Ebola advocacy update from our partners @rani.co. 👇 Effective response must prioritise collaborative surveillance, rapid coordination, and civil society engagement. Learn more and take action at our next Ebola Emergency Response – CSO Coordination Briefing on 7 July. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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In the NEW issue of @rani.co Playbook: Heating up #EU budget #MFF #EUCO 🌡️ Upending #ODA assumptions @odi.global @rani.co 🙃 #Ebola outpaces response ⚠️ New chapter #PABS #IGWG7 📑 #BiotechAct gathers steam 🚂 New tools, resources, reads, & more! 📚 mailchi.mp/rani/heating...

Join us TODAY. The briefing will provide an opportunity to: ⚡Receive the latest updates on the outbreak and response efforts ⚡Strengthen coordination across civil society actors ⚡Share updates from country- and community-level engagement REGISTER: www.ranafrica.org/news/ebola-e...

Ebola Emergency Response: CSO Coordination Briefing - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

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rani – Resilience Action Network International@rani.co · 2mo ago

Join us TODAY - Thursday, 4 June 2026 for a CSO briefing on the #Ebola emergency response including country-level incident managers and leaders from Africa CDC, Amref Africa @aidshealthcare.bsky.social, @ranafrica.org, and @rani.co ⚡️ REGISTER: www.ranafrica.org/news/ebola-e...

The CSO's issued a declaration urging African Heads of State, regional institutions & development partners to treat epidemic preparedness & collaborative disease surveillance as urgent priorities, emphasising their critical role in economic and security stability. www.ranafrica.org/news/nairobi...

Resilience Action Network Africa@ranafrica.org · 3mo ago

Last week in Nairobi, @ranafrica.org in partnership with RTSL convened a bootcamp for civil society and community organisations drawn from 11 African countries to firm up a shared agenda for epidemic preparedness to drive collaborative, community-engaged surveillance systems.

Last week in Nairobi, @ranafrica.org in partnership with RTSL convened a bootcamp for civil society and community organisations drawn from 11 African countries to firm up a shared agenda for epidemic preparedness to drive collaborative, community-engaged surveillance systems.

We are at the World Health Summit regional meeting in Nairobi this week. Our team is on the ground sharing what's working on bringing community perspectives to policymakers and strengthening health systems in Africa. #WHSNairobi2026

This week, we will be at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford advancing conversations on resilience alongside a cohort of 10 African leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Cameroon, and South Africa. Let’s connect at #SkollWF

Will you be at the #SkollWorldForum? Don't miss our interactive session, Resilience through our Lenses: Reflecting, Connecting, Acting Together, on 23 April! Save your spot 🪑 🎟️ luma.com/tftbhn84

Resilience Through Our Lenses: Reflecting, Connecting, Acting Together · Luma

About the session Across Africa and beyond, resilience is shaped by overlapping challenges including climate change, epidemic risk, fragile health systems,…

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Science is a powerful tool, if we choose it, and use it. This #WorldHealthDay, @who.int has a simple message: Together for Health, #StandWithScience.

Will you be attending the Skoll World Forum? Join us at our side event - Resilience through our Lenses on Thursday 23 April, 11:00 - 12:30 BST at the The Sidebar Oxford where the audience and our leadership will reflect on their own lived experiences of resilience. Register on luma.com/tftbhn84

Resilience Through Our Lenses: Reflecting, Connecting, Acting Together · Luma

About the session Across Africa and beyond, resilience is shaped by overlapping challenges including climate change, epidemic risk, fragile health systems,…

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Ahead of #IGWG6 which kicked off today, @ranafrica.org joined 38 other CSOs to call on African leaders and negotiators to seize the moment for an equitable, robust PABS framework and conclude the Pandemic Agreement, moving it decisively toward ratification. www.devex.com/news/african...

African CSOs call for equity as pathogen access talks hit final stretch

With major issues still unresolved, civil society groups are urging African negotiators to hold the line for a binding system that links pathogen sharing to fair access to vaccines, treatments, and di...

