Nairobi, Kenya, 17 th September 2025: Every child deserves safe, effective care from the moment they fall sick. Yet in many hospitals across sub-Saharan Africa, treatment often begins before infections are properly diagnosed using laboratory tools. The result? Antibiotics are given indiscriminately, infections go undetected, and antibiotic resistance spreads at alarming rates…
Two South African organisations have been selected to participate in Turn.io’s 2025 Chat for Health & AI Accelerator. Chosen from 400 international applications, AI Diagnostics and hearX Foundation are part of the 10 organisations that will scale AI‑enabled health services. Image supplied. The programme enables health organisations to scale AI-powered conversational services, expanding access to…
Yaoundé, Cameroon — In a major step toward faster and more localized outbreak response, Africa CDC convened public health leaders from ten African countries in Yaoundé to co-develop a continental framework for decentralizing laboratory services. The four-day workshop, which began on 14 July, placed equitable access to diagnostics at the core of Africa’s epidemic preparedness…
