This week, we will be at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford advancing conversations on resilience alongside a cohort of 10 African leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Cameroon, and South Africa.

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Resilience Through Our Lenses: Reflecting, Connecting, Acting Together · Luma About the session Across Africa and beyond, resilience is shaped by overlapping challenges including climate change, epidemic risk, fragile health systems,…

Will you be at the #SkollWorldForum? Don't miss our interactive session, Resilience through our Lenses: Reflecting, Connecting, Acting Together, on 23 April!

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Science is a powerful tool, if we choose it, and use it.

This #WorldHealthDay, @who.int has a simple message:

Together for Health, #StandWithScience.

Resilience Through Our Lenses: Reflecting, Connecting, Acting Together · Luma About the session Across Africa and beyond, resilience is shaped by overlapping challenges including climate change, epidemic risk, fragile health systems,…

Will you be attending the Skoll World Forum?

Join us at our side event - Resilience through our Lenses on Thursday 23 April, 11:00 - 12:30 BST at the The Sidebar Oxford where the audience and our leadership will reflect on their own lived experiences of resilience.

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Letter - Civil Society Calls for an Equitable PABS Annex Ahead of IGWG6 - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

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African CSOs call for equity as pathogen access talks hit final stretch With major issues still unresolved, civil society groups are urging African negotiators to hold the line for a binding system that links pathogen sharing to fair access to vaccines, treatments, and di...

Ahead of #IGWG6 which kicked off today, @ranafrica.org joined 38 other CSOs to call on African leaders and negotiators to seize the moment for an equitable, robust PABS framework and conclude the Pandemic Agreement, moving it decisively toward ratification.

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Insights from Community Resilience Conversations - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

Our @ranafrica.org teams in Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, and South Africa heard from communities on their lived experiences affected by #climatechange to surface frontline knowledge on how #resilience is being tested and reshaped. Here are the 6️⃣ things we heard 👇🏿

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DRC nears historic 14.5% Abuja target for health sovereignty DRC nears historic 14.5% Abuja target for health sovereignty

The Democratic Republic of Congo is reshaping health financing by mobilizing domestic resources and strengthening public financial management — proving that sovereignty in health starts with ensuring every dollar is used effectively for health.

Why Africans feel cheated by EU in deal to prevent future pandemics Weak Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing Annex could lead to repeat of vaccine apartheid.

Ahead of #IGWG6, @ranafrica.org and partners called for leaders and negotiators to seize the moment to push for and finalise a robust, equitable, legally-binding, and accountable #PABSAnnex so that Africa and the world is better prepared for the next pandemic.

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UK government axes flagship global health project Programme which supports schemes in six African countries was previously hailed as vital protection for Britain against future pandemics

Shortsighted cuts to critical health programmes like these will have a weakening knock-on effect on pandemic preparedness in countries receiving and giving funding. @katlay.bsky.social

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After the floods, Kenya faces a hidden health crisis Cholera, typhoid, dysentery and bilharzia are some of the diseases that follow floods.

Following the deadly floods in Kenya, @ranafrica.org's Aggrey Aluso spoke with @nationafrica.bsky.social's Hellen Shikanda on the health impacts of climate change and called for upstream reforms in disaster preparedness for #resilience.

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African Health Financing Faces Governance Crisis, Not Just Funding Gap Despite spending billions on health every year, many African health systems remain underfunded and heavily dependent on external assistance. Then, African leaders adopted the Abuja Declaration, which ...

📰 Dr. Ebere Okereke argues the importance of reframing health as an economic investment and discusses health financing, delivery, and more in this AllAfrica interview.

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Statement by Resilience Action Network Africa on Flooding and Urban Resilience in Kenya and Beyond - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

RANA and a section of the civil society in Kenya have issued a statement urging the government to implement urgent and structural urban reforms in response to the recent floods that have left 49 people dead.
Read more on www.ranafrica.org/news/stateme...

"As a conservative estimate, debt swaps could free up hundreds of millions of dollars for health care across the continent, but that figure might ultimately rise even higher." Debt swaps could be a way to reduce many African countries' debt burden while increasing health investments. 👇🏿

ECDC Director Pamela Rendi-Wagner is in Addis Ababa this week, where ECDC and Africa CDC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalise their long-standing partnership on public health cooperation.

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#AfricaCDC #PublicHealth #ECDC #IDsky #EpiSky

African Universities Launch Climate-Health Hubs Amidst Escalating Global Crisis - Health Policy Watch A new £40 million climate-health initiative led by African universities aims to build a fortress of evidence to protect vulnerable populations.

☀️Extreme heat, floods, drought and air pollution are escalating across Africa.

New climate-health hubs will link scientists, policymakers & communities to develop targeted solutions grounded in local realities.

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African Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship Cohort III Announcement – Africa CDC CONTEXTCombating the several public health threats across the African continent requires adequately trained and equipped workforce. The Africa Health Security and Sovereignty (AHSS) Agenda has called ...

