Rural mothers find hope in Kajiado’s Maternal Health Revolution
By Tebby Otieno The chirping of birds at dawn has become the soundtrack to hope for mothers across rural Kenya. In villages where the nearest hospital requires a day’s journey and cultural beliefs can prove deadlier than disease, a quiet revolution is unfolding—one motorcycle ride, one knock on the door, one saved life at a time. […]
Door-to-Door Mobilisation Under SLL Brings Healthcare Closer to Children and Elderly in Gokwe
By Michael Gwarisa From a distance, a thick cloud of dust rose above the Mopane-strewn horizon on the southern side of Muchohwe Primary School, deep in Chief Chireya’s territory in Gokwe North. Minutes later, a white twin-cab vehicle emerged, prompting cheers and ululation from the gathered community. The vehicle carried more than just people. It was […]
Counting Saved Lives during COVID-19 Vaccination in Nigeria
By Ojoma Akor Kashima Iziaq Yusuf was convinced to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in 2021 because of the sensitization exercise carried out by the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) in Karshi community of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria. She narrated that she was initially hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to […]
The Legacy of US$1.5 billion SLL initiative
Changing lives in Zambia | Derrick Sinjela In 2019, the world was confronted with a ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19), a herculean task overcome by technical and monetary prowess marshalled through African Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) and MasterCard Foundation, respectively. Africa CDC Southern Africa Regional Coordinating Centre, Regional Director, Dr Lul Pout Riek is delighted […]
The Bold Initiative that Drove COVID-19 Vaccination Success and Revamped Nigeria’s Immunisation Landscape
By Uwais Abbubakar Idris Paradigm News International, having closely followed the evolution of Africa’s health systems — particularly the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) — brings you this exclusive development report. Over the years, Africa CDC has demonstrated exceptional leadership in public health response, performance monitoring, and resource mobilization, notably during […]
Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship Provides Real-life Immersion
Two cohorts of Public Health Emergency Management Fellows have so far been released by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) across the continent. These 27 fellows, consisting of eight from Cohort 1 and nineteen from Cohort 2, have the mandate to build a robust workforce capable of leading Africa’s public health emergency preparedness and response efforts. Africa CDC, through its Public […]
Rallying Call for Fair Access to Relevant AMR Countermeasures for Africa
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to escalate into one of the most pressing global health threats of our time. In response, Africa CDC convened the first-ever continental meeting on access to antimicrobials, diagnostics, and vaccines as countermeasures to AMR, bringing together policymakers, regulators, researchers, manufacturers, and development partners to drive urgent action. From 30 to 31 […]
Behind the Traces: The Unseen Workforce Holding Back Mpox
Rolling back the ongoing mpox outbreak across Africa rests on a deceptively simple principle: tracing every case and isolating every contact – from casual interactions to close physical contact. Yet even as African countries gain experience in identifying and confirming mpox infections, contact tracing remains one of the most challenging links in surveillance, ring vaccination […]
Making Laws Work in Times of Public Health Emergencies
A string of crises, from HIV and Ebola to COVID-19 and mpox, has shaped the public health landscape in Africa. Further worsened by recurring threats of infectious diseases and climate-induced health challenges, each of these emergencies has shown that medical and technical capacities alone are not sufficient to protect the continent’s 1.5 billion population. Regional […]
The Digital Sentinel
Africa’s Experts Unite to Transform Primary Health Care through Digitalization Africa’s public health story is at a turning point. The continent has shown remarkable unity in recent crises, from coordinating a multi-country response to mpox to advancing a continental framework for health data governance. But these successes also revealed a deeper truth: Primary Health Care (PHC) must […]