Empowering Patients Through Digital Health Information for Public Health in Africa
Introduction to Discussion African countries continue to face many challenges as they strive to ensure that health systems maintain essential health services as they respond to ongoing and emerging health threats. The Africa CDC encourages governments, policymakers, and stakeholders to allocate a larger portion of their national budgets to healthcare initiatives and more so to […]
Action oriented respectful partnerships for public health in Africa: Partnerships for access to medicines
Introduction to Discussion On the sidelines of the International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) Pfizer and Africa Health Business (AHB) organized a side session on Action oriented respectful partnerships for public health in Africa: Partnerships for access to medicines. To establish a new public health order in Africa, collaborative and action-oriented partnerships are […]
Expanding Manufacturing on the Continent for Effective Public Health Response
Introduction to Discussion To strengthen health security in Africa, there must be an agenda to develop a sustainable local manufacturing industry on the African continent. This will not only increase access to life-saving health products and reduce reliance on other regions but also be a much-needed safety-net when other health crises strike. Featuring panel discussions […]
Building Patient-Centric Digital Health Ecosystems Across Africa
Introduction to Discussion Digital health is a critical component in creating a path toward a stronger African health system beyond the pandemic. With reference to the WHO’s building blocks of the health systems, digital health can gradually improve health outcomes, responsiveness to health needs, and reduce the financial burden of the African population. The existing […]
Reform: Expanding Africa’s Production of Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics
Introduction to Discussion The world is currently on its way to widening the coverage of COVID-19 vaccine boosters. However, in February 2022 most of the world’s countries, including most African countries, did not have enough vaccines to cover all health workers or risk groups, never mind the rest of the population. In September 2022, about […]
Boosting Africa’s Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response Capabilities
Introduction to Discussion As part of the 2022 Thought Leadership Series, Africa Health Business (AHB) convened the fourth webinar themed REVOLUTIONISE: Boosting Africa’s infectious disease surveillance and response capabilities. The challenge of infectious disease surveillance, prevention, treatment, and cure is significant;it requires multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborations. COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that the public and […]
Solutions to Overcome NCD Challenges in Africa’s Primary Healthcare Systems
Introduction to Discussion There has been a surge in the burden of Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is largely due to the increase in disease modifiable risk factors such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diets. Furthermore, the World Health Organization (WHO) projects that the deaths […]
Opportunities for Health Investments in Kenya
Introduction to Discussion Africa Health Business (AHB), together with the Kenya Vision 2030, convened a special health session themed “Opportunities for Health Investments in Kenya” during the Seventh Africa Health Business Symposium (AHBS VII): Africa Women’s Health. The hybrid session brought together both state and non-state actors to demonstrate gains made in the local production […]
Healthcare Policy Harmonisation And Collaboration Amongst Governments-A Strategy Towards Sustainable Development In Africa
Introduction to Discussion Healthcare policy harmonisation is the streamlining of regulation systems across multiple countries. Policy harmonisation and collaboration amongst governments will play an important role in the ability of African countries to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Download the Report
Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Change in Primary Healthcare Diagnostics Across Africa
Introduction to Discussion Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Communicable Diseases (CDs) are still a major challenge, especially in Africa. They represent 29.8% and 63.3% of the disease burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of the NCD burden, and diarrhoea, lower respiratory and infectious diseases are the main causes of CDs in […]
