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- Africa for the UN High-level Meeting on Tuberculosis After decades of overlooking Tuberculosis, it has finally emerged a worldwide political priority with the United Nations High Level Meeting scheduled for the 26th… Read more
- Global Tuberculosis Report 2018 The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a global TB report every year since 1997. The main aim of the report is to provide… Read more
- INCREASED RESOURCES FOR HEALTH Strengthened advocacy on domestic resource mobilization. Through the Civil Society Platform on Health in Africa (CiSPHA) and Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) Africa, we… Read more
- TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis — the world leading infectious disease – killed about 1.7 million people in 2016. Additionally, more than 10 million people globally got sick… Read more
- POLICIES THAT IMPROVE HEALTH AND FACILITATE HEALTH EQUITY Strengthened advocacy for the implementation of the national strategic plan (NSP) on ending gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa: In 2013 WACI Health was… Read more
- How prepared is the world for the next epidemic? This tool shows most countries are not The Washington Post By Lena H. Sun 21 June 2018 Public health officials and business leaders like Bill Gates have long warned that the… Read more
- Wanted leaders for a TB-free world – A South African experience Recently, WACI Health led diverse South African stakeholders in the TB community, including representatives of civil society, the private sector, TB-affected communities, and other… Read more
- Making the United Nations high-level meeting on ending tuberculosis a reality in South Africa Tuberculosis (TB) remains an urgent public health threat and a leading infectious cause of death from a single infectious agent, ranking above HIV/AIDS. In… Read more
- In resource-rich Africa, more needs to be done to end malnutrition in children Posted on May 22, 2018 By Joyce Nganga The congregation of health leaders at the 2018 World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, this… Read more
- HIV Vaccine – an accessible, effective HIV Vaccine to sustainably and conclusively end the AIDS Epidemic in Africa Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a virus that causes Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), is one of the world’s most serious health and development challenges. Since… Read more
- Domestic resource mobilization for sustainable health financing in Africa: Meeting UHC targets Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and indeed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are goals that many countries in the African Region have adopted. While… Read more
- From Declaration to Action: Improving Immunization in Africa Source: http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/04/declaration-action-improving-immunization-africa/ By Joyce Nganga Joyce Nganga is policy advisor with WACI Health, an African regional health advocacy NGO headquartered in Kenya. Inviolate Akinyi, a 46-year-old… Read more