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The United Nations Children’s Fund, Gavi and eHealth Africa have handed over 28 solar-powered Primary Health Care facilities to the Kano State Government in Nigeria. The facilities are part of a programme to solarise 238 centres across 12 states, focusing on zero-dose Local Government Areas where many children remain unvaccinated.
The project aims to address unreliable electricity in underserved areas, as solarisation enables 24-hour healthcare services, vaccine refrigeration and operation of essential medical equipment.
In a past exclusive interview with Healthcare Rising, Israel Mushore, Médecins Sans Frontières energy manager in northern Nigeria, said solar-powered health centres strengthen climate resilience while ensuring reliable vaccines and care for underserved communities.
Our take: Millions of children across Africa have never received a single vaccine (zero-dose children). Unreliable electricity, which is vital for preserving vaccines, makes this gap even harder to close…Read more (2 min)
The World Health Organization projects that between 2030 and 2050, climate change will cause about 250,000 additional deaths annually from undernutrition, malaria, cholera and heat stress alone. Despite this evidence, climate change is still not widely recognised or addressed as a critical health issue. But what exactly is climate health?
In an exclusive interview with Healthcare Rising, Kirigo Wachira, the Chairperson of the Climate-Health Technical Working Group at the Federation of African Medical Students’ Associations, explains the intersection of climate and health, why health must be central to global climate action and what steps governments and institutions are already taking.
“A health system that is not climate-resilient will fail its people. And when health systems fail, societies cannot survive climate change.” says Kirigo.
Read the full Q&A here…Read more (2 min)
Kenya is building a $250 million vaccine plant on the outskirts of Nairobi in partnership with the International Vaccine Institute and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. The project is expected to expand local vaccine production, research capacity and position Kenya as a regional hub for vaccine manufacturing in Africa.
The Konza Technopolis plant will reduce reliance on imports, limit exposure to global supply chain disruptions and generate highly skilled jobs in biotechnology, engineering and clinical research.
The facility links climate resilience with health security since it will ensure timely vaccine access, strengthen disease surveillance through digital systems and build local manufacturing, clinical trials, and research capacity for Africa.
Our take: The true power of the new vaccine plant lies in the people it will shape. By training scientists, engineers and regulators, it is investing in skills that outlive any single facility…Read more (2 min)
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Sanofi appoints Jean-Baptiste Bregeon as Country Lead & Head of Vaccines in South Africa and Lenisha Maharaj as Head of Pharma for South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, expanding investment in vaccines, immunology and local healthcare partnerships.
Events
🗓️ Register for the Data for Health in Africa conference in Ghana (August 23)
🗓️ Register for the 26th Medexpo in Tanzania (September 10)
🗓️ Participate in the World Health Expo in Kenya (October 6)
🗓️ Attend the Healthcare Innovation Summit in South Africa (October 22)
Jobs
🧑⚕️ Apply to be a service delivery expert at Management for Health (Kenya)
🧑⚕️ Join Ayrshire & Arran as a Healthcare Support Worker (Uganda)
🧑⚕️ Become the technical director for one health at Kenya Moja (Kenya)
Various
💉 Health leaders partner to boost healthcare business capacity in Nigeria
📱 BioMark Diagnostics partners with Tunisia to improve cancer treatment
📊 KPMG to strengthen health financing in Ethiopia
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The Africa CDC says, “Climate change is one of the greatest health challenges of our time. In Africa, more than half of health crises over the past 20 years have been linked to climate-related issues.”