Opportunity! The 3rd cohort of the Africa CDC African Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship is now open. Apply by 31 March. 👇🏽

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From data to decisions: strengthening health security in Africa Across the African region, health threats are increasingly being detected early, bolstering measures to protect communities. To further reinforce health emergency preparedness, the World Health Organi...

New @afro.who.int Preparedness Data Exchange (PDX) system is integrating climate intelligence, disease outbreaks, primary health care readiness, and more to strengthen preparedness readiness and response.

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Zambia And Zimbabwe Back Away From ‘Prescriptive’ US Health Deals - Health Policy Watch The government of Zambia acknowledged this week that it is unhappy with part of a proposed health aid deal with the United States that “does not align with

🌎A new fault line in global health aid: bilateral deals vs multilateral frameworks. Zambia and Zimbabwe step back from US MOUs as Africa CDC offers support for countries weighing the trade-offs.

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The Lusaka Agenda Shows the Power of Community Voices | Think Global Health By prioritizing primary health-care systems led by locals, the Lusaka Agenda can transition power back to Africa

"Adopting the #LusakaAgenda and incorporating community voices is more than a policy shift; it's a commitment to deliver health care for all—but only if we choose to transform primary health care together. Until we are all safe." @laktarr001.bsky.social @thinkglobalhealth.org

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It’s been a few days since I got back home after an intense — and deeply energizing — week advancing Africa’s resilience agenda. I kicked off in Freetown, Sierra Leone, supporting the launch of the… ... It’s been a few days since I got back home after an intense — and deeply energizing — week advancing Africa’s resilience agenda. I kicked off in Freetown, Sierra Leone, supporting the launch of the R...

🌍"The path to resilience is collective. Africa is moving with purpose, and @ranafrica.org is committed to drive collective action to achieve it." Read Aggrey Aluso's reflections on advancing Africa's #resilience agenda at the RANA Sierra Leone Working Group launch and #AUSummit. tinyurl.com/2bn25wwh

Call For 24 Countries To Ratify African Medicines Agency Treaty 'Without Delay' - Health Policy Watch The African Medicines Agency (AMA) called on the 24 African member states that are yet to ratify the AMA Treaty to “act without delay” at a meeting on the

The #AMA urged 24 African member states to ratify the AMA Treaty. Tunisia's Dr Mustapha Ferjani emphasized that ratification would "equip AMA with the capacity to act... Our people deserve it, our health security demands it, and our sovereignty depends on it.” healthpolicy-watch.news/call-for-24-...

Africa can pay for its own health if we choose efficiency over dependency Opinion: Africa’s main health vulnerability isn't a shortage of funds — it’s a lack of efficiency. To finance its own resilience and reclaim its sovereignty, the continent doesn’t need to spend more, ...

🌍 Africa's future depends on efficiency, leadership, partnership, and commitments to finance health security sustainably. "If we act now, the future of health in Africa will be defined not by scarcity, but by sovereignty, resilience, and shared prosperity"

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Advancing Resilience in Sierra Leone: Launch of the RANA Working Group - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

🌍 This week, @ranafrica.org launched the Sierra Leone Working Group with the Africa Institute for Development & Equity (AIDE SL) and @rani.co. The Working Group serves as a national platform to strengthen African-led, networked advocacy for resilience.

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Perspective - 'It's not if there will be another pandemic, but when': Dr Christian Happi "It's not if there will be another pandemic, but when it will happen." Dr Christian Happi and his team have just won a $100 million grant that enables them to expand their vital work to try to identif...

"It's not 'if' but 'when' there is another #pandemic. But it is also preventable. If the global health community sets up a strong, #resilient #surveillance system and responsibly shares data, we can avert it." Dr. Christian Happi, Redeemer’s University in Nigeria.

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One Health strong on paper, weak where outbreaks begin Across Africa, One Health is endorsed at the top but often breaks down where outbreaks start.

'On paper, the world agrees that human, animal health & environment are interconnected. But when outbreaks emerge in real communities, coordination often breaks down, according to animal & human health specialists.'

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How does disease surveillance stop outbreaks before they spiral?

In the latest episode, Dr Nasike talks with Dr Issa Makumbi, Director of Uganda’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, about the critical role surveillance plays in global health.

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Climate change could lead to 500,000 ‘additional’ malaria deaths in Africa by 2050 - Carbon Brief Climate change could lead to half a million more deaths from malaria in Africa over the next 25 years, according to new research.

Climate change "could result in an additional 123m cases of malaria across Africa." It will require climate-resilient control strategies & investments for health and other systems to eradicate climate change-attributed malaria. Read more 👇🏽

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Marking the report launch @ranafrica.org's Aggrey Aluso: “Africa’s resilience to pandemic threats depends on our collective action to advance the 100 Days Mission...double down on surveillance, globally-focused R&D, distributed manufacturing, & community systems." ippsecretariat.org/news/pandemi...