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EAC Advances Regional Strategy on Maternal and Child Health

East African health leaders convened in Nairobi for the East African Forum on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM), signaling renewed regional momentum to formally integrate traditional medicine into national health systems

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has reported a sharp rise in cholera cases across parts of Southern and Eastern Africa, linking the surge to flooding, displacement, and weakened sanitation systems.

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East Africa Moves to Strengthen Traditional Medicine Integration

Health leaders from the East African Community (EAC) met in Nairobi to review and finalize the region’s Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Strategic Plan.

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WHO Warns of Acute Cholera Surge in Parts of Africa

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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in its weekly public health brief, underscored the urgent need to strengthen surveillance systems and outbreak response mechanisms across the continent.

Insecticide-Treated Baby Wraps Cut Malaria Cases by Two-Thirds in Uganda

WHO Highlights Ongoing Health Emergencies in African Region

A new study in rural western Uganda finds that treating baby-carrying cloths, or lesu, with an insecticide with modest repellent effect significantly reduces malaria infections in young children.

During a regional press briefing, WHO AFRO outlined multiple ongoing health emergencies affecting countries across Africa, including cholera, dengue, and other outbreak-prone diseases.

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