
Category: Africa
187 Posts


Tanzanian doctors sound alarm over hidden coronavirus cases

The gravediggers of Kano: Why doctors and diggers alike face grim choices in this northern city

Africa, COVID-19, Global Health
No one sees the devastation in South America. What will happen in Africa?

Invitation to register scientist details in African Scientists Directory

Coronavirus: Four nurses on four continents tell their story

COVID-19 and lessons learned from the dealing with the Ebola virus: Liberia

Coronavirus could ‘smoulder’ in Africa for several years, WHO warns

African countries start easing COVID-19 confinement measures

NEJM – Africa in the Path of Covid-19

Covid-19: South Africa’s responsibility on the UN Security Council

#Masks4allinAfrica, Africa, COVID-19
#Masks4All in Africa

Covid-19: why we should all wear masks — there is new scientific rationale

#Masks4all in Africa

Africa needs China’s aid now more than ever

A Covid-19 outbreak will devastate Zimbabwe

EQUINET Information on COVID-19

Ventilators For Coronavirus Patients: Alternative

More than 600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa

Africa, Health Systems Information, Primary health care
Babylon inks 10-year partnership with Rwandan government

Africa, Quality and Service Improvement
The Future of Quality Healthcare in Africa

Key challenges of health care workers in implementing the integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) program: a scoping review

African free trade is vital for growth

COVID-19: Why has Africa been spared so far?

Africa, Priority Diseases, WHO AFRO, WHO Guidelines
WHO: COVID-19 in Africa: from readiness to response

Africa is the last frontier for global growth

Coronavirus looms over Africa’s fragile health systems

Africa’s investment opportunities shift from the south

2 out of 10 deliveries attended by skilled birth attendants in Kano
Africa, Universal Health Coverage
Nigeria universal health coverage actions network established, registered, functional

Delivery mode for prolonged, obstructed labour resulting in obstetric fistula

Africa, Mother & Child, Research
Missed opportunities for vaccination among children in Africa

Health Books International

CHWs Supportive supervision

Africa, Human Resources, Population Health and COPC
Nigerian task-shifting/task-sharing policy

Africa, Health Systems Information, Universal Health Coverage
How can digital health contribute to sustainable attainment of universal health coverage in Africa? A Perspective

Nightingale Challenge: Help us reach our 20,000 target!

Nurses’ knowledge of the management of diabetic patients at Juba Teaching Hospital

Africa, Priority Diseases, WHO AFRO
Deaths from Democratic Republic of the Congo measles outbreak top 6000

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems
Systematic Review: Resilient Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

The supervisory relationships of community health workers in primary health care: social network analysis of ward-based outreach teams in Ngaka Modiri Molema District, South Africa

Reducing maternal and newborn mortality in Nigeria

New Humanitarian: ‘Providing mental healthcare in Sierra Leone is a challenge, due to the beliefs of people.’

Psychological wellbeing in a resource-limited work environment

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems
Coaching rather than doing

The impact and challenge of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Sub-Saharan Africa

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Africa

How to improve the quality of care for women with postpartum haemorrhage at Onandjokwe Hospital, Namibia: quality improvement study

Africa, Universal Health Coverage
A new kind of partnership to achieve health for all in Africa

Medical diaspora: an underused entity in low- and middle-income countries’ health system development

Proposal for the Implementation of Physician Assistants in Uganda

Sweeping Agreement Inked by WHO and African Union to Accelerate Vital Health Goals

Africa, Quality and Service Improvement
Patient safety awareness and culture among frontline clinical workers at four clinical settings in Yaounde, Cameroon
Africa, Population Health and COPC
Can African leaders put free trade above nationalism?
Africa, Population Health and COPC
A ‘brown revolution’ can secure our water future

Development and validation of the ExPRESS instrument for primary health care providers’ evaluation of external supervision

Promoting and delivering antenatal care in rural Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative analysis of midwives’ perceptions

Africa, Human Resources, Mother & Child
HIP Strategic Planning Guide on Task Sharing Family Planning Services to Increase Health Workforce Efficiency and Expand Access

Africa, Health Education System, WONCA Africa
Knowledge and perception of Family Medicine among medical students at University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Measles has now killed more people in DRC than Ebola – and almost all of them are children

Africa, Universal Health Coverage
What we can learn from the Ghanaian experience of national health insurance

Africa, NCDs, Primary health care, Universal Health Coverage
Breaking down the silos of Universal Health Coverage: towards systems for the primary prevention of non-communicable diseases in Africa
Africa, Universal Health Coverage
Paul Kagame: Transforming a continent with universal health coverage

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Universal Health Coverage
SPARC Africa Open Access Symposium

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Primary health care
Cost of delivering health care services at primary health facilities in Ghana

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)

Africa, Priority Diseases, WHO AFRO
Promoting innovation and access for neglected diseases in Africa

HIV testing of South Sudanese post-abortion women

Africa could be certified polio free in 2020

Nature Research: drugs from Nigerian plants

BMJ: Ebola in Sierra Leone and DRC

Africa, Health Education System
Research4Life / Hinari is now available in Spanish, Portuguese and French

Uncertainty looms the around the survival of more than half a million persons living with HIV in Cameroon

Africa, Human Resources, Universal Health Coverage
‘Coaching’ as a country engagement approach: Kenya’s National Hospital Insurance Fund Repositioning experience

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Universal Health Coverage
SPARC and Amref Health Africa’s Dr. Githinji Gitahi highlight the importance of strategic health purchasing at a special session of the African Union

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems
Corruption in Anglophone West Africa health systems: a systematic review of its different variants and the factors that sustain them

Africa, Health Systems Science (HSS)
Health in Africa: 5 priorities for the G-7 Biarritz Summit

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Primary health care
E-learning education conference looks to unlock Africa’s future

Africa, Population Health and COPC, Primary health care
Patient-Centered Care and People-Centered Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why So Little of Something So Badly Needed?

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Health Systems Science (HSS)
Does a provider payment method affect membership retention in a health insurance scheme? a mixed method study of Ghana’s capitation payment for primary care

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Primary health care, Universal Health Coverage
A narrative synthesis of illustrative evidence on effects of capitation payment for primary care: lessons for Ghana and other low/middle-income countries

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, News
SPARC Technical Partnership Update

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Universal Health Coverage
SPARC provides coaching support to Kenya’s UHC agenda

Africa, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Universal Health Coverage
Revenue raising for universal health coverage: Benin, Mali, Mozambique and Togo
PCI’s teamwork supports development of national guidelines in South Sudan

A new grassroots approach to improve road safety and save lives in Africa

EU and World Health Organization team up to boost access to health services in developing countries
Africa, Population Health and COPC, Primary health care, Webinars