Africa

  • Global health architecture: what are we missing?

    The 79th World Health Assembly launched a formal process to reform the architecture that governs global health. The design of that process — who sits in the room, what questions it is permitted to ask, whose knowledge it is built to receive — will determine whether reform produces structural change or a more sophisticated version…

    A ruined World Health Organization assembly hall reclaimed by jungle vegetation, with the UN emblem on a cracked wall and broken benches overrun by moss and ferns.
  • Turning the tide: 8 practical insights to end malaria

    This article walks through the eight findings and the recommendations based on the report ‘Malaria: Turning the Tide’. These findings have specific relevance for community health workers, managers and planners, and global partners. The full report carries more contributors, more countries, and more operational detail than any single article can. Read it. Practical knowledge you…

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  • Unlocking vaccines and pharmaceutical manufacturing potentials in Africa

    This article is a summary of UNIDO’s October 2025 report, “Unlocking Vaccines and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Potentials in Africa: Guidelines for Effective Investment Promotion, Innovative Finance, and Regulatory Frameworks.” The core argument Africa produces less than 1% of its vaccines and a limited share of its essential medicines, despite carrying a disproportionate share of the global…

    Unlocking vaccines and pharmaceutical manufacturing potentials in Africa