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The Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance and President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, presented the African Union Malaria Progress Report 2022 at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. The report highlights the ongoing challenges in the fight against malaria in Africa and the urgent need for strong political commitment and leadership, robust partnership, and increased investments from Member States to reach the goal of eliminating malaria in Africa by 2030.

The African Development Bank Group and the Islamic Development Bank have signed a joint partnership action plan for the development of the pharmaceutical industry sector within their African member countries. The plan offers a new framework for strengthened cooperation and mutual development priorities, with a strong emphasis on boosting the continent’s health defense systems.  

If you know one thing about obesity, you probably know that people have been gradually getting heavier for the past few decades in nearly every part of the world. This is widely agreed to be a major public health problem, but there is less agreement on what we should do about it.