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Climate change is one of the greatest threats to health in Africa, yet much of the health sector still relies on fragmented research to guide intervention. A first-of-its-kind African initiative changes that.
Treezer Michelle Atieno - Editor
Africa has launched its first climate-health intelligence hub, directly integrating climate data into disease surveillance and health market planning. The Africa Climate-Health Desk, established in Niger, will translate climate and weather data into health intelligence that health partners can use to anticipate climate-driven disease risks.
Meteorological agencies generate large volumes of weather and climate data, but much of it has remained disconnected from public health operations and disease surveillance systems.
The hub converts climate data into practical health planning tools for health systems and pharmaceuticals, should climate change trigger the next pandemic.
Our take: Hospitals, insurers, diagnostics firms, vaccine supply chains and digital health platforms now have a real business case to use predictive climate data…Read more (2 min)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will cause more deaths in Africa than tuberculosis, HIV and malaria combined by 2050, according to research. Yet large pharmaceutical companies are retreating from antibiotic development, a move that severely undermines the response to drug-resistant infections across the continent.
Fackswell Mateyo, a pharmacist and antimicrobial manufacturing expert, explains the reasons why big pharma companies are no longer investing in antibiotics and how this compounds the threat of AMR in Africa
“Nearly 1.3 million people die of drug-resistant bacterial infections every year. Yet for more than a decade, there was not a single genuinely new antibiotic approved. The ones that do make it to market are mostly variations of existing drugs, effective, yes, but not built for the next generation of resistance.” Mateyo says.
Read the full opinion…Read more (2 min)
We have tracked over 40 mid and senior level roles in nutrition, vaccination, technology, pharma manufacturing and infectious disease control across the continent. Organisations and pharmaceutical firms are recruiting clinical, regulatory, supply chain and programme specialists across Africa to strengthen care delivery and health systems.
Leading recruiters include PATH, US Pharmacopeia, FHI 360 and International Medical Corps, hiring across Africa for malaria, HIV, polio, maternal health, surveillance, clinical operations, and supply chain roles.
Southern Africa leads with 18 roles, followed by West Africa with 12, East Africa with 9, and Central Africa with 5 in this hiring round.
Full list of jobs…Read more (2 min)
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Gavi and UNICEF upgrade 371 health centres in Nigeria with solar power
Events
🗓️ Register for the Africa Health Business in Kenya (April 21)
🗓️ Participate in World Health Summit in Kenya (April 27)
🗓️ Join the 10th Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa in SA (May 27)
Various
💉 New HIV study recommends more data to optimise treatment in Africa
💉 Senegal and the US sign $135 million agreement for digital health
💉 Africa eyes new sources of funding for health
Seen on LinkedIn
Dr Ebere Okereke, a global health expert, says, “I have spent a lot of time thinking and writing about the future of health financing in Africa. Too much of the debate still circles around the same headline, more money for health, without paying enough attention to the harder question of how money is raised, allocated, governed, and made to deliver results.”