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Ghana Rejects US Health Deal Over Data Concerns

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
September 30, 2026
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From Aid Recipient to Medicine Producer

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
September 30, 2026
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Who Controls Tanzania’s Health Data?

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
September 30, 2026
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Why Africa Still Imports Its Medicine

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
September 30, 2026
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PEPFAR: Lifesaving Partnership or Structural Dependency?

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.
September 30, 2026
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What Happens When America Switches Off Health Funding?

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
September 30, 2026
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Kenya Licensed To Produce Potential Monthly HIV Prevention Pill

Kenya has been selected to manufacture a potential new once-monthly oral medicine for HIV prevention, placing the country among a small group of African manufacturers preparing to produce the investigational drug before completion of its final clinical trials. Global pharmaceutical company Merck,
September 28, 2026
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Tanzania Backs Africa-Wide Cooperation On Health Security

Tanzania has reaffirmed its readiness to work closely with other African countries, regional institutions and international partners to strengthen health security and improve preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks. Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador Dr Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, made
September 28, 2026
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Samia’s SHE RISES Agenda Puts Women at Centre of Maternal Health

Namibia has praised Tanzania’s efforts to advance maternal and child health across Africa, with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah saying the commitment of President Samia Suluhu Hassan to protecting the health and dignity of women and children has implications for the continent’s wider development.
September 26, 2026
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