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Today marks the official launch of the second edition of the African Voices of Science (AVoS), a continental initiative led by Speak Up Africa, dedicated to strengthening Africa’s voice and role in global health research, development, and innovation (RD&I). For decades, Africa has been portrayed as a passive recipient of solutions designed elsewhere. This narrative […]
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By Fara Ndiaye, Deputy Executive Director (Speak Up Africa), Dr George Githuka, Program Director (CHReaD), Prof Keitshepile Geoffrey Setswe, Managing Director: Implementation Research Division (Aurum Institute and SAHTAC), Caroline Mbindyo, Chief Innovations Officer (Amref Health Africa) The global health community is facing significant cuts to critical global health research funding. Estimates show global health funding […]
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OverviewOver the next two decades, the Gates Foundation will work together with its partners to make as much progress as possible towards three primary goals: This focus builds on the extraordinary global progress in health and development between 2000 and 2025—a period when child deaths were more than halved, deaths from deadly infectious diseases were […]
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Investments Through 2030 to Catalyze Innovation in Maternal, Menstrual, Gynecological, and Sexual Health for Women Globally The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development (R&D) focused exclusively on women’s health. It will support the advancement of more than 40 innovations in five critical, chronically underfunded areas—particularly those […]
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More than 115 agrifood experts, government advisors and business leaders are calling for animal-source foods to be excluded from a UN declaration to eliminate trans-fatty acids. A draft UN declaration to eliminate trans-fatty acids from global diets risks inadvertently denying the world’s poorest the nutritional benefits of milk and meat, experts have said. A new declaration to […]
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Africa’s fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is gaining ground, with over 80 countries and organizations uniting under the Kigali Declaration to tackle these debilitating conditions. Marking its third anniversary on June 23, 2025, the declaration, launched by Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, has sparked unprecedented collaboration, securing $1.8 billion in support and driving progress toward […]
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In an exclusive interview with Africa.com, Dr. Paulin Basinga, Director of Health, Nutrition, and Population at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), discussed the critical insights and findings from the 2024 Goalkeepers Report. The annual report, now in its eighth year, serves as a touchstone for evaluating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) […]
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New modeling shows 40 million more children will suffer from hunger’s worst effects by 2050 due to climate change, but immediate action could instead boost health, spur economic growth In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report released today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation urged world leaders to increase global health spending where it is needed most in […]
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1. More than half the world is facing high measles risk, WHO says More than half of the world’s countries will be at a high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent action is taken, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Measles is a highly contagious, airborne virus […]
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By Amie Batson, President, WomenLift Health, and Dr. Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO, Amref Health Africa In June 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. The groundbreaking legislation mandated equal pay for equal work and forbade employers from paying women less than men for comparable work requiring the same skills and responsibilities. […]
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