Tag AHAIC 2021

15 Mar

Amref Health Africa CEO on how to strengthen healthcare systems hit hard by COVID 19

The novel coronavirus pandemic severely impacted health systems across Africa. Along with responding to the pandemic, the continent has been also working towards achieving universal health care coverage, by 2030. […]

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15 Mar

How to strengthen Africa’s health systems post COVID-19

The pandemic, lockdown, shortage of health workers, and funds are just some of the problems faced by the health sector in the last year. CNBC Africa spoke to Dr. Waruguru […]

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15 Mar

AHAIC’s Edwin Barasa on the need to scale up healthcare investment in Africa

The Africa health agenda international conference commission or AHAIC was set up to review the continent’s progress towards UHC, provide recommendations on leadership, accountability, technology/innovation, and health security, we spoke […]

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15 Mar

This online policy tool looks to monitor the resilience of African healthcare systems

By leveraging technology, data, and communication, to improve health literacy in Africa, the Sustainability Index is a first of its kind online policy tool that has been developed to offer […]

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15 Mar

PMNCH’s Fogstad on the importance of elevating women’s voices on healthcare matters

A pregnant woman or a new-born die somewhere in the world every 11 sec and the numbers are equally frightening for Africa. As the continent works towards achieving universal health […]

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15 Mar

How to combat misinformation in the healthcare sector

With the burst of social media and the availability of unregulated content, misinformation poses a great threat to the sanctity of various sectors, especially in health care. To learn about […]

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15 Mar

Here’s why it’s so important to give Africa’s youth a voice on reproductive health

With the youngest population in the world, Africa could not achieve UHC without taking into account the expectations, and experiences of its youth. As the young people of Africa continue […]

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12 Mar

Philips and the Dutch development bank FMO combine forces to accelerate universal health coverage in Africa

“COVID-19 has underscored the need for well-functioning primary healthcare systems, however investments in primary healthcare are lagging behind,” said Jan-Willem Scheijgrond, Vice-President, Government and Public Affairs at Philips. “This is […]

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12 Mar

COVID-19 derailed universal health coverage in Africa, flags report

There are signs of progress on the universal health coverage (UHC) front in Africa, but they are are slow and have worsened over time in a few countries, according to the […]

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12 Mar

Stakeholders task African countries on COVID-19 vaccine production

Participants attending the fourth edition of the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC 2021) have urged African countries to urgently create its own capacity to manufacture and distribute the COVID-19 […]

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