African public health officials are working hard to prevent the same mistakes made during the COVID-19 pandemic as they tackle a deadly mpox outbreak. A key concern is the slow process of getting vaccines to the continent. The World Health Organisation recently...
Governor Phil Murphy announced that nearly 50,000 people in New Jersey will have $100 million in medical debt erased. This move marks one of the most extensive state-led efforts to provide direct relief to residents struggling with medical bills. Governor Murphy...
South Africa’s ageing medical scheme population will provide long-term support for private healthcare companies, according to Sanlam Private Wealth (SPW). The wealth manager, which oversees more than R200 billion in assets, said that the private healthcare...
The standoff between business, healthcare professionals, and the presidency over the health compact is a clear sign of the difficulties for the government of national unity (GNU). The compact is the product of 202’s second presidential health summit. It has been...
Strengthening health systems is vital to achieving universal health coverage (UHC), a critical part of the United Nations’ third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for everyone. As a member of the UN...
