Africa: Immunization Experts Urge Stronger Action to Close Vaccination Gaps in Africa

Africa: Immunization Experts Urge Stronger Action to Close Vaccination Gaps in Africa

Brazzaville — Experts, policymakers and global health partners have called for stronger, coordinated action to prevent backsliding on progress made against vaccine-preventable diseases in the African Region, where millions of children are still at risk. Against the backdrop of the signing of the Pandemic Treaty, the reduction in global funding to WHO, Gavi, UNICEF and…

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Africa: Immunization Experts Urge Stronger Action to Close Vaccination Gaps in Africa

African Leaders Urge Nuclear Energy Adoption to Drive Growth

Addis Ababa, — Participants of African delegates at the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA 2025) underway in the Rwandan capital of Kigali called for the accelerated adoption of nuclear energy to meet the continent’s rising energy demand, support industrialization, and drive sustainable development. As the continent’s population is expected to exceed 3 billion…

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Africa: Immunization Experts Urge Stronger Action to Close Vaccination Gaps in Africa

Africa: Experts Urge Tax Subsidies On Crop Inputs As Global Hunger and Climate Crises Converge

Global leaders attending the SB62 Climate Summit in Bonn are under growing pressure to reconfigure agricultural subsidies in favour of crop production, as leading food systems advocates and UN agencies warn that current policies are driving hunger, poor diets, and environmental degradation. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and…

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