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South Africa

SA Health Dept to Discuss US Funding Cuts Impact on HIV & TB

S.A's Department of Health will this week engage with non-governmental organisations to discuss the impact of US funding cuts on HIV/Aids and tuberculosis programmes. The consultations will assess the impact of the USAID funding cuts and inform the government’s response. The department’s Foster Mohale urges patients receiving HIV treatment from affected US-funded centres to continue care at public health facilities:  

today4 March, 2025

Africa

Kenya’s new social health insurance fund wants to improve care for mothers and babies: but it faces challenges

    By Boniface Oyugi, University of Kent   Kenya has made strides in maternal and child health over the past decade. Preventable complications related to pregnancy still result in about 5,000 maternal deaths annually, however. I am a health economist and health policy specialist and co-author of a study of the Kenyan health system to evaluate the state of maternal care in the country. This is important because the […]

today9 September, 2024