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*Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century*

While donor-driven programs undoubtedly saved millions of lives, they also created unintended distortions in national health priorities.  Many governments in sub-Saharan Africa and...

Africa’s Health Defenses Have Improved But Its Funding Has Not

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, July 22 (IPS) - In September 2024, an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in South Ethiopia was confirmed, contained, and declared over within three months. Read...

Africa’s ‘Disease Detectives’ turn to frontline surveillance as NCD burden grows

HEPRR-MPA Project Coordinator Dr Mohamed Mohamed said the change reflects the reality facing health systems across the continent, where several health problems are now occurring at...

Africa: More Health Workers, Stronger Systems - Africa's New Ambitious Goal

[UN News] Facing a projected shortage of more than six million health professionals by 2035, African countries are stepping up efforts to strengthen their workforce, with a new dec...

Children in Conflict Zones and Remote Areas Bear the Brunt of Poor Health Access

UNITED NATIONS, July 22 (IPS) - Despite growing up and working in vastly different geographic regions and environments — one shaped by decades of armed conflict and political inst...

Health Equity by Design: Lessons from International Health Policy Programming

Health Equity by Design: Lessons from International Health Policy Programming This year, AcademyHealth and the Commonwealth Fund invited a group of early-career scholars to...

Health impacts of climate change

Published: 22 April 2024 Climate change poses a fundamental threat to human health. Warmer temperatures heighten the risk to maternal and neonatal health, mental health, and chro...

Health experts push for Family Medicine recognition to ease pressure on Tanzania's hospitals

The call comes as Tanzania undergoes an epidemiological transition, with non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and mental health disorder...

Beyond Aid: What Developed Health Systems Can Learn from Resource-Constrained Innovation

Beyond Aid: What Developed Health Systems Can Learn from Resource-Constrained Innovation This year, AcademyHealth and the Commonwealth Fund invited a group of early-career...

Dr. Moses Haregewoyn and the Operational Case for a Different Kind of Global Health Leadership

Filling a gap in global health governance

Operationalizing One Digital Health and FAIR Data Principles for Disease Surveillance in a Low-Medium Income Country in...

Background: Recent crises involving zoonotic diseases (Ebola, COVID-19, and Mpox) have highlighted the limitations of fragmented public health systems for the prevention and respon...

Africa: Global Initiative Launched to Improve Access to Mpox Vaccines

[WHO] A global initiative to establish a stockpile of mpox vaccines was launched on 27 August, creating a long-term mechanism to ensure countries have access to vaccines when respo...

The Americas have the Tools to Eliminate HIV, but Gaps in Access & Coverage remain, says PAHO

RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, July 28 (IPS) - The Region of the Americas has more tools than ever before to prevent, diagnose, and treat HIV, yet many of them are still not reaching eve...

Global Health Exhibition

Established in 2018, Global Health Exhibition (GHE) is Saudi Arabia’s premier platform for driving healthcare transformation and innovation. Positioned as the global stage for heal...

World Insights: U.S. health aid meets resistance across Africa

by Xinhua writers You Huiyuan, Gao Jianfei, Xu ZhengNAIROBI, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Under Washington's "America First Global Health Strategy," seven American aid workers entered a U.S...

Preparing for El Nino’s health impact

A meet on August 12 brings together WHO experts and partners to discuss the global health risks associated with El Niño

IPH, Jhpiego USA forge strategic partnership to strengthen public health system

How telehealth is helping close the healthcare gap in rural Zimbabwe 

Nyazura, Zimbabwe – Bright fluorescent lights reflect off polished floors as Anymore Kadzunge returns for a routine ch...

Zim makes strides against HIV, malaria

Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITERHEAVY healthcare investments are yielding major victories against HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and emerging public health emergencies across Zimbabwe...

Funding cuts threaten Africa's progress in fight against disease

A growing funding crisis dominated discussions at the African Union's Extraordinary Summit on Health in Accra on Wednesday. Leaders warned that cuts in international aid and limite...

The Evolution of Global Healthcare: Engineering Next-Generation Medical Infrastructure and Patient-Centered Ecosystems

The global healthcare landscape has undergone a monumental shift over the past few decades, driven by rapid technological advancements, evolving patient expectations, and the break...

WHO Africa and TDR Impact Grants 2026–2027: Call for Implementation Research for Regional Health Priorities

The 2026–2027 Joint WHO African Region/TDR Impact Grants are now accepting applications for implementation research projects focused on addressing regional public health prioriti...

Health equity is a social justice issue

Health equity can sometimes be discussed in terms of access, but at its core, it is a social justice issue. It reflects who has been systematically excluded from the conditions tha...

Midwives: The Workforce That Will Determine Maternal and Newborn Survival and Africa’s Future

NEW YORK / ADDIS ABABA, September 7 (IPS) - Tonight, thousands of women across Africa will give birth. Whether they survive to see daylight will largely depend on where they live,...