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First Africa Climate-Health Desk is Launched
The Africa Climate-Health Desk will help close the long-standing gap between climate science and public health decision-making.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Botswana Targets Drug Manufacturing in Health Emergency Recovery
Health Minister Stephen Modise, in an interview, said that while medicines are now more widely available, nationwide the focus is on building strong supply chains with locally manufactured drugs to overcome the high cost of importing medication.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Community Health Project in Kenya and Uganda Dramatically Cuts New HIV Infections
A Large-scale study finds that simplifying delivery of prevention medication and improving connections to clinics is key to reducing HIV infections.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNFPA and Africa CDC Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Health and Innovation Across Africa
The agreement cements a shared commitment to accelerate progress toward universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), promote demographic resilience, and build resilient, equitable health systems through innovation and strategic partnerships.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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2026 Gates Foundation Annual Letter: The Road to 2045
"Last year, deaths from HIV, TB, and malaria rose. And in 2025—for the first time this century—it’s almost certain that more children died than the year before."
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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U.S. Formally Withdraws From World Health Organization
Global health experts worry that a lack of international coordination will lead to death and disaster.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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US Loses Gavi Board Seat After Withholding Funding
In 2025, Trump administration official Mark Kevin Lloyd joined Gavi’s board as the U.S. representative, occupying one of the five seats reserved for donor countries.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Alta Semper Secures USD $57.5 Million from EIB Group and IFC for Growth Fund II to Expand Healthcare Access Across Africa
Alta Semper Growth Fund II focuses on scaling market-leading healthcare and consumer businesses that improve access to affordable, high-quality products and services across Africa and other select growth markets.
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- Finance, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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