Africa Makes TB Progress, But Global Spike Makes It Deadliest Disease in 2023

[ad_1] Monrovia — Tuberculosis was the leading killer among infectious diseases in 2023, the World Health Organization said. While the number of TB-related deaths decreased from 1.32 million in 2022 to 1.25 million in 2023, the UN agency says the total number of people falling ill with TB "rose slightly to an estimated 10.8 million in 2023", more than 8 million of which are newly affected. This is the highest number recorded since WHO began its global TB monitoring in 1995. […]

October 30, 2024 1

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Africa: Superyachts and Jets of Europe’s Elite Emit More Carbon Pollution in a Week Than the World’s Poorest 1 Percent Emits in a Lifetime

[ad_1] The carbon footprint of a super-rich European, accumulated from nearly a week of using super yachts and private jets, matches the lifetime carbon footprint of someone in the world's poorest 1 percent, a new Oxfam report reveals today. The first-of-its-kind study, "Carbon Inequality Kills", tracks the emissions from private jets, yachts and polluting investments and comes ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, amidst growing fears that climate breakdown is accelerating, driven largely by the emissions of the richest people. […]

October 28, 2024 2

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Africa: Billionaires Emit More Carbon Pollution in 90 Minutes Than the Average Person Does in a Lifetime

[ad_1] Fifty of the world's richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person does in their entire lifetime, a new Oxfam report reveals today. The first-of-its-kind study, "Carbon Inequality Kills," tracks the emissions from private jets, yachts and polluting investments and details how the super-rich are fueling inequality, hunger and death across the world. The report comes ahead of COP29 in Baku, […]

October 28, 2024 2

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Africa: Humanitarian Aid Workers Face ‘Increasingly Difficult’ Conditions

[ad_1] The president of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has announced the establishment of the Red Family Fund to honor humanitarian aid workers who have died in the line of duty. Kate Forbes told the organization's general assembly in Geneva that aid workers find themselves working under "increasingly difficult" conditions that include not only an escalation in conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere but also a decrease in observance of international law. "Global […]

October 24, 2024 2

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Africa: AU-Ibar Hosts High-Level Workshop to Transform Pastoral Livestock Markets Across Africa

[ad_1] Naivasha — The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR),with the funding of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is hosting a four-day high-level workshop in Naivasha, in a significant step towards transforming Africa's pastoral economy The African Pastoral Markets Development (APMD) Platform Technical Pillar Planning and Stakeholder Engagement workshop brings together experts and key stakeholders from Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia to chart a transformative path for Africa's pastoral communities. The APMD Platform aims to drive market-led transformations […]

October 22, 2024 2

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Africa: Experts Sound Alarm on Looming Funding Crisis for International System

[ad_1] Washington — Donors on track to fall short on support for major international funds, new analysis suggests Donor commitments to some of the world’s largest development, health, and climate funds are at risk of falling short, experts at the Center for Global Development warned today, drawing on a newly released report analyzing upcoming pledges and past contributions to 13 major international funds. Over the next six months, four funds, including some of the world’s largest like the World Bank’s […]

October 16, 2024 2

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Africa: TACTiC – Test Avoid Cure TB in Children

[ad_1] This new report details how children with tuberculosis continue to be left behind in the global effort to end the disease. The report, TACTIC: Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children, surveyed tuberculosis policy guidelines in 14 countries* with a high burden of tuberculosis, revealing that many countries lag behind in aligning their national tuberculosis policies with the latest guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO). We urge all countries to update their national guidelines to be in line with […]

October 15, 2024 1

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Africa: Urgent Action Needed As Governments and Donors Fail Children With Tuberculosis

[ad_1] A new report released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), shows that children with tuberculosis continue to be left behind in the global effort to end the disease. The report, TACTIC: Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children, surveyed tuberculosis policy guidelines in 14 countries Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, India, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Republic of South Sudan, Uganda. with a high burden of tuberculosis, revealing that many countries lag behind […]

October 15, 2024 1

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Africa: Late Diagnosis Is Turning Cancer Into Death Sentence in Africa – This Project Wants to End That

[ad_1] African women die of breast cancer within five years in four out of five cases, compared to early diagnosis in developed countries. A growing number of cases of cancer and high mortality rates make cancer one of the most significant health issues in Africa. It is estimated that 50% of cancer cases in Africa involve breast, cervical, prostate, colorectal, and liver cancers in adults. If urgent measures are not taken, cancer mortality in the region will reach approximately one […]

October 15, 2024 4

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