Health & Medicine Africa

[Nigeria Health Watch] Anwuli Nwankwo and Christopher Bassey (Lead Writer)

South Africans reflect on 2024’s wildest wellness trends.  IOL

[New Times] The cumulative number of confirmed mpox cases in Uganda has hit 5,431, with 40 deaths reported since the outbreak was declared in the East African country nine months ago, the Ministry of Health said Monday.

Get your zen on: South Africa emerges as the go-to spot for wellness travel  IOL

The cost of neglect: Debt’s toll on African health systems  The Mail & Guardian

[WHO] In the 1960s, malaria was retreating – until the world hit pause. Global eradication efforts were abandoned in 1969, and millions of lives were lost. It took 30 years for the world to fight back against the deadly disease. Let’s not let history repeat itself.

[New Times] Officials at the Ministry of Health say they expect that healthcare records will be fully digital across the country by December, with the full rollout of the e-Ubuzima digital health system in all health facilities.

[The Herald] Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana legend Mathew Booth has experienced football at the highest level both in Africa and in the tougher European leagues having spent half a dozen seasons in the Russian top-flight.

[Liberian Observer] A new chapter in Liberia’s healthcare landscape has begun with the official opening of the Wellness Partners Medical Center (WPMC), a state-of-the-art facility located along the Congo Town back road in Monrovia. More than just a medical facility, WPMC symbolizes what’s possible when Liberians come together to craft homegrown solutions to systemic challenges.

[WFP] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks, leave millions without sufficient nutritious food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. The organization’s life-saving response has been severely hampered by critical funding shortfalls as 3.6 million of the most vulnerable are at imminent risk of losing food assistance, including malnutrition treatment for 650,000 women and children. Below is an update on