AFRICA – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced that country-based research finds that scale-up speed with a focus on at-risk populations and the choice…
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Ethiopia ramps up measles vaccination campaign amid outbreak
ETHIOPIA – The Ethiopian Government has stepped up its measles vaccination campaign with reinforcement from the World Health Organization (WHO) to get people vaccinated amid the measles outbreak in 12…
Read MoreEthiopia upgrades health center with financial aid from Turkey
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia has refurbished and equipped a health center that will benefit nearly 3,000 people with financial boost from Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). The health center was…
Read MoreEthiopia receives additional Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from US
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia has announced the arrival of additional 840,060 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States through COVAX, a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to…
Read MoreAfricaCDC is now an autonomous health agency of African Union
ETHIOPIA – African heads of state and government have elevated Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) status to an autonomous health agency of the African Union (AU).…
Read MoreBenshi.ai signs MOU with Ethiopian Public Health Institute to enhance nutrition research
ETHIOPIA – The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and benshi.ai have announced a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)with benshi.ai to improve public health research outcomes in Ethiopia through the use…
Read MoreGhanaian healthtech startup mPharma raises US$35 million in Series D funding to expand business
GHANA – mPharma, a Ghanaian health tech startup, has raised US$35 million in a Series D funding round. The financing includes US$30 million in equity and US$5 million in debt…
Read MoreAfrican Union demands rescinding of travel bans on African countries due to Omicron
ETHIOPIA – The African Union has called for the urgent repealing of travel bans placed on Member States following detection of the SARS-COV-2 Omicron variant. On 25 November 2021, the…
Read MoreEthiopia receives donation of 3000 ventilators to aid health delivery
ETHIOPIA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) 500 of the 3,000 oxygen cylinders procured for the institute to improve access to…
Read MoreAfrican Development Bank (AfDB) outlines new strategy to improve healthcare access in the continent
AFRICA – African Development Bank has outlined the details of a new strategy aimed at increasing access to health services across the continent. Dr. Beth Dunford, Vice President of the…
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