In Focus
Health
This beat covers issues of people’s health, access to quality health services, public health systems, scientific advancements, and emerging health issues.
Lesotho’s Family Planning Revolution: A quiet success the world should notice
health
How Lesotho transformed Family Planning access through community action, commitment, and resilience.
World Malaria Day marked with renewed zeal to end the disease
In 2025, the WHO and partners campaign called ‘Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite,’ seeks to re-energize efforts at all levels to accelerate the elimination of malaria. Egypt is a good example.
In crisis-hit parts of Africa, WFP school meals offer a vital lifeline to kids - and their families
WFPSocial Protection
As African governments mark a decade of progress on school feeding, the push is on to get more children on board.
Debt-for-Food swaps: Innovative financing for school meals in Africa
NutritionSocial Protection
On this Africa Day of School Feeding, what are some of the ways we can fund these programmes?
Editor Picks
— Daniel Kabugi, Biomedical Engineering student (Kenya)
— Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed is the Permanent Observer and Head of Mission of the African Union to the United Nations
PATH suggests five ways to place people at the centre of health systems and build back better.
Governments, private sector and manufacturers working together to procure enough vaccine doses to protect the most vulnerable populations on the continent.
Amref Health Africa on how the continent can be ready for the vaccine from day one of its availability.
