Janice Naidoo, Founder, Medi Diary. Patient health records across both the public and private healthcare sector still often rely on physical folders locked in facility filing rooms, not in a patient’s hand or on a secure digital platform. When patients move between clinics, provinces, specialists and healthcare facilities, their records don’t follow, forcing each new…
Anton Fatti, chief technology officer of HealthBridge, says the doctor-patient relationship must remain at the centre of digital transformation in healthcare, even as AI reshapes how medical practices operate. Speaking on TechCentral’s Meet the CIO podcast series, brought to you by NTT DATA, Fatti said AI and cloud computing are already easing the administrative burden…
Like many first-time moms, Nathalia Marin Torres was excited when she found out she was pregnant last August, but she was also a bit nervous. The 33-year-old Colombia native didn’t click with her OB-GYN and felt like she needed more support navigating the health care system in the United States. “When you’re kind of far…
Cleaner air, healthier communities and new economic opportunities are not secondary benefits of climate policy. They are central outcomes of a transition designed to protect people and the economy. South Africa stands at an important crossroads. The country faces the challenge of managing a coal-dependent energy system while confronting high unemployment and growing climate vulnerability….
Parent Sense team Tové de Chazal Gant and Meg Faure. South African-founded digital platform Parent Sense has been selected to participate in the Thrive Centre Innovation Hub’s 2026 fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Founded by occupational therapist Meg Faure, Parent Sense supports families during pregnancy and the early years of a child’s life….
When Idoko, a 23-year-old man living in rural Benue State, north central Nigeria, began hearing voices, withdrawing from family and speaking incoherently, his family’s first call was not to a psychiatrist. They took him to a local faith-based prayer group, where members pray over people believed to be afflicted by spiritual forces. When he showed…
The United States is signing bilateral health deals with African countries. By the end of February 2026, deals worth US$19.8 billion had been signed in new health funding. Of this amount, the US has committed US$12.2 billion and African countries US$7.5 billion. Eighteen African countries have signed these deals. They are Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,…
Despite spending billions on health every year, many African health systems remain underfunded and heavily dependent on external assistance. Then, African leaders adopted the Abuja Declaration, which pledged to allocate at least 15% of their national budgets to health care. Yet, as fiscal spaces tighten and debt burdens grow, a new consensus is emerging: the problem isn’t…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Africa’s first summit dedicated to fungal diseases concluded with a multi-stakeholder commitment to strengthen surveillance, capacity building, access to diagnostics and treatment across the continent. Co-hosted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Global Action for Fungal Infections (GAFFI), the summit brought together researchers, clinicians,…
Nairobi — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have signed their first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening health security cooperation between Africa and Europe. The agreement was signed by Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC, and Pamela Rendi-Wagner,…
