The shrinking of international donor funding is causing significant changes in African healthcare. Nigeria and Mozambique demonstrate that it is possible to safeguard healthcare provision when external financing decreases. They do this through greater government involvement, integrated services, and more effective use of existing resources. For many years, numerous health programmes depended on donor-funded projects focused on specific diseases. Such…
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Surge in Malaria as Climate Change Fuels Regional Outbreaks
Malaria cases in Mpumalanga increased fourfold in January compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). This intensifies concern over South Africa’s goal of eliminating the disease by 2029. This dramatic malaria cases surge highlights the urgency for effective intervention. The sharp rise comes as several southern African countries report major…