Guinea Worm Wanes to 28 Cases Globally; Ethiopia, Mali Report Zero Human Cases Just 28 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported in 2018, down slightly from 30 cases reported in 2017. When The Carter Center assumed leadership of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program in 1986, there were an estimated 3.5...

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a leading global AIDS organization operating in 43 countries, has expressed profound concern with the rise in new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and fear of its spread if uncontained. The August 1, 2018 outbreak is now the second deadliest in history and seems to be...

Senegal is accelerating the deployment of ICT to healthcare access across the country. On Thursday January 17, 2019, the government undertook the implementation of the Strategic Digital Health Plan (PSSD) 2018-2023. The PSSD was developed to frame and harmoniously develop the use of ICTs to "drive and promote access to quality care, promote...

In 2017, around 67 000 children (aged 0–9 years) and 69 000 adolescents (aged 10–19 years) became newly infected with HIV. Two thirds (46 000) of adolescents newly infected with the virus were girls. While progress has been seen in stopping new HIV infections among children in some countries—eleven countries registered a...

On 12th February 2019, top African leaders including Heads of States, Ministers, CEOs as well as representatives from the African Union and United Nations will converge at the inaugural Africa Business: Health Forum (AB:HF) taking place in Ethiopia on the margins of the 32nd African Union Summit. In a statement, organisers said...

Merck Foundation supports Africa through the partnership with Egypt, to build the Cancer Care Capacity in the African Continent; Through this partnership, Merck Foundation aims to provide two-year Medical Oncology Master Degree program for African doctors. Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany ​partners with Egypt’s National Cancer Institute to provide Master...

Doctors in Zimbabwe are asking the government to improve its budgetary allocation for health from its present 8.9% to 15% in line with the Abuja Declaration. "This is unacceptable and will not improve the precarious situation in the public health institutions." They noted that over the years, inadequate financing has crippled critical...

Ghana is the second African country to be introducing drone-enabled delivery of medical supplies although several stakeholders in the country openly expressed reservations about the initiative. The initiative now supplies 20 percent of Rwanda's blood supplies outside the capital Kigali. Following the globally acclaimed introduction of delivery of medical supplies via drones in...

Ensuring the success of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is central to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC) in Ghana according to the country's Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. Addressing a ceremony at the Jubilee House to celebrate the 15th anniversary since the introduction of the NHIS and to launch...

This small flight by drone is a big leap for global health Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF Executive Director One month old Joy Nowai today became the world’s first child to be given a vaccine delivered commercially by drone in a remote island in the South Pacific country of Vanuatu. The vaccine delivery covered...