Tag: Health Journalism in Africa
Mozambique confirms wild poliovirus case
Health authorities in Mozambique today declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country’s north-eastern Tete province...
Africa sees longest-running decline in COVID-19 cases
Africa is experiencing its longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections since the onset of the pandemic. Recorded weekly cases have fallen for the past 16...
To Stop Disease X, Accountability Key to New Pandemic Treaty
To prevent future outbreaks from becoming global pandemics, an independent coalition of global leaders has called for an accountable international system that enables countries...
Inside Tanzania’s COVID-19 research agenda: The Rise, Fall and Rise again
Tanzania’s research sector is recovering from a year-long official denial of COVID-19, during which researchers did not have the freedom to study the pandemic. ...
Tanzania: Vacuum of evidence in medical management of COVID-19
As a medical doctor working in Tanzania—and having been on the frontline in treating COVID-19 patients, I am still preoccupied by memories of what...
The people we shouldn’t leave behind in Tanzania’s ‘health insurance for all’ plan
Three weeks ago, I attended the funeral of my friend's father. As usual in our setup, before last respects and going to the burial...