Africa: With Millions of Children’s Lives on the Line, Bill Gates Says Humanity Is at a Crossroads

Africa: With Millions of Children’s Lives on the Line, Bill Gates Says Humanity Is at a Crossroads

At 2025 Goalkeepers event, Gates lays out roadmap for saving millions more children’s lives by 2045 if governments stretch every dollar and scale a pipeline of affordable, lifesaving innovations Announces new pledge to the Global Fund 2026-2028 replenishment to prevent deaths from AIDS, TB, and malaria Honors President of the Government of Spain with 2025…

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Africa: Safe Care from the Start – Why Better Diagnostics Can Save Lives

Africa: Safe Care from the Start – Why Better Diagnostics Can Save Lives

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…

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Africa: Safe Care from the Start – Why Better Diagnostics Can Save Lives

Africa: Global Fund Reports 70 Million Lives Saved – but Warns Progress Is At Risk

New report highlights major progress in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – but warns that without renewed commitment and investment, decades of hard-won gains could unravel. The Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment is critical to keep the world on track toward ending these deadly diseases. GENEVA – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis…

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Africa: ‘Shift the Narrative’ On Suicide to Prevent Loss of 720,000 Lives Annually

Africa: ‘Shift the Narrative’ On Suicide to Prevent Loss of 720,000 Lives Annually

More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for “shifting the narrative” on the issue “to challenge harmful myths, reduce stigma and foster compassionate conversations.” Speaking on World Suicide Prevention Day, which is marked annually on 10 September,…

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Africa: Safe Care from the Start – Why Better Diagnostics Can Save Lives

Africa: ‘Hope Is At the Heart of Our Lives’ – Closing Message of the 20th Plenary Assembly of Secam

Kigali — “Hope is the heart of our lives,” under this motto, the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (see Fides, 1/8/2025) urges the continent’s faithful not to give up hope despite the current difficulties. In their message at the end of the assembly, which concluded yesterday,…

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Africa: Safe Care from the Start – Why Better Diagnostics Can Save Lives

Africa: Infrastructure Investing – – Restoring Dignity and Transforming Lives Across SA and Africa

A Public Investment Corporation research paper in support of the urgent need for investment in Africa presents some startling realities, but also cites investment and co-investment opportunities for development finance institutions, asset managers and private capital. A Public Investment Corporation research paper in support of the urgent need for investment in Africa presents some startling…

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