Keeping to the universal health coverage path in Kenya
For 60-year-old Gabriel Wahome, it is simple: “universal health coverage was a very good idea,” he says. “We were happy about it.”
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Battling COVID-19 rumours and hoaxes in Angola
“COVID-19 doesn’t kill anybody in Angola as we are immune due to malaria,” so goes one of the myriad falsehoods about the pandemic in the southern African country.
Read moreWorking with the media in Nigeria’s COVID-19 fight
When Regina Otokpa, an Abuja-based journalist, co-authored a newspaper article on poor observance of mask-wearing and physical distancing directives in Nigeria, it caused some buzz.
Read moreOver 3.3 million children vaccinated in Chad in large-scale polio campaign
More than 3.3 million children have been vaccinated against polio in Chad in a just-concluded immunization drive – one of the largest of its kind in the African region this year as campaigns that were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic resume.
Read moreHow the world’s highest HIV-prevalence country turned around, and in record time
Because her government aggressively pursued treatment as prevention for people living with HIV, Thembi Dlamini and several women in her support group have been able to counsel each other, give family advice and run an artisanal business. In other words, their government gave them a life together.
Read moreTanzania intensifies malaria fight in hotspots
Malaria is an abiding threat to Amina Yusuf Mkwanywe, a resident of Ikwiriri in Tanzania’s southern Rufiji district. “I really have to be vigilant all the time to be free of malaria,” she says.
Read moreA double challenge: Tackling COVID-19 and malaria in Uganda
A month after Uganda instituted stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, the threat of another disease outbreak prompted a new nationwide campaign: “Why survive COVID-19 and die of malaria?” rang a slogan on the airwaves.
Read moreTurning the unknown into common knowledge in the race to limit antimicrobial resistance
Vanessa Carter nearly lost her face to antibiotic resistance. She likely acquired a bacterial infection while in hospital during one of many complicated facial surgeries. None of the many doctors she had in the first …
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