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Our @ranafrica.org teams in Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, and South Africa heard from communities on their lived experiences affected by #climatechange to surface frontline knowledge on how #resilience is being tested and reshaped. Here are the 6️⃣ things we heard 👇🏿 www.ranafrica.org/news/headlin...

Insights from Community Resilience Conversations - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is reshaping health financing by mobilizing domestic resources and strengthening public financial management — proving that sovereignty in health starts with ensuring every dollar is used effectively for health.

DRC nears historic 14.5% Abuja target for health sovereignty

DRC nears historic 14.5% Abuja target for health sovereignty

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Ahead of #IGWG6, @ranafrica.org and partners called for leaders and negotiators to seize the moment to push for and finalise a robust, equitable, legally-binding, and accountable #PABSAnnex so that Africa and the world is better prepared for the next pandemic. nation.africa/kenya/health...

Why Africans feel cheated by EU in deal to prevent future pandemics

Weak Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing Annex could lead to repeat of vaccine apartheid.

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Shortsighted cuts to critical health programmes like these will have a weakening knock-on effect on pandemic preparedness in countries receiving and giving funding. @katlay.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

UK government axes flagship global health project

Programme which supports schemes in six African countries was previously hailed as vital protection for Britain against future pandemics

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Following the deadly floods in Kenya, @ranafrica.org's Aggrey Aluso spoke with @nationafrica.bsky.social's Hellen Shikanda on the health impacts of climate change and called for upstream reforms in disaster preparedness for #resilience. Read: nation.africa/kenya/health...

After the floods, Kenya faces a hidden health crisis

Cholera, typhoid, dysentery and bilharzia are some of the diseases that follow floods.

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📰 Dr. Ebere Okereke argues the importance of reframing health as an economic investment and discusses health financing, delivery, and more in this AllAfrica interview. allafrica.com/stories/2026...

African Health Financing Faces Governance Crisis, Not Just Funding Gap

Despite spending billions on health every year, many African health systems remain underfunded and heavily dependent on external assistance. Then, African leaders adopted the Abuja Declaration, which ...

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RANA and a section of the civil society in Kenya have issued a statement urging the government to implement urgent and structural urban reforms in response to the recent floods that have left 49 people dead. Read more on www.ranafrica.org/news/stateme...

Statement by Resilience Action Network Africa on Flooding and Urban Resilience in Kenya and Beyond - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

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"As a conservative estimate, debt swaps could free up hundreds of millions of dollars for health care across the continent, but that figure might ultimately rise even higher." Debt swaps could be a way to reduce many African countries' debt burden while increasing health investments. 👇🏿

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There’s one area considered a largely untapped resource for health finance on the African continent: converting debt into health programs. Africa CDC has hired a special adviser to guide the agency on scaling these transactions for countries.

ECDC Director Pamela Rendi-Wagner is in Addis Ababa this week, where ECDC and Africa CDC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalise their long-standing partnership on public health cooperation. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even... #AfricaCDC #PublicHealth #ECDC #IDsky #EpiSky

☀️Extreme heat, floods, drought and air pollution are escalating across Africa. New climate-health hubs will link scientists, policymakers & communities to develop targeted solutions grounded in local realities. ✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

African Universities Launch Climate-Health Hubs Amidst Escalating Global Crisis - Health Policy Watch

A new £40 million climate-health initiative led by African universities aims to build a fortress of evidence to protect vulnerable populations.

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Opportunity! The 3rd cohort of the Africa CDC African Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship is now open. Apply by 31 March. 👇🏽 africacdc.org/career/afric...

African Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship Cohort III Announcement – Africa CDC

CONTEXTCombating the several public health threats across the African continent requires adequately trained and equipped workforce. The Africa Health Security and Sovereignty (AHSS) Agenda has called ...

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New @afro.who.int Preparedness Data Exchange (PDX) system is integrating climate intelligence, disease outbreaks, primary health care readiness, and more to strengthen preparedness readiness and response. www.afro.who.int/news/data-de...

