AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoChild Health Push in Mozambique: Mozambique’s Ministry of Health launched the Action Plan for Child Survival 2026–2030 in Maputo Province, aiming to cut child mortality and tackle preventable causes like pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, malnutrition, prematurity and birth asphyxia. Medicines Theft Watch: Mozambique’s ANARME says medicines and medical-surgical supplies worth 20.8 million meticais were stolen from the National Health Service in the first half of 2026, after inspections of 580 establishments and seizures in pharmacies and clinics. Regional Newborn & TB Care: ECSA-HC reports African countries are sharing practical approaches to reduce newborn deaths and tuberculosis, with Mozambique set to learn cross-border TB management and point-of-care testing. Water Security Focus at AU: Foreign ministers, including Mozambique’s, are meeting in Addis Ababa for the AU Executive Council session centered on sustainable water availability and safe sanitation. El Niño Health Risks via Food & Water: The AfDB warns a possible “super” El Niño could cost Africa $10bn–$20bn, worsen food and water security, and drive displacement—pressures that often hit child health first.
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