Selected high-potential scholars who are active in medical education in Tunisia will have an opportunity to apply for admission to one of HMS's master’s degree programs with tuition support and funding, to cover their living expenses in Boston for the duration of the program. This Scholarship is funded by Harvard alumnus...

Jovia Kisaakye, a young Ugandan entrepreneur, is the founder of Sparkle Agro-brands. A startup that develops a mosquito-repellent lotion from spoilt milk. A local solution to a continental scourge, malaria. By Lilia Ayari Jovia, a student, did not wait to launch her entrepreneurial project. Urgency is such that there is...

Healthy life expectancy in the African region has increased on average by 10 years per person between 2000 and 2019, a World Health Organization (WHO) assessment reports. This rise is greater than in any other region of the world during the same period. The report also notes that the disruptive...

Malaria’s history dates back more than 1,000 years, but knowledge gaps still exist that African researchers can help close within the next decade, according to Philip Welkhoff, director of the malaria programme at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. By Paul Adepoju* In the 20th century alone, malaria claimed up to 300...

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) has entered into a partnership with the African Risk Capacity (ARC), AfriCatalyst and the West African Health Organization (WAHO) to strengthen outbreak preparedness and response to high consequence infectious diseases in West Africa such as Ebola, Marburg, Lassa fever, Meningococcal meningitis, and emerging pathogens...

The launch of the World Health Organization's "World Mental Health Report 2022" is an opportunity to analyze the unique biotope of mental health in Africa. As the decades pass, the situation worsens. Indeed, current estimates suggest that nearly one billion people suffer from mental health disorders - including nearly 110...

The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Kenyan government launched the Health Emergency Hub to enhance response to health emergencies in Africa. A statement from the WHO released in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital said the hub will lay the foundation for a robust response to health emergencies including...

Six months after the start of mass vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 throughout the country, a majority of the Rwandan population is now fully vaccinated. The goal is to inoculate 9.1 million people by June of this year.  By Ange Iliza, in Kigali Impacted like the rest of the continent by...

Bluemind Foundation launch Heal by Hair 2022, a training program for hairdressing professions that integrates economic, social and health aspects. Cross interview Marie-Alix de Putter Founder & President, Bluemind Foundation & Victore Biegny, Heal by Hair selected hairdresser & President CONAPAPECI… The Bluemind Foundation is launching a training program for...

Six months after the start of mass vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 throughout the country, a majority of the Rwandan population is now fully vaccinated. The goal is to inoculate 9.1 million people by June of this year.  By Ange Iliza, in Kigali Impacted like the rest of the continent by...