Health sector leaders, government officials, development partners and technology experts have called for the rapid scale-up of proven digital health innovations across Africa, stressing that sustainable expansion rather than endless pilot projects is critical to strengthening health systems and improving healthcare outcomes
Author: Justus Akamin
South Africans dressed in traditional attire protest against illegal migration on April 29 in Johannesburg. Themba Hadebe/APhide caption
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — This World Cup is already a landmark for South Africa, which had never advanced out of group play in its three previous trips to the sport’s biggest stage
Wafaa M Rashed, Chair and Founder of Pan-African PGS Education and Research Initiative, shared a post on LinkedIn:
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A genomic surveillance study has shed new light on how an invasive urban malaria mosquito species spread from Asia to Africa, potentially threatening public health across a rapidly urbanising continent where malaria is mainly concentrated in rural areas
From here on out, the World Cup knockout rounds mean only one team will emerge as the victor and advance to the next round, while the other heads home
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