Now more than ever is the time to invest in Africa’s health sector. Although there are many challenges and barriers, and the COVID-19 pandemic has further widened the glaring gaps in the health sector, there is both the opportunity and…
Furthermore, COVID-19 has disrupted global supply chains, increased the burden on health workers and interrupted continuous care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and treatment of other illnesses like malaria, TB and HIV However, the pandemic has also spurred local manufacturing, increasing…
UHC at the Regional Level Countries are impacted by the choices, policies, successes and failures of the nations that share their borders. This is especially true of public health, as we have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is…
With imports comprising as much as 70-90% of healthcare products consumed in most countries in Africa, including East Africa, it is important that we consider an increase in local production as a way to create stronger and more resilient healthcare…
Innovative partnerships, or the linking of organisations with overlapping objectives and goals in order to capitalise on the strengths and accommodate for the weaknesses of each, is the best way for Africa to create and implement solutions that are both…
When rumors of a new virus in China started circulating at the beginning of last year, very few could have predicted the journey that 2020 would take us on. Here in Kenya, it initially felt like a distant problem that…
UHC affects and is affected by every aspect of the health sector and beyond. It will ultimately only be achieved with interventions on the national, regional and continental levels. While integration and cooperation across national and regional barriers are necessary,…
In Africa, technology has risen to prominence since the World Health Organization(WHO) characterized Covid-19 as a pandemic. For the last few months, we’ve witnessed the need to harness the potential of technology urgently due to the challenges posed by the…
