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Kenya: Health Ministry Attributes Increased Cases of Respiratory Infections to Influenza
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has attributed the surge in respiratory illnesses to an increase in influenza infections and not COVID-19. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news

Kenya: Kenya's Health Emergency Response Recieves WHO Boost
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has received a donation of 940 mobile tablets valued at 476,000 USD from the World Health Organization aimed at bolstering health emergency response efforts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news

Ethiopia: Ministry Plans to Purchase 460 TB Testing Machines
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA -- Ministry of Health (MoH) disclosed that it has planned to purchase 460 TB testing machines this year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Ethiopia Health and Medicine Tuberculosis Source Type: news

Africa: African Island States Take Fresh Step Towards Joint Medicines Procurement
[WHO-AFRO] Victoria -- In a further move towards pooled procurement of essential medicines and medical products, Ministers of Health from small African islands states established a secretariat and elected Mauritius as the host, taking critical steps to launch joint operations for increased access to affordable, quality-assured and safe medicines and medical supplies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news

Africa: WHO Calls for Greater Attention to Violence Against Women With Disabilities and Older Women
[WHO] Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most global and national violence-related data, according to two new publications released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The health agency is calling for better research across countries that will help ensure these women are counted, and that their specific needs are understood and addressed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Uganda: Amb.Walusimbi, Shellmark Lifecare Boss Discuss Boosting Investment in Uganda's Pharmaceuticals
[Nile Post] The Senior Presidential Advisor on Diaspora Affairs, Amb. Abbey Walusimbi has assured investors of the government support and commitment towards creating an enabling environment for growth and sustainability of their business entities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Health and Medicine Investment Uganda Source Type: news

South Africa: EC Health Department to Start New Financial Year With R4.8-Billion in Unpaid Bills
[Daily Maverick] The Eastern Cape Department of Health owes suppliers in the province an estimated R4.8-billion as its financial position remains precarious at best despite upbeat claims by the province's politicians that the turnaround plan for the department was going well. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news

Liberia: National Health Workers Union of Liberia Clarifies It's Not Pressuring President Boakai to Appoint Martha Morris As Deputy Minister of Health
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The National Health Workers Union of Liberia has clarified that it is not putting pressure on President Joseph Boakai to appoint one of its members, Martha Morris as Deputy Minister of Health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Labour Liberia West Africa Source Type: news

Malawi: Sigh of Relief From Girls At Mpingu As They Receive Sanitary Pads
[Nyasa Times] Girls from Mpingu area in Lilongwe on Monday 25 March, 2024 were all smiles as a private citizen in the name of Alice Kanyama took an initiative to help the girls with sanitary pads. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Bans Unsanctioned Easter Church Gatherings As More Cholera Cases Are Recorded
[New Zimbabwe] GOVERNMENT has banned all church leaders from holding public gatherings during the Easter holidays at venues without running water in the wake of a spike in cholera cases, some of which have resulted in fatalities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Religion Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news

East Africa: East Africa Community (EAC) Launch Carmma Plus - Re-Strengthened Campaign On Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (Carmma Plus 2021-2030)
[African Union] The African Union Commission through the Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development in coordination with the East Africa Community launches the CARMMA plus campaign to provide an opportunity for the East Africa Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to convene stakeholders and galvanize their countries ownership and leadership as well as technical and financial support to the campaign. The launch is taking place alongside the Eastern Africa Regional Early Childhood Conference (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news

Rwanda: Kayonza Survey - 10 Percent of Patients With NCDs Unknowingly Have Chronic Kidney Disease
[New Times] A team of doctors and nurses from Rwinkwavu Hospital and Partners in Health collected blood and urine samples to study the occurrence of chronic kidney disease in 1,268 patients with hypertension, 1,189 with HIV, and 582 with other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across two phases. The study revealed that more than 300 patients out of 3,039 tested positive for chronic kidney disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news

Ghana: Govt to Improve Health Sector Through Agenda 111 - NR Minister
[GhanaToday] The Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Shani Alhassan Shaibu, has reaffirmed government's commitment to improve the general health infrastructure to propel the attainment of the universal health coverage by 2030 through the Ghana Priority Health Infrastructure Projects known as the agenda 111. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news

South Sudan: Urgent Vaccination Campaign Needed to Halt Deadly Measles Outbreak
[MSF] A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities struggle to overcome a yellow fever outbreak. Since February, seven deaths among children under five and 460 cases have been recorded as of 24 March in three health facilities in Yambio and Nzara counties; 90 per cent of these children had never been vaccinated against the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society South Sudan Source Type: news

Mozambique: Health Workers Threaten to Resume Strike As of Thursday
[AIM] Maputo -- The Association of United Mozambican Health Professionals (APSUSM) has threatened to resume its nationwide strike as of Thursday supposedly because the Health Ministry (MISAU), has failed to fulfill promises made in the negotiations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Labour Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news