U.S. Announces New Support for Public Health in Ghana’s Ashanti Region

U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan announced new support for Ghana’s public health system and COVID-19 response with a new U.S.-funded Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) for the Ashanti Region.  The $100,000 center is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Ambassador Sullivan toured the new center in Kumasi, accompanied by Ashanti Regional […]

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Africa: Eating Wild Meat Significantly Increases Zoonotic Disease Risk – UN Report

The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), says a new report released on Wednesday, including increasing the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans. According to the study, 70% of mammal species protected […]

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Africa: Lifesaving TB Medicines Still Out of Reach for Children in High-Burden Countries

PRESS RELEASE The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new rapid guidance recommending that children of all ages with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have access to all-oral treatment using the drugs bedaquiline and/or delamanid. However, adopting these new recommendations in high TB burden countries requires access to the paediatric formulations of bedaquiline (produced by Johnson & […]

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