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EGYPT – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Egyptian government have signed a US$330 million (44 billion Japanese yen) loan agreement to support…

KENYA – The government is set to roll out the National Social Health Insurance Fund by July 1 as part of its Universal Health Coverage…

DRC – The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced on its website that the WHO Malawi Country Office’s (WCO) team of 64 staff members converged…

AFRICA – The government of Sweden and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) have announced a partnership to accelerate progress in Africa toward the goals…

NIGERIA – Nigeria’s President Major General Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2021 that mandates all employers and employees in public,…

KENYA – Kenya’s Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache has announced that the government has released KES6 billion (US$52M) to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF)…

GHANA – The inaugural International Strategic Dialogue on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) held in Accra, Ghana has launched the Global…

KENYA – Kenya’s National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has announced a KES146.8 billion (US$1.27B) allocation to the healthcare sector in the 2022/23 financial year…

KENYA – Kenya and Cuba have announced an expansion of their strategic medical partnership to improve quality and access to primary health care for Kenyans…

KENYA – Kajiado County in Kenya has launched the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) program to boost accessible and affordable quality health care for the people.…