[WHO] New York -- Your Excellency Dr Khalilur Rahman, President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency Amar Bendjama, President of ECOSOC, My sister, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed, The Right Honourable Helen Clark, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends,
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Council of Governors (CoG) has called for stronger partnerships and increased investment in technology to accelerate healthcare transformation across Kenya's 47 counties.
[UCT] Being admitted to hospital is supposed to bring relief. But for thousands of patients across Africa, hospital care comes with another burden: severe pain. A landmark study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) found that two-thirds of adults admitted to hospitals across Africa experienced pain, while one in seven suffered severe pain. The study was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Group in Perioperative and Critical Care.
[Independent (Kampala)] Soroti -- Exhausted health workers at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital are being forced to stretch across shifts and attend to dozens of patients at a time, with severe understaffing increasingly affecting their responsiveness and interaction with patients, Parliament has heard.
[New Times] Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have initiated an inquiry into a funding gap facing the EAC Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunisation and Health Supply Chain Management based in Kigali.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's public hospitals are teetering on the brink of a full-blown medicine crisis, campaigners have dramatically warned, after it emerged the country's Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) is failing to pay foreign suppliers a jaw-dropping $18 million debt.
[Nile Post] Dr Vincent Brown, formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, has appeared before a London court facing seven charges over alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, in the first such prosecution brought in the UK.
[UN News] An Ebola vaccine trial is underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), involving frontline health workers and others involved in the response.
[New Zimbabwe] AMERICA will, at the end of this month, stop funding all health programmes in Zimbabwe it has been involved in for more than 20 years, Ambassador Pamela Tremont has revealed.
[Nyasa Times] A Lilongwe charity has launched an urgent blood donation drive to support children undergoing cancer treatment, as Malawi marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September -- with organisers revealing hundreds of children are diagnosed with the disease in the country every single year.
[Capital FM] Kilifi -- Kilifi County is set to become the centre of devolved governance debate this week as the Senate moves its operations from Nairobi to Malindi for its fifth Senate Mashinani sitting.
[Independent (Kampala)] Africa is pouring money into pharmaceutical manufacturing as governments seek to reduce dependence on imported medicines. The bigger challenge may be finding enough buyers to keep the factories running.
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo has announced a nationwide distribution of a major new shipment of pharmaceuticals and medical-surgical supplies, claiming that it aims to end chronic medicine shortages in public health facilities.
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Amsterdam -- Sudan's health system is nearing collapse, with disease and epidemics spreading across the country amid poor sanitation, overcrowding and the destruction of medical infrastructure during the war, the Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors' Syndicate has warned.
[UN News] Six years after COVID-19 killed millions, battered health systems, disrupted lives and brought the global economy to a virtual standstill, the world is still grappling with how we can prepare better for the next pandemic.
[Vanguard] The Ondo State government has said that 49 people have now died from suspected poisonous alcohol consumption, with 170 others affected across the state.
[This Day] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled another industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory and arrested a Mexican national, identified as Arturo Carrera Loaiza, who the agency described as a drug kingpin linked to a wider network involved in the establishment of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in Nigeria.
[New Times] Alexa Gabriella Mugisha spent years believing that the severe pain she experienced during her periods was normal.
[The Conversation Africa] When you think of viruses, you probably think of flu-like symptoms and quarantines. Humankind has suffered from viral diseases ranging from smallpox to COVID-19, hantavirus and Ebola since the dawn of recorded history.
[Ghanaian Times] The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested three persons over their alleged involvement in the activities of Dutch fugitive Jos Leidekkers, popularly known as "Bolle Jos", in Ghana.
[GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance] Next-generation TB vaccines, expected to become available from 2029, could deliver major health and economic gains, helping to save an estimated 7.3 million lives, generate up to US$ 135 billion in economic benefits for low-and middle-income countries by 2050, and support efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance. Action must be taken now to ensure that countries with the highest disease burden are able to access vaccines in sufficient quantities Gavi CEO, Dr Sania Nishtar: "Novel TB vaccines could be
[allAfrica] In South Africa, the debate about protecting young people from drugs is increasingly raising a different question: are current policies actually helping those who need support most?
[Premium Times] The affected provinces are Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tshopo.
[Premium Times] The affected provinces are Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tshopo.
