AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoImmunisation Push: Africa CDC says vaccination coverage is lagging behind population growth and inequities, with 7.1 million children in Africa missing even one routine vaccine dose, and has launched a Continental Immunisation Strategy 2026–2030 to tackle financing, data systems, community engagement, supply and manufacturing. Ebola Readiness (Africa): Africa CDC warns 10 countries—including Kenya and Rwanda—are at risk as the DRC Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak nears 8,000 confirmed cases, urging stronger surveillance, lab capacity and rapid isolation at points of entry. Rwanda Health Security (Local): Kigali’s Umuganda in Rusororo, Gasabo, doubled as a public health push against illicit alcohol and other harmful behaviors, with Health Minister Dr Sabin Nsanzimana joining hygiene and sober-generation messaging. Prevention at UNGA: “Future Health” convened Rwanda and other leaders in New York to shift health systems toward prediction, prevention and earlier intervention, stressing population data, prevention financing, delivery capacity and trusted community-linked services. Clean Cooking Priority: The African Development Bank calls for clean cooking to be central to Africa’s energy transition, citing major health and economic harms from household air pollution.
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