AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoMissing Doctor: Limpopo police are searching for Dr Rega Mohammed Tavangar, 61, missing since 27 August after last being seen at Mokopane Hospital, with his phone reportedly switched off. Malaria Vaccines Rollout: PATH trained 400 community health workers and committee members in Tete and Zambézia to promote malaria vaccine uptake, tackle misconceptions, and help track children who missed doses. TB Treatment Resistance Watch: Oxford leads the RESPECT-TB programme (including Mozambique) to study how resistance to newer drug-resistant TB medicines is emerging and what it means for patients. Child Deaths Stillbirths: A CDC-supported CHAMPS report finds about 80.7% of stillbirths and young child deaths assessed across seven countries were preventable or possibly preventable with care that already exists. Malawi Polio Response: Malawi activated a rapid polio outbreak response after cVDPV2 was detected, using Round Zero and nationwide nOPV2 campaigns to protect millions of children. Mozambique Health Access (Regional): Eswatini opened the Khanyisile Hee Yeon Clinic, aiming to bring care within five kilometres—an example of how distance barriers can be reduced. Food Systems & Nutrition: A Malawi banana policy brief urges investment in seed systems, disease control, irrigation and market links to revive the banana value chain after BBTV losses. Vaccine Manufacturing Push: Africa moves toward local vaccine production, with new manufacturing plans in South Africa to expand capacity for multiple vaccines. Mozambique Trade Linkages: Tanzania’s FACIM engagement in Maputo highlights how health-adjacent development can follow trade partnerships—turning relationships into sustained investment.
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