BioFire Machines Enhance Rwanda’s Outbreak Response
Rwanda has received four state-of-the-art BioFire Torch diagnostic machines worth $370,000 (over RWF 540 million) to strengthen the country’s capacity to rapidly detect Ebola and...
Health systems
Africa CDC hands over $7.8 million medical equipment to Egypt
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has handed over medical equipment valued at more than US$7.8 million to Egypt, aimed at...
UN and AU sign landmark agreement guaranteeing safe health
The World Health Organization (WHO), a United Nations body, and the African Medicines Agency (AMA), an African Union body, signed a Framework Agreement for Collaboration on Friday, aiming to...
How Technology Is Helping Save Newborn Lives Across Africa
Across the African continent, more mothers are giving birth in health facilities than ever before. Yet for many newborns, survival still depends on something simple...
Nine African countries develop roadmaps to transform health professions education
Nine African countries have developed costed national roadmaps to strengthen health professions education and ensure that future health workers acquire the competencies needed to respond...
Africa CDC and ASLM Convene Regional Laboratory Equipment
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in collaboration with the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), is convening the Regional Training...
African Development Bank funds regional health resilience drive
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a $9.57 million grant to support countries of the Southern African Development Community...