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Women wait for food at a camp for people displaced in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai.

In Climate Fight, Focus on Women and Girls

by Tjedu Moyo

Zimbabwe's Lunia Centre is tackling climate change's spillover effects on women and girls

Governance
Suicide Deaths Drop in Rwanda

Mental Health Care in Rwanda: Three Decades of Resilience

by Sam Muhanguzi

Insights into Rwanda's strategies and successes in building mental health services after genocide

A person looks at a road that was washed away in a flash flood.
Environment

Preparing for Climate Disasters in East Africa

by Pooja Lalwani, Faraan Rahim, Shivam Singh, Kalipa Gedion, Anzibert Rugakingira

Immediate action is needed to mitigate the effects of deadly flooding in East Africa

Women wait to collect water in the drought stricken Somali region.
Environment

Treating East Africa's Water Conflicts With AI and Big Data

by Sabeeha Quereshi

How AI and big data can help resolve water-related refugee crises and armed conflicts

A woman uses her phone to take pictures of the wreckages of cars burnt after an accident involving a tanker.
Urbanization

Revitalizing Road Safety Regulation in Africa

by Faraan Rahim, Alice Andongolile, Francis Sakita, Julian Hertz, Catherine Staton

In 2021, nearly a quarter million motorists and pedestrians were killed on African roads

A local health official and a nurse consult documents containing information about monkeypox after taking samples from patients
Governance

What South Africa’s Fatal Mpox Cases Mean for the Global Crisis

by Linda Nordling

A nurse holds a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove.

Joan Akullo, project coordinator for Medical Drones Project, loads a drone for delivery of medication, leaving from Bufumira sub-county to Kusu Village.
Urbanization

Drones Deliver Humanitarian Aid in Africa

by Michael Leedom

Unmanned aerial vehicles are transforming last-mile health-care deliveries within sub-Saharan Africa

Poor Air Quality in Africa
Environment

Tackling Air Pollution in Africa With Data

by Christi Chester Schroeder

Access to real-time air quality data could address the growing dangers of outdoor air pollution in Africa

A Gambian woman puts her identity card back into her purse while exiting a polling station, in Serekunda, Gambia, on September 22, 2006.
Gender

Gambia Moves to Overturn Ban on Female Genital Cutting

by Mariel Ferragamo

The impending collapse of Gambia's ban on the practice casts a shadow over years of hard-fought efforts across Africa

A health worker wearing ebola protection gear, stands outside the Biosecure Emergency Care Unit at the ALIMA Ebola Treatment Center.
Poverty

Investments in Rapid Outbreak Responses: Spend Now, Save Later

by Amanda McClelland

New pandemic preparedness approaches from Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria balance speed and financing

People stand in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, at the Narok County Referral Hospital.
Trade

Moderna Cancels Kenya Vaccine Project Due to Familiar Economic Hurdles

by Bryan Mercurio

The cancellation reminds the world that more efforts are needed for equitable vaccine distribution

A member of medical staff attends to residents as they queue during screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19, in Lenasia, South Africa, on April 21, 2020.
Governance

Lessons From Africa for Future-Proofing Global Health

by Paul Adepoju

Africa's response to COVID-19 provides valuable insight for organizations seeking to make meaningful change

Congolese health workers register people before they are vaccinated against ebola.
Governance

Africa's New Public Health Order and U.S. Global Health Policy

by Spring Gombe

Pan-African public health ambitions challenge U.S. health diplomacy in Africa

Doctor Sekou Kanneh speaks during an interview.
Governance

Rethinking Donor Partnerships in Africa

by Oyeronke Oyebanji

Improving health in Africa requires more effective and respectful collaboration with global partners