The African Union and its member states have been urged to make concrete financial and policy commitments to expand Africa’s community health workforce, “with an estimated $4.3bn required annually to achieve the target of two million workers by 2030.” The Acting Deputy Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Raji Tajudeen,
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 4 – Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has been appointed to represent Kenya on the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) The other countries are Cameroon, Gabon, The Gambia, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.
According to data shared with AFP by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday, the outbreak, which has spread to other countries on the continent, has killed 5,376 people — 5,372 in the DRC and two each in Kenya and Uganda. That same month, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, reported an Ebola case involving a 42-year-old Swiss woman whose husband works at the Swiss embassy in Abuja.
The New York State Department of Health said on Monday that a child in Lewis County had died in connection with an ongoing measles outbreak, marking the state’s first known measles-associated death in more than 30 years. “At New York’s request, CDC has deployed epidemiologists and other experts to work alongside state health officials on the ground, providing surveillance, data analysis, strategic planning, and other outbreak response support,” the US Department of Health and Human Services told Reuters in an emailed statement.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — African countries have been urged to expand investment in women’s health research beyond pregnancy and childbirth, with experts warning that conditions such as endometriosis, menstrual disorders, infertility and menopause remain neglected despite their significant impact on women’s lives. KEMRI Board Chairman Dr Abdullahi Ali said the continent needed to build a strong ecosystem of African scientists and innovators capable of generating evidence, influencing policy and developing products to address women’s health challenges.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called on Saudi Arabia to lift travel restrictions imposed on Kenya over the Ebola outbreak, warning that blanket measures could undermine public health cooperation and punish countries that openly report disease outbreaks. Africa CDC Director General Dr Jean Kaseya said Kenya had made significant progress in containing the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, with no new confirmed infections reported since October 19 and no evidence of sustained community transmission.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 2 – The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene the first Africa Health Data Forum in Nairobi next week, seeking to strengthen health information systems through country-led priorities, investment and closer coordination among development partners. The forum comes as WHO seeks to advance health data transformation through investment, innovation and collaboration, under the theme, “Better Data, Better Health for All.”