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The fight against tuberculosis (TB) has received fresh impetus following the rolling out of a latest digital technology. The innovation which is part of Adherence Support Coalition to End TB…
Nigeria: MSF Responds to Strikingly High Child Malnutrition in the Northwest as Conflict Surges
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a new program to treat malnourished children in the state of Katsina, in the northwest of Nigeria, as conflict and…
European Peace Facility: Council Adopts Assistance Measure Worth EUR40 Million for Mozambique
The Council today adopted a decision establishing a €40 million assistance measure under the European Peace Facility (EPF) in support of the Republic of Mozambique. This assistance measure complements an…
Launch of the 3rd Edition of the Labour Migration Statistic Report in Africa
On the African Statistics Day, 18th November 2021, the African Union Commission in collaboration with Member States, Regional Economic Communities, ILO, IOM and Statistics Sweden has launched the 3rd edition of the labour migration statistics report in Africa, under the Joint Programme on Labour Migration…
Helping diabetic patients live positively
Ketsela Asmare is a nurse counselor at the Ethiopian Diabetes Association (EDA), where she has been working since the year 2000. Driven by her passion to help people, Ketsela started…
Promoting Health and Food Security in Rwanda by Reducing Aflatoxin in Crops
To help farmers and grain traders reduce the prevalence of aflatoxins in crops and grains in Rwanda, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Kigali-based…
Health CS calls for integrated regional efforts in the fight against Malaria
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe is challenging East African community member states to integrate new technologies in their cross-border strategic approaches aimed at eliminating malaria within the region. Speaking in…
Under the Arab Africa Trade Bridges (AATB) Program, ITFC, Afreximbank, BADEA and ARSO organized a High-level Roundtable on the Harmonisation of Standards for Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Devices in Africa during IATF 2021 in Durban
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org), the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and the African Organization for Harmonization (ARSO), Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)…
UNMISS, Humanitarian Partners and Government Representatives Attend Joyous UN Day Event
Music. Some impromptu dancing. And tons of camaraderie. United Nations Day in Juba, South Sudan, wasn’t a typical celebration this year. It was a heartfelt coming together of UN personnel,…
WHO Unveils New Analytical Tools on the ESPEN Data Portal
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, through the Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN), is making available new analytical tools in the NTD Data…