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African Health Ministers Call for Accelerating Progress in Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health By Transforming Health Systems

eriinfo.com3 days ago05 mins

Lusaka, Zambia — At the 75th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, Ministers of Health and high-level delegates converged to reaffirm their commitment to the health and well-being of women, children, and adolescents. As part of the documents presented, the Ministers considered the technical document AFR/RC75/5 on Accelerating Progress in the Health and…

African Health Ministers Call for Urgent Action As Progress Against Malaria Stalls

eriinfo.com4 days ago06 mins

Lusaka — Progress against malaria in the African region has significantly slowed down, with cases declining by just 5% since 2015 and mortality by 16%, far short of the 75% reduction target that was to be achieved by 2025. Without intensified efforts, the region risks missing the 2030 targets under the Global Technical Strategy for…

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African Health Ministers Endorse Framework to Accelerate Progress On Oral Health

eriinfo.com6 days ago06 mins

Lusaka — African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa today adopted a pivotal framework to accelerate efforts to address oral health diseases that affect around 42% of the region’s population. The regional oral health framework, endorsed at the Seventy-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa…

New online resource to gauge govt reform progress

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago03 mins

Busi Mavuso, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa. Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has introduced an online platform to monitor and assess the progress of key government reforms that impact business and economic growth. The BLSA is an independent association that represents the interests of major corporations in the country, engaging key players in South…

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Africa: The Graça Machel Trust’s Pan-African Adolescent Girls’ Movement in Action – Progress and Impact

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

Over the past two years, what began as a single idea has grown into a vibrant network of community hubs and digital communities spanning Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and soon beyond. Guided by the conviction that every teenage girl deserves a safe space to learn, lead and raise her voice,…

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Africa: AU and Member States Chart Path for Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and Highlight National Progress in Cotonou Meeting

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

The Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department (PAPS) of the African Union Commission, through its Gender Peace and Security Programme (GPSP) and FemWise-Africa Secretariat, in partnership with Nett4Peace and GIZ, successfully convened Member States in Benin for the Annual Coordination Meeting on the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda, marking 25 years since UN Security…

Women in tech: Driving change, powering progress

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago06 mins

Marie Arnoldi and Phumla Mabashe are two women shaping the future of tech at Sanlam Fintech. In this women’s month spotlight, they share their stories of breaking barriers, mentoring the next generation and why empathy and boldness in the workplace are their superpowers. The genesis “Tech found me,” says Marie Arnoldi, senior manager and product…

Africa: Momentum Builds For Long-Acting HIV Solutions As IAS 2025 Spotlights Scientific Progress, Funding Challenges And Leaders’ Calls To Action

eriinfo.com2 months ago013 mins

New WHO guidelines endorse long-acting injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention, Medicines Patent Pool expands licence for long-acting injectable cabotegravir for treatment, and Merck’s once-monthly oral pill MK-8527 advances to Phase 3 trials in Africa 14 July 2025 (Kigali, Rwanda) – IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, opened today with a call to accelerate…

Africa: Scientists, Activists Rally at #IAS2025 to Protect HIV Progress

eriinfo.com2 months ago013 mins

As science soars with game-changing HIV tools, a funding crisis threatens to ground progress “We come together at a pivotal time for the HIV response, one defined by both incredible scientific possibilities and deeply troubling political realities,” said Dr. Beatriz Grinsztejn, the President of the International AIDS Society (IAS), and co-chair of the conference. The…

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Africa: HIV/Aids Funding Crisis Risks Reversing Decades of Global Progress

eriinfo.com2 months ago010 mins

United Nations — UNAIDS called the funding crisis a ticking time bomb, saying the impact of the US cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) could result in 4 million unnecessary AIDS-related deaths by 2029. A historic withdrawal of global HIV/AIDS funding threatens to derail decades of hard-won progress in the fight…