Tanel co-founders Makhtar Diop (left) and Mouhamed Ndoye Alan, the French health insurance company with footballer Kylian Mbappé as an investor, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Tanel, a Senegal-based digital health company founded in 2021 by Mouhamed Ndoye and Makhtar Diop. The transaction also provides an exit for Tanel’s founders and investors,…
Facing a projected shortage of more than six million health professionals by 2035, African countries are stepping up efforts to strengthen their workforce, with a new decade-long plan announced on Wednesday during a meeting of health ministers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Key points The new plan calls for coordinated investment to ensure countries have a…
The World Health Organization has launched a regional health data platform designed to give African governments a single system for tracking health trends, planning services and responding to disease outbreaks. The Regional Health Data Hub was unveiled on August 27 in Addis Ababa during the WHO Regional Committee for Africa meeting. The platform will bring…
The Lancet HIV Commission on Ageing‘s 2026 report highlights how profoundly the global HIV epidemic is changing. In 2025, an estimated 11.5 million (29%) people living with HIV were aged 50 years and older. This is projected to increase to 20.2 million by 2040. That would account for more than half (51%) of all people…
The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has announced the appointment of new independent expert members to its Board’s Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) and Information Technology Governance Committee (ITGC), strengthening institutional governance, accountability, and digital innovation. According to the NHLS, the newly appointed members bring extensive expertise in digital transformation, governance, finance, risk management, and…
South Africa’s health department not hiring ‘property caretakers’ – ignore Facebook posts claiming otherwise IN SHORT: Facebook posts claiming that South Africa’s health department has “property caretaker” vacancies are false. The department advises job seekers to follow its verified recruitment portals for any opportunities. South Africa’s Department of Health is advertising “property caretaker” jobs. That’s…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended prioritising the Ervebo vaccine for testing in a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The vaccine was originally developed to protect against Zaire ebolavirus, the species responsible for the devastating west African epidemic just over a decade ago. It was not designed for the Bundibugyo…
U.S. Navy sailors heave on a line during a fueling-at-sea on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 10, 2026. U.S. Navy | Via Reuters U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper on Sunday acknowledged mental health challenges…
Following an improbable initial leak via a scuba diving discovery, Google has officially launched the Pixel Watch 5. While the smartwatch’s exterior design closely mirrors its predecessor, it introduces major health-monitoring algorithms, expanded storage, and performance tweaks beneath the hood. Read: Google unveils Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL Rather than overhauling the external hardware,…
President Donald Trump said a US Marine held in a Russian prison, whose health was reportedly in extremely poor condition, has been released. “After my discussions with President Vladimir Putin, Russia has agreed to release him, very much on a Humanitarian Basis,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that no prisoner swap took place. In…
