AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoMalaria vaccine push at community level: PATH trained 400 community health workers and health committee members (plus 60 health workers) in Tete and Zambézia to strengthen malaria vaccine promotion, tackle misconceptions, and help identify children who missed doses. Pandemic readiness boost: WHO and the Pandemic Fund handed Lesotho medical and ICT equipment (including laptops, tablets, stethoscopes, ECG machines and blood glucose monitors) to improve early detection and faster outbreak response. TB drug-resistance study includes Mozambique: Oxford leads a £10m RESPECT-TB project tracking resistance to newer drug-resistant TB treatments across India, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, South Africa and Vietnam, combining lab testing with genetic sequencing and patient data. Maternal and child health prevention: A CDC-supported CHAMPS report found 4 in 5 stillbirths and young child deaths investigated in Africa and South Asia were preventable or possibly preventable with care that already exists, with Mozambique included in the surveillance network. Health access infrastructure: Eswatini opened the Khanyisile Hee Yeon Medical Centre (E200m total) with specialised services like endoscopy, dermatology and dentistry, aiming to reduce travel distance and support earlier treatment. Local hospital support: Malawi’s VP Dr Jane Mayemu Ansah pledged K1 million to Mlambe Hospital after hearing about shortages of specialised beds and equipment.
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