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What if every baby born in Africa started life with an all-access key to the 21st century? Not a smartphone or an AI assistant, but something much more – fundamental recognition that says you are here, you are known, and you belong. At the just-concluded UNGA81, I listened to African leaders reflect on what it…
Forty African countries have endorsed a proposed charter on family, sovereignty and values aimed at strengthening families and protecting children from what its proponents describe as foreign ideologies considered inconsistent with African cultural and family values. The development was disclosed by the Executive Director of the Center for African Policy and Advisory, Segun Adebayo, at…
Share of households experiencing water shortages has doubled over the past decade. Key findings Water supply ranks third among the most important problems that South Africans want their government to address. Only unemployment and crime/security are deemed more important. o A decade ago, water supply was ninth on the list of citizen concerns. o Rural…
New York — African countries must stop relying too heavily on external support to keep mothers and children alive and instead invest more of their own money in maternal and child health, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said. Nandi-Ndaitwah made the call on Thursday afternoon in New York during a high-level Tanzanian event on women’s leadership…
After six days of speeches from the UN General Assembly podium, one word rose above all others: peace. This final edition of The Takeaway distils the messages he said reverberated through the Assembly Hall and looks at where the 193-member body goes from here. Closing the annual general debate on Monday, General Assembly President Khalilur…
Public support for higher taxes depends on whether the state can deliver. Key findings Across 38 African countries, seven in 10 respondents (70%) “agree” or “strongly agree” that government should ensure access to adequate health care for all citizens even if this requires higher taxes. Support ranges from 45% in Mauritius to 89% in Gabon….
Africa’s ability to respond to the next epidemic will depend less on how many researchers it trains or scientific papers it publishes and more on whether the continent can detect outbreaks, conduct research and make critical decisions faster when a health emergency strikes. That is the challenge the Ministry of Health has put to researchers…
Malnutrition among children under five remains one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most persistent public health challenges. Countries and development partners have introduced numerous nutrition programmes. Yet millions of young children continue to suffer from poor nutrition. Drawing on our expertise in public health, nutrition and health systems research, we conducted a review of recent evidence about…
Disruptions are making Southern Africa more important to global shipping and energy markets without making the region more prosperous. Countermeasures to offset reduced energy exports shipped from Persian Gulf countries through the Strait of Hormuz are now failing, with significant global impacts, including for Africa. Saudi Arabia has prioritised its East-West pipeline to bypass the…
