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- Engaging Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) leadership on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in East and Southern Africa (ESA) region Despite progress in development and delivery of efficacious HIV prevention interventions, more than one million HIV incident cases are recorded annually. There is global… Read more
- Enhancing Social Accountability in Kenya’s health sector: A UHC perspective In recent years, the term “Universal Health Coverage” (UHC) has become increasingly visible and prominent on global and national agendas of numerous countries. What… Read more
- Red Alert On TB Infection Control In Clinics – Results of TAC survey of 207 public clinics shows TB infection control still falling short. – Government must urgently conduct… Read more
- Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) Conference Advances in both clinical research and prevention science have led to a significant reduction in HIV transmission globally. UNAIDS ambitious goal of achieving “90-90-90”… Read more
- United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 62 session in New York Rural women make up more than a quarter of the world’s population. In Africa, about 80% of the women population live in rural… Read more
- Peter Sands calls on countries to reform taxes to free up funding for health DAVOS, Switzerland — While new financial instruments can help address critical gaps in health care funding, the global health community also needs to be… Read more
- Mapping of legal and political framework and opportunities for engagement on HIV Prevention Research in Africa 13th – 16th February Johannesburg, South Africa. Africa free of New HIV infections (AfNHi) is an Africa regional advocacy network, which exists to unite African Civil Society voices and action on… Read more
- Stop Gender Violence Campaign Meeting – Johannesburg South Africa On the 13th to 15th of February 2018, WACI Health together with Stop Gender Violence hosted a consultative meeting on Stop Gender Violence Campaign… Read more
- WHO TB Report WHO has published a global TB report every year since 1997. The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date… Read more
- Reflections from a Civil Society Consultation on UHC2030 and Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM) in Kenya Kudzai Mhishi, Health Policy Research Fellow – WACI Health On October 13, 2017 WACI Health, the Health NGOs Network in Kenya (HENNET) and… Read more
- Promote Dignified and Respectful Health Care for All in Africa In 2015, the international community officially enshrined universal health coverage (UHC) in the Sustainable Development Goals which guides development efforts through 2030. A strong… Read more
- HIV Vaccine Will Pay Huge Dividends- INVEST NOW! Of the estimated 36.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS globally in 2015, 25.6 million live in sub-Saharan Africa. Also, 1.37 million (65%) of 2.1… Read more