Deborah Adedigba is a ONE Champion from Nigeria.
Did you know that cancer accounted for “nearly 10 million deaths in 2020?” Or that cancer is a leading cause of death globally, and that in 2020, an estimated 70% of all cancer deaths occurred in low-to-middle-income countries? In fact, between 30%-50% of cancers could be prevented, “by modifying or avoiding key risk factors and implementing existing evidence-based prevention strategies,” according to the World Health Organization.
And in Africa, the WHO has...
Health
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is a global player that helps fight these three preventable diseases.
This year, global leaders had the opportunity to reinvest in the Global Fund, and there was a huge amount at stake. In fact, the Global Fund could save 20 million lives by the year 2026 with its request for $18 billion. Watch our video below to find out just how big of an impact this is.
So, how much did global leaders commit this year?...
Poverty remains a serious problem in Africa, and Nigeria is not an exception. Although the country is home to both rural and urban poverty, rural poverty contributes a greater percentage to the total number of poor people in Africa. In fact, most of those living in rural communities and in urban slums earn below the nationally defined poverty line.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight the need to eradicate poverty and promote good health and well-being, and how all of...
Olayemi Amusile and Ayomide Agbaje are ONE Champions in Nigeria.
Earlier this year, ONE and its partners in Nigeria launched the State of Primary Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria Report, with data from 2019-2021. The report tracked the health performance of all the 36 states across the federation, provided insights on their implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF), and put forward concrete recommendations to improve the quality of service at Primary Health Centers (PHCs).
The BHCPF, also known as...
Today is Africa Day! This year’s theme is strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security on our continent.
That’s why we want to share some fun facts with you that celebrate how diverse and unique our continent is.
Keep reading to find out!
1. How many languages are spoken in Africa?
Between 1,500 – 2,000 languages are spoken across Africa!
2. What African country is the current most-followed TikTok creator, Khabane “Khabe” Lame, from?
Khabane “Khaby” Lame is from Senegal! This Senegalese-Italian content creator is...
COVID-19 vaccine inequity is set to worsen unless urgent measures are taken to accelerate vaccine production and distribution globally. Most low- and middle-income countries failed to achieve the WHO target of vaccinating at least 10% of their populations by the end of September. Only 15 African countries met the WHO target, with huge variations among this group. For example, 72% of the population in the Seychelles has been vaccinated, compared to just 13% in Rwanda.
Rich countries, on the other hand,...
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Shocking symbol: Europe is set to receive millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses produced in South Africa. Up to 10 million Johnson & Johnson shots partially produced by South African manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare are to be exported to Europe in August and September, and millions more were exported in recent months. Meanwhile, South Africa is yet to receive the overwhelming majority of the 31 million J&J doses it ordered from the company, a key reason why only 7% of...
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Surging: Deaths from COVID-19 in Africa are surging, with the average daily number of confirmed deaths ticking past 1,000 for the first time since the pandemic began. Confirmed deaths from the virus have increased by 80% in the past four weeks, driven by the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant. In Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous city, six people are dying per day and the positivity rate of those being tested has increased eightfold in the last month....
A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter, and read on for the impact of the pandemic on global education, Africa’s record COVID-19 death rate, and warnings of an impending “orphan crisis.”
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COVID-19 updates
Grim milestone: This week, Africa’s daily death COVID-19 rate tipped over the peak reached in January. ONE’s COVID-19 Africa Tracker shows that in the week to 26 July, more...
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Destructive pathway: COVID-19 infections in Africa are increasing at their fastest rate ever, with over 1 million confirmed cases recorded in the past month alone. The situation in at least 18 African countries is dire, as chronic shortages of vaccines leave millions exposed to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant. With only 1.4% of the continent’s population fully vaccinated, daily confirmed COVID-19 deaths have more than doubled in the past month and are currently sitting just...