Africa Newsroom
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS): Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives
The report details how this debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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Devastating floods displace huge swathes of the population across West and Central Africa
Heavy rains over the last few weeks have triggered massive flooding and devastation in West and Central Africa, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their destroyed homes in…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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Seychelles: President Ramkalawan Conducts Health-Focused Visits in Cuba
As part of his official visit to Cuba, President Wavel Ramkalawan toured several key health institutions and engaged in discussions aimed at strengthening Seychelles' healthcare sector. President Ramkalawan visited the…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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Kuajok residents benefit from free medical campaign by Bangladeshi peacekeepers
Achol Deng has been sick with stomach pain for days. Her son has malaria and a bad cough. She has been unable to access to healthcare because of a scarcity…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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South Sudan undertakes Second Joint External Evaluation to boost health security amidst challenges
In South Sudan, where challenges like disease outbreaks, limited healthcare access, conflicts, and flooding are frequent, there's a strong push to improve health services. With support from the World Health…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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Young people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) urge world leaders to partner with them in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) response
With support from UNAIDS, two young social media influencers living with HIV are on their way to the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future in New York to urge world…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany donate Information Technology (IT) equipment to support health sector digitization
The Ugandan Ministry of Health has today received brand new Information Technology (IT) Equipment worth USD 222,594 (equivalent to UGX 865,029,221) to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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Transforming Dental Training: From Guinea into the Continent of Africa (By Dr. David Ugai)
By Dr. David Ugai, Country Director for Guinea, Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org). Just days away from the opening of a new training facility at Guinea’s only dental school on September 25th…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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Electric Cooking to transform the cooking landscape in Uganda
The two-year programme has three major components: Establish a high-impact Clean Cooking Unit in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development through the Global Green Growth Institute. This will drive…
- SundayNews
- September 19, 2024
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Save the Children supports thousands of Palestinians, including newborn babies, medically evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, with funding from Community Jameel
Thousands of Palestinians, including newborn babies, evacuated from Gaza to Egypt with urgent medical needs are receiving critical support from Save the Children as part of a Community Jameel-funded initiative to support…