By Mabingue Ngom, UNFPA Regional Director for West and Central Africa (WCARO) “Do you have peace?” “Peace be upon you!” These are two customary expressions which are indispensable when people of the Sahel, from Praia to Djibouti, meet, whatever language they speak. Peace is a major aspiration in the Sahel; perhaps more than ever now that it seems to be … Read More
CAMA Launches Strategic Plan for Elimination of Malaria in Africa
The Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA) announced the launch of its strategic plan for 2021-2023, which sets out the blueprint for action for the next three years. Through private sector initiatives, the Alliance aims to reach millions of people with malaria control interventions to improve awareness and scale up prevention activities. The plan was launched at CAMA’s 2020 … Read More
A Talk With Access Bank About Their Sustainability Strategy
Access Bank was recently granted sustainability certification by the European Organisation for Sustainable Development (EOSD) under its Sustainability Standards and Certification Initiative (SSCI). On September 30, 2020, the Bank was presented with the certificate at the Global Sustainable Finance Awards, held in Karlsruhe, Germany as part of the 2020 World Development Finance Forum (WDFF), becoming the first African commercial bank … Read More
Global Fund Board Signals Strong Commitment to Sustain the Fight Against HIV, TB, Malaria While Supporting the Global Response to COVID-19
Earlier this month, the Board of the Global Fund met virtually for its 44th meeting. Convening in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused more than 50 million cases and 1.27 million deaths, the Board was appreciative of the Global Fund’s rapid and thorough response to the COVID-19 crisis while working to protect progress in the fight against … Read More
A Partnership to End Childhood TB
By Dr. Christopher Kalila, Zambia MP – Global TB Caucus Co-Chair for Africa, National Chair of the Zambia National Caucus Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, and one of the top 10 causes of death in children globally. In 2018, a total of 1.12 million children contracted TB and 205,000 died. Of 1.3 million children needing … Read More
GBCHealth and Greenmash win COVIDaction grant for digital health system deployment
Earlier this month, COVIDaction announced its Resilient Health Systems awards. GBCHealth and its partner Greenmash were one of nine winning innovations – representing just 2% of applicants – receiving financial support, technical assistance, and peer learning as part of the initiative. GBCHealth and Greenmash, in partnership with the Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) project, were selected for proposed … Read More
Demography, Peace and Security in the Sahel
The Sahel region in Africa is afflicted by a combination of factors including armed conflict, terrorism and economic instability which undermine development prospects in the region. Weak local governance is not the only factor contributing to conflicts and instability; high youth unemployment, scarcity of resources, high levels of inequality, and other demographic factors (such as high population growth, a growing … Read More
Taking the long view: Joining forces to fight the Big Three
The year 2020 represents the launch of the second phase of the Takeda Initiative, representing a 15-year partnership with the Global Fund, which focuses on improving maternal and child health by integrating quality HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria services in antenatal and postnatal care in priority countries in Africa. The partnership’s first phase, launched in 2010, boosted malaria prevention in Tanzania … Read More
What 20 years of progress against malaria teaches us about responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
By Kevin Murphy, President of the ExxonMobil Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed what we have long known to be true: investing in health is good for business. Two decades ago, during the construction of a pipeline from Chad to Cameroon, ExxonMobil discovered the largest single loss of productivity was due to malaria – our contractors were becoming infected, or … Read More
How is private sector innovation shaping the response to the three diseases during COVID-19?
Much of the progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria is in peril due to the knock-on effects of COVID-19, and private sector innovation in prevention, diagnostics, treatment and delivery is vital in reinvigorating the response to the three diseases across the globe, and to fighting the pandemic. GBCHealth and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis … Read More