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Ghana Rejects US Health Deal Over Data Concerns

September 30, 2026
Ghana has rejected a proposed new health agreement with the United States after President John Dramani Mahama said several provisions raised concerns over sensitive health data, financing obligations and Ghana’s regulatory authority. The decision puts Ghana among a growing number

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Mikumi Airport Set For November Completion

September 30, 2026
Tanzania is moving closer to completing a modern airstrip inside Mikumi National Park, with the Kikoboga Airport project expected to be handed over by November 15, 2026, in a development aimed at improving air access to one of the country’s important wildlife destinations. The project is part of the government’s wider investment in aviation infrastructure within national parks, as authorities

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Mikumi Airport Set For November Completion

September 30, 2026
Tanzania is moving closer to completing a modern airstrip inside Mikumi National Park, with the Kikoboga Airport project expected to be handed over by November 15, 2026, in a development aimed at improving air access to one of the country’s important wildlife

Ghana Rejects US Health Deal Over Data Concerns

September 30, 2026
Ghana has rejected a proposed new health agreement with the United States after President John Dramani Mahama said several provisions raised concerns over sensitive health data, financing obligations and Ghana’s regulatory authority. The decision puts Ghana among a growing number of African

From Aid Recipient to Medicine Producer

September 30, 2026
Tanzania wants to transform itself from a country heavily dependent on imported medicines into a pharmaceutical manufacturing hub for East Africa, but the gap between that ambition and the country’s current industrial capacity remains enormous. The government has set an ambitious target

Who Controls Tanzania’s Health Data?

September 30, 2026
Tanzania is rapidly expanding digital health systems that collect enormous amounts of information about its citizens, but the growing role of foreign-funded technology and technical partners is raising a difficult question: who ultimately controls, stores and accesses Tanzania’s health data? The question

Why Africa Still Imports Its Medicine

September 30, 2026
Africa continues to import most of the medicines it consumes, leaving countries such as Tanzania exposed to foreign supply chains even as governments across the continent increasingly talk about pharmaceutical self-sufficiency. The problem is particularly visible in Tanzania, where domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing

PEPFAR: Lifesaving Partnership or Structural Dependency?

September 30, 2026
Tanzania’s long dependence on foreign financing for essential health programmes is coming under renewed scrutiny as changes in United States assistance expose weaknesses in the country’s ability to independently sustain services that have relied heavily on external support. For years, the U.S.

What Happens When America Switches Off Health Funding?

September 30, 2026
Tanzania is facing a growing challenge to the sustainability of critical health programmes as changes in United States foreign assistance expose the risks of relying heavily on external financing for HIV prevention, treatment, laboratory services and community-based healthcare. For more than two
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