This week on Africa Health Weekly, we track major public health emergencies and system reforms across the continent—from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s worst cholera outbreak in 25 years and Somalia’s diphtheria vaccination campaign, to Sierra Leone declaring the end of its mpox outbreak. We also explore major health system shifts, including Tunisia’s first robot-assisted kidney surgery, Mozambique’s plans for a massive surgical center, Tanzania’s move toward universal health insuranc...
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This week on Africa Health Weekly, we track major public health emergencies and system reforms across the continent—from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s worst cholera outbreak in 25 years and Somalia’s diphtheria vaccination campaign, to Sierra Leone declaring the end of its mpox outbreak. We also explore major health system shifts, including Tunisia’s first robot-assisted kidney surgery, Mozambique’s plans for a massive surgical center, Tanzania’s move toward universal health insuranc...
Nigeria Invests, Ghana Struggles, and Malawi’s Ambulance Scandal
Africa Health Weekly
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Nigeria Invests, Ghana Struggles, and Malawi’s Ambulance Scandal
This week on Africa Health Weekly, host Beverly Ndifoin unpacks Nigeria’s ₦32.9 billion investment to strengthen primary healthcare, Ghana’s growing crisis of unemployed health workers, and Egypt’s fast-rising digital health scene. We spotlight mental health advocacy in Togo, research resilience in Botswana, and urgent responses to diphtheria and mpox outbreaks. Plus, a troubling accountability story from Malawi, where UK-donated ambulances were allegedly auctioned off to fund car repairs. Tu...
Africa Health Weekly
This week on Africa Health Weekly, we track major public health emergencies and system reforms across the continent—from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s worst cholera outbreak in 25 years and Somalia’s diphtheria vaccination campaign, to Sierra Leone declaring the end of its mpox outbreak. We also explore major health system shifts, including Tunisia’s first robot-assisted kidney surgery, Mozambique’s plans for a massive surgical center, Tanzania’s move toward universal health insuranc...