[Daily News] Arusha -- THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Professor Mohamed Janabi, has urged African countries to take greater ownership of their health systems and move from conference commitments to concrete action in financing and strengthening primary healthcare.
[Premium Times] Relying on Sections 293 to 299 of the ACJA, particularly Section 296(1), the lawyer said the law did not permit a court to order a suspect's remand for more than 14 days in the first instance.
[Premium Times] The suspected drug trafficker was said to be on the run for about two years before his recent arrest outside Nigeria.
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The prolonged nurses' strike is continuing to put pressure on Kenya's public health system, with essential services facing disruption across the country.
[The Conversation Africa] Given its speed, scale and scope, the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease that broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-2026 could become a global epidemic.
[Daily Trust] Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has directed the immediate mobilisation of drugs and other medical commodities to health facilities handling patients affected by the diphtheria outbreak in the state.
[SAnews.gov.za] Gauteng Health MEC Faith Mazibuko has urged parents and caregivers to keep children up to date on routine immunisations, warning that missing these critical vaccines leaves children vulnerable to preventable diseases that may have lifelong consequences.
[Leadership] Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people have been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of drug trafficking and other charges.
[Scrolla] · Dr Jacob Modumoh was placed on precautionary suspension after claims of serious misconduct involving foot-and-mouth disease vaccine prices during the outbreak.
[Leadership] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a 20,000-litre fuel tanker fitted with a concealed compartment containing 2,145kg of cannabis, in a major breakthrough in its nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trafficking.
[IPS] United Nations -- While Uganda announced the end of its Ebola outbreak last week, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to battle its deadliest Ebola outbreak to date. As of September 1st, there have been over 6,000 cases, including over 3,000 deaths, with Ituri standing as the most affected province.
[Namibian] A Usakos police officer accused of attempting to smuggle drugs into police holding cells was granted N$5 000 bail after appearing in the Usakos Magistrate's Court on 20 August.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- At the weekend, C-Care Uganda once again joined the Rotary Cancer Run as a key healthcare partner, bringing its medical expertise closer to participants and communities throughout the campaign.
[New Times] We have turned sleep into something to be sacrificed when life gets busy. Working hours, lengthy commutes, and shift work can push sleep to the bottom of the list.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister Calvin Armstrong Rwomire has defended his decision not to publicly inform top officials in the Kingdom that King Oyo was out of the country for treatment.
[Nile Post] Uganda and the United States have signed a five-year health sector agreement worth about Shs6.42 trillion, shifting a significant portion of US health assistance towards direct government-to-government financing.
[Nyasa Times] A shocking new report has revealed that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for approximately 40 percent of all deaths in Malawi, prompting urgent calls for stronger political leadership, funding and community action.
[RFI] More than 3,000 people have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the World Health Organisation says it is preparing to launch trials of three potential vaccines against the strain behind the current outbreak, which continues to progress.
[WHO] A global initiative to establish a stockpile of mpox vaccines was launched on 27 August, creating a long-term mechanism to ensure countries have access to vaccines when responding to mpox outbreaks.
[Liberian Observer] Alternative National Congress (ANC) political leader Alexander B. Cummings has called on the Liberian government to ensure a swift, transparent and impartial prosecution of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, warning that the ongoing narcotics investigation risks undermining public confidence if justice is perceived to be applied selectively.
UN relief chief Tom Fletcher warned that time is running out to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He briefed member states on the urgency of the humanitarian situation.
Kenyan pharmaceutical manufacturers are warning that delays in processing VAT exemptions could disrupt medicine production and supply. They say this could lead to shortages of healthcare products. The industry is urging the government to speed up the process.
A report from GroundUp looks at how foot and mouth disease spread out of control in South Africa. Farmers saw the warning signs but couldn't prevent the outbreak. The disease ran amok despite their efforts.
Assisted reproductive technology is expanding rapidly across Africa, with fertility clinics opening in countries where couples once had to travel abroad for IVF. The high cost of travel alone made treatment unaffordable for most Africans. This boom needs public governance, not just private investment, to ensure fair access and ethical practice.
A diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria's Plateau state has killed 15 people and infected 117 others. The deaths occurred within just three days, according to official Bulus. He warned that the number of cases could climb if urgent measures aren't taken to stop the disease.