From data to decisions: strengthening health security in Africa

Across the African region, health threats are increasingly being detected early, bolstering measures to protect communities. To further reinforce health emergency preparedness, the World Health Organi...

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🌎A new fault line in global health aid: bilateral deals vs multilateral frameworks. Zambia and Zimbabwe step back from US MOUs as Africa CDC offers support for countries weighing the trade-offs. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @africanunion.bsky.social @unaids.org @unicef.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

Zambia And Zimbabwe Back Away From ‘Prescriptive’ US Health Deals - Health Policy Watch

The government of Zambia acknowledged this week that it is unhappy with part of a proposed health aid deal with the United States that “does not align with

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ITPC Global@itpc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

HEAR CSO brings civil society & communities impacted by health inequities together to develop a shared & equitable future for global health architecture. Make your voice heard 🖋️ bit.ly/4sO3Duv @wacihealth.bsky.social @gfadvocates.bsky.social @gnpplus.bsky.social

"Adopting the #LusakaAgenda and incorporating community voices is more than a policy shift; it's a commitment to deliver health care for all—but only if we choose to transform primary health care together. Until we are all safe." @laktarr001.bsky.social @thinkglobalhealth.org tinyurl.com/545zwrkd

The Lusaka Agenda Shows the Power of Community Voices | Think Global Health

By prioritizing primary health-care systems led by locals, the Lusaka Agenda can transition power back to Africa

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🌍"The path to resilience is collective. Africa is moving with purpose, and @ranafrica.org is committed to drive collective action to achieve it." Read Aggrey Aluso's reflections on advancing Africa's #resilience agenda at the RANA Sierra Leone Working Group launch and #AUSummit. tinyurl.com/2bn25wwh

It’s been a few days since I got back home after an intense — and deeply energizing — week advancing Africa’s resilience agenda. I kicked off in Freetown, Sierra Leone, supporting the launch of the… ...

It’s been a few days since I got back home after an intense — and deeply energizing — week advancing Africa’s resilience agenda. I kicked off in Freetown, Sierra Leone, supporting the launch of the R...

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The #AMA urged 24 African member states to ratify the AMA Treaty. Tunisia's Dr Mustapha Ferjani emphasized that ratification would "equip AMA with the capacity to act... Our people deserve it, our health security demands it, and our sovereignty depends on it.” healthpolicy-watch.news/call-for-24-...

Call For 24 Countries To Ratify African Medicines Agency Treaty 'Without Delay' - Health Policy Watch

The African Medicines Agency (AMA) called on the 24 African member states that are yet to ratify the AMA Treaty to “act without delay” at a meeting on the

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🌍 Africa's future depends on efficiency, leadership, partnership, and commitments to finance health security sustainably. "If we act now, the future of health in Africa will be defined not by scarcity, but by sovereignty, resilience, and shared prosperity" www.devex.com/news/sponsor...

Africa can pay for its own health if we choose efficiency over dependency

Opinion: Africa’s main health vulnerability isn't a shortage of funds — it’s a lack of efficiency. To finance its own resilience and reclaim its sovereignty, the continent doesn’t need to spend more, ...

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🌍 This week, @ranafrica.org launched the Sierra Leone Working Group with the Africa Institute for Development & Equity (AIDE SL) and @rani.co. The Working Group serves as a national platform to strengthen African-led, networked advocacy for resilience. Read more ⬇️ www.ranafrica.org/news/advanci...

Advancing Resilience in Sierra Leone: Launch of the RANA Working Group - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

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"It's not 'if' but 'when' there is another #pandemic. But it is also preventable. If the global health community sets up a strong, #resilient #surveillance system and responsibly shares data, we can avert it." Dr. Christian Happi, Redeemer’s University in Nigeria. www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

Perspective - 'It's not if there will be another pandemic, but when': Dr Christian Happi

"It's not if there will be another pandemic, but when it will happen." Dr Christian Happi and his team have just won a $100 million grant that enables them to expand their vital work to try to identif...

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