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WHO workers mobilised 4.7 tonnes of essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Image credit: World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Gates Foundation commits $15m to Ebola response as WHO suspects 900 cases

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Nigerian doctors take up strike action over wages and welfare

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Birth control in Africa: study tracks the use of long-acting contraception in 26 countries

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Botswana's medical supply chain collapse triggers public health emergency

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Diphtheria outbreak in Somalia worsens with vaccine shortages

19 Aug 2025

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Nigerian nurses go on 7-day 'warning' strike

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AI chatbots can boost public health in Africa – why language inclusion matters

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Empowerment through exercise: Ugandan women fight obesity

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Funding crisis threatens progress in fight against HIV/Aids

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#ActForSRHR digital campaign launches

11 Jul 2025

Workshops train Africa’s aspiring health professionals

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Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

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Dutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine

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PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

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Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

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Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

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Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

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WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

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