Africa: Girls Transform Africa – Five Reasons Why Investing Today Will Build the Africa of Tomorrow: [World Bank] As we mark the International Day of the Girl Child, it is sobering to realize that only 16 million out of more than 37 million adolescent girls in Western and Central Africa are currently enrolled in secondary school. Of these, fewer than half will complete lower secondary school, and many will enter early marriage or childbearing before they become adults. These numbers reflect lost potential and futures limited by circumstances beyond their control. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Promising Progress On Eye Health in African Region, but Challenges Remain: [WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville — Despite important progress towards integrating eye health into primary health care services in African countries, a dire shortage of financial resources, combined with the concentration of scarce human resources in urban areas and low community awareness, continues to threaten the gains. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Africa CDC Strengthens Laboratory Capacity for Mpox and Other Outbreaks in Burundi: [Africa CDC] Africa CDC continues to support Mpox response in Africa through the strengthening of diagnostic capacity, surveillance, case detection and management, contact tracing, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) among other efforts. In strengthening laboratory diagnostic capacity for mpox and other pathogens, the Africa CDC supported the Institut National de Santé Publique (INSP) with sample management and referral, biosafety and biosecurity trainings, and enhancing molecular testing and sequencing – AllAfrica News: Africa
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