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Thought Leadership Africa

Insightful analysis of the policies, politics, and power shaping health across Africa. This category features evidence-informed perspectives that interrogate assumptions, surface trade-offs, and propose actionable reforms, helping policymakers, practitioners, and advocates navigate complex health systems and drive more effective, context-aware decisions.

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Finding Ebola Earlier: Can Village-Based Surveillance Strengthen DRC’s Outbreak Response?

Aug 29, 2026
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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

Aug 28, 2026
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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Aug 27, 2026
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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

Aug 26, 2026
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

Aug 24, 2026
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One Vision, One Future: Why Africa’s Health Financing Is a Global Reset

By Vivianne Ihekweazu | May 27, 2026

Health financing has long shaped whether universal health coverage remains an ambition or becomes a reality. Across many African countries, governments are still spending far below what is needed to provide essential health services to their citizens, leaving them vulnerable to shifts in external funding and competing national priorities. This vulnerability was a result of […]

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The Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Shows Why Preparedness Cannot Wait

By Vivianne Ihekweazu | May 25, 2026

“As we scale up our detection and response, we expect to see more cases initially before the curve begins to go down” These were the words of Prof Mohamed Janabi, WHO Regional Director for Africa, speaking at the latest WHO press briefing on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, […]

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The Walk Is Over: ECOWAS Must Now Deliver on Malaria Elimination and Maternal Survival

By Yasir Bakare | May 14, 2026

On 25 April 2026, Health Ministers from across West Africa joined a solidarity walk through Freetown, Sierra Leone, under the theme, “One Walk, One Vision: Malaria-Free West Africa.” The walk marked World Malaria Day 2026, but it also carried a deeper political message. It closed a week of technical and ministerial meetings during the 27th […]

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Financing Health from Within: How Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar Taxes Can Support Africa’s Health Priorities

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 12, 2025

Christopher Bassey and Favour Solomon-Uwakwe (Lead writers) Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented funding crisis, driven in part by a sharp decline in external health aid, which has fallen by 70% between 2021 and 2025. This shortfall is made worse by a rapidly expanding debt burden in African countries. In 2025, African countries are […]

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Building Business Resilience Against Mpox and Other Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Insights from International SOS

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 17, 2025

Chioma Nnamani (Lead Writer) Mpox has been devastating communities in West and Central Africa, howewer in 2024, four previously unaffected countries, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda reported their first mpox cases. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) mobilised $1 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies to strengthen Africa’s response, and the African Union […]

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