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Africa’s health workforce expands but shortages, unemployment and migration intensify: WHO report
Africa’s health workforce expands but shortages, unemployment and migration intensify: WHO report
Africa’s routine vaccine systems deliver gains against cancer and malaria, but funding pressures loom
Africa’s routine vaccine systems deliver gains against cancer and malaria, but funding pressures loom
Trusting science to protect tomorrow’s health: An interview with Professor Francine Ntoumi (Congo)
Trusting science to protect tomorrow’s health: An interview with Professor Francine Ntoumi (Congo)
Science serving lives: Interview with Dr. Alice Guingané, public health researcher (Burkina Faso)
Science serving lives: Interview with Dr. Alice Guingané, public health researcher (Burkina Faso)

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Specialized services for severe chronic diseases now closer to communities in Cameroon
Specialized services for severe chronic diseases now closer to communities in Cameroon
Trusting science to improve healthcare: An Interview with Professor Sika Dossim (Togo)
Trusting science to improve healthcare: An Interview with Professor Sika Dossim (Togo)
Strengthening vigilance to contain diphtheria in Mauritania
Strengthening vigilance to contain diphtheria in Mauritania
Aïssata Coulibaly: Serving women, at the heart of life
Aïssata Coulibaly: Serving women, at the heart of life

Spotlight

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RDT testing for COVID-19
Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases
WHO delivers assorted lifesaving medical supplies to Mayom County in the Greater Unity Region to support flood affected communities.
WHO takes health care services directly to South Sudan’s flood-affected communities in Mayom County
A health worker gives medication to a patient. Kenya has embarked on a extensive evidence-based approach to root out TB
Kenya embarks on new approach to prioritize future TB actions

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Events

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2nd Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum, 6 – 8 May 2026, Accra, Ghana

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Regional meeting 2026, April 27–29, Nairobi, Kenya

27 April 2026

World Health Day 2026

7 April 2026

The 3rd International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa (ICPPA 2026)

12 March 2026