East-Africa
Rwanda faces rising teen pregnancy risks, experts warn
Rwanda’s teenage pregnancy rate rose to 8% in 2025 from 5% in 2020, according to the Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey, prompting…
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Health and medicine
Southern-Africa
Activists Say There’s a Bigger Issue Around South Africa’s Menstrual Products
Activists challenge official assurances after study flags hormone-disrupting chemicals in menstrual products Activists say dismissing a University of the Free State finding…
East-Africa
Malawi Outlaws Doctors’ Private Practice to Fight Public Hospital Corruption
Malawi has banned “dual practice” for health workers at all public clinics, hospitals, pharmacies and diagnostic centers in a sweeping move intended…
Southern-Africa
Can South Africa Solve Its Healthcare Crisis Before Courts Rule?
South Africa’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) — billed by the government as the country’s most sweeping health overhaul since the end…
West-Africa
West Africa Confronts Critical Health Crisis Amid Rising Drug Abuse
Synthetic Drug Crisis in West Africa: A Public Health Emergency A new report warns that the proliferation of synthetic drugs across West…
East-Africa
Contaminated Alcohol Leaves Hundreds Blind in Rwanda
Rwanda Battles Alarming Rise in Illicit Alcohol Consumption Rwandan authorities are raising the alarm over a surge in illicit alcohol consumption that…
Southern-Africa
Namibian MPs Decry Order Requiring Use of Public Health Facilities
Directive to force public servants into state healthcare ignites constitutional and capacity debate A government directive ordering public servants and senior officials…
Central-Africa
DR Congo Signs U.S. Health Pact Amid Lingering Data Privacy Questions
Kinshasa — The Democratic Republic of Congo has signed a five-year, $1.2 billion health financing agreement with the United States, officials announced,…
North-Africa
Why People Living with HIV Are Crucial to Pediatric Cure Research
Paediatric HIV cure research is yielding cautious optimism: very early antiretroviral therapy (ART) can, in some children, produce periods of ART-free remission…
East-Africa
Zimbabwe Government Withdraws from $367 Million U.S.-Funded Health Deal
HARARE — A group of public health physicians urged Harare and Washington on Thursday to resume negotiations after the collapse of a…
North-Africa
Libya Achieves Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Threat
The World Health Organization announced that Libya has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, a milestone that clears the country of…
