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Malawi is among countries racing against time to achieve the Abuja Declaration, which rallies States and governments to commit 15 percent of their national budgets towards health financing. Malawi is currently crawling four percent less on the agreed ceiling on health financing, a development the Chairperson for the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Population, Dr. […]

The UN General Assembly has set an ambitious target of achieving Universal Health Coverage by 2030. The goal is to ensure that all citizens of the world have access to health services including financial risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services and access to quality and affordable essential medicines. The Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC2030 (CSEM), a broad civil society constituency of the International Health Partnership for UHC2030 which is working towards t...

Modou Country: Gambia Planning, designing, implementation, evaluation and coordination overall health promotion and protection interventions for the Ministry of Health; Provision of guidance and support to the formulation of appropriate policies and strategies in support of the implementation of public health interventions including health promotion and protection; Responsible for the regulation of health information dissemination in the country; Fostering collaboration between the health and o...

Part I: An overhaul of tertiary education and regeneration in Africa is long overdue By Firoz Khan on 12 May 2021 Towards the Regeneration of University and Public Policy in Africa: May tomorrow be more than just another name for today* Introduction: the poverty of theory It was the occasion of Africa Day, 18 May 2108, at the University of Western Cape – home of iconic liberation struggle thinkers including Neville Alexander, Harold Wolpe and Jakes Gerwel. Students and faculty waited patientl...

Nigeria Health Watch IN ZANA 3, Wedza District, 131 kilometres south of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, Talent Zindi, 21, a subsistence farmer, is inspecting the ear flowers of a maize plant in her field. She will be harvesting her maize crop in two weeks. Zindi says the harvest season reminds her of the stress that she went through in March 2019 trying to get transportation to Igava Clinic, 14 kilometres away from her home to deliver her baby. Luckily, back then, Zindi’s friend introduced h...

(Paris, Nairobi) 29 April 2021 – As the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) continues its work during the 68th Ordinary (...)

Health sector budget cuts affect women most Wednesday April 28 2021 Summary Ms Hope Twine says:  Most maternal and neo-natal deaths could be averted with timely management.  There is a notable reduction of 9.3 per cent in the health budget from Shs2.781 trillion in Financial Year 2020/2021 to Shs2.523 trillion. Advertisement While women comprise 52 per cent of Uganda’s population, a typical woman continues to grapple with critical health issues that are only slightly addressed by the curr...

Daily Monitor Wednesday April 28 2021 Summary Uganda suffers a persistently high maternal mortality ratio currently at 336 per 100,000 live births which translates into 16 women dying every day during childbirth.  Lack of basic maternal health commodities such as gloves, syringes, blood and medicines are the major causes of maternal deaths. Advertisement The Centre for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has sued government for not adhering to court orders that mandated it to raise fu...

By Tue Apr 27 2021 A new report released by the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale project ( PACFaH@Scale) has revealed that Nigeria is yet to implement its pledge to allocate 15% of its annual budget to the health sector, 20 years after it made the pledge. The project is implemented by 23 Nigerian health advocacy civil society organizations and anchored and coordinated by the  (dRPC)  which builds capacity for the expansion of social capital and accountability in th...

Home | News & Events | World Malaria Day: With U.S. Support, Malaria Deaths and Infections Decline Significantly in Uganda | April 26, 2021 Kampala, April 26, 2021 – “Let’s be the generation to end malaria,” U.S. Mission in Uganda’s Richard Nelson said at a World Malaria Day commemoration April 25, highlighting renewed hope for ending this deadly disease in our lifetime. Since the United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) launched 15 years ago, malaria death rates h...