Health
Public health, healthcare investment, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and health policy across Africa. Africaspoint covers disease outbreaks, health system reforms, drug regulation, and the continent’s growing ambition to produce its own medicines — reporting that serves health professionals, investors, and policymakers alike.
WHO declares Ebola continental emergency
WHO declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on May 16.…
ConCourt puts SA’s NHI on trial over corruption risk
South Africa's Constitutional Court began hearing the NHI Act challenge on May 5, with justices probing whether Parliament conducted meaningful…
SA startup raises $5.2m for AI TB stethoscope
Cape Town's AI Diagnostics raised $5.2 million to scale its Ostium AI-powered digital stethoscope, which screens for tuberculosis by analysing…
SA’s Biovac wins $108m to build Africa’s vaccine factory
Cape Town's Biovac has secured €75 million from the EIB and $20 million from the IFC to build Africa's first…
