana’s NVI, is running a workshop in Accra to finalize guidelines for vaccine tech transfer and strengthen local manufacturing. Despite hosting 17% of the world’s population, Africa produces under 1%…
