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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.

— Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed is the Permanent Observer and Head of Mission of the African Union to the United Nations

Africa COVID-19 Response

PATH suggests five ways to place people at the centre of health systems and build back better.

Africa Pharmaceutical

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa provides a roadmap.

Africa COVID-19

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.

COVID-19

— George Osewe, Chair - Board of Directors, Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

AfricaWild Polio

The last case of wild poliovirus in the region was detected in 2016 in Nigeria.

sleeping sickness

The country's achievement comes after more than two decades of sustained political commitment, surveillance and screening of cases