Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, despite being preventable and curable. While significant progress has been made in the global fight against TB, out-of-pocket expenses continue to pose a substantial barrier to successful treatment and eradication efforts. It cannot be overemphasized, out-of-pocket expenditure in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) is…
On 4th of June 2024, the African Constituency Bureau organized a webinar, “Empowering Africa: Collaborative Malaria Actions”. In all, 85 participants across the African constituencies and the technical partners gathered to deliberate on the malaria. The meeting shared innovative approaches, technologies, and interventions that have contributed to advancing malaria control and elimination efforts in some…
What does it take to transform health outcomes across an entire continent? The African region’s proactive stance in realizing the Lusaka Agenda provides the answer. The Africa Regional Roadmap on the Lusaka agenda, set to be unveiled at the WHO Africa Region’s Regional Committee meeting in August 2024, underscores the power of collective action. It’s a…
Background On 6 March 2024, the conference entitled “Tackling malaria in the countries hardest hit by the disease” was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with the aim of strengthening political and financial commitment to an accelerated response to malaria in the 12 countries with a high burden of malaria, 11 of which are on the African…
Malaria is a public health and developmental threat in Africa. In 2022 globally, 249 million malaria cases led to 608,000 deaths, of whom 76% of deaths were children under five[1]. In the same year, the African Region experienced 94% of malaria cases and contributed to 95% of the global deaths, representing 233 million cases and…
A meeting of the Cluster-Based Learning Network (CBLN) of the African Constituency Bureau (ACB) for West and Central Africa (WCA) was held in Dakar, Senegal on 12 – 14 December 2023. It brought together 12 countries from West and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina-Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, DRC, Senegal, Chad and Togo)…
The scenario on HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria (HTM) in Africa indicates that among the three diseases, HIV has the lowest gap to attain the Sustainable Development Goal 2030 target. However, although there has been very strong progress in reducing AIDS-related deaths in countries supported by the Global Fund, progress is mixed, varying significantly between regions.…