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#theguardian.com. × ‘The field of human ancestry is rife with racism’: pioneering project to build cancer database in Africa. Less than 2% of human genomes analysed so far have been those of Africans. Yemaachi Biotech’s Africa Cancer Atlas aims to fill the research gap

#theguardian.com. × ‘It’s back to drug rationing’: the end of HIV was in sight. Then came the cuts. The abrupt halt to US funding threatens to undo decades of advances, dramatically increasing infections and deaths, but some see an opportunity for Africa to lead the response

#theguardian.com. × Trump’s attacks on South Africa are a punishment for independence | Achille Mbembe and Ruth Wilson Gilmore. The US president’s cuts to health funding could lead to half a million deaths. They’re part of a strategy to condemn and isolate the country

#theguardian.com. × Nearly half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030 – study. Stigma, lack of treatment and disproportionate rise of the disease in women draws comparisons with HIV epidemic

#theguardian.com. × ‘I am willing to die’: hunger-striking mother of writer jailed in Egypt fights on in London hospital bed. After more than 150 days without food, Laila Soueif says she will continue until there is some positive news from Cairo

#theguardian.com. × Macron says French-Algerian author under ‘arbitrary detention’ in Algeria. French president voices concern for health of Boualem Sansal, who is on hunger strike over his imprisonment

#theguardian.com. × US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’. Cuts could result in 500,000 deaths over the next 10 years in the country, research suggests

#theguardian.com. × Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids. Peter Marocco sends letter to UNAids terminating US involvement in serious blow to live-saving health service

#theguardian.com. × Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader. Focusing foreign aid on infectious diseases has allowed a rise in cancer and diabetes that African governments don’t have resources to fight, says Dr Githinji Gitahi

#theguardian.com. × Bird flu spreads to third property as farmers warn Australia’s egg shortage could be prolonged. Agriculture Victoria says H7N8 strain of avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm at Euroa

#theguardian.com. × ‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia. Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we e

#theguardian.com. × ‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe. Facilities have been forced to close as halt in funding impacts country’s donor-dependent health sector

#theguardian.com. × Dirty water and endless wars: why cholera outbreaks are on the rise again. The number of cases globally has surged since 2021, as war and the climate crisis pile pressure on vaccine supplies

#theguardian.com. × Fears grow for health of social media influencer arrested on live TV in Sierra Leone. Hawa Hunt’s detention a month ago was politically motivated, say daughter and rights groups, who also raise concerns about her treatment in jail

#theguardian.com. × Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients. Scientists in Nigeria found the insects carry infections resistant to last-resort antibiotics, adding to fears about superbugs

#theguardian.com. × Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 declares unilateral ceasefire in DRC. Announcement came after UN health agency said at least 900 people were killed in fighting between the rebels and DR Congo forces in eastern city of Goma

#theguardian.com. × Suspected outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease kills eight in Tanzania. Healthcare workers among suspected cases of Ebola-like disease as WHO issues warning of high risk to the country and its neighbours

#theguardian.com. × ‘It’s an enormous emergency’: the doctor saving Sudan’s most vulnerable. MSF medical teams provide vital care in the war-torn country where pregnant women, new mothers and newborns are dying needlessly at alarming rates

#theguardian.com. × Kenya court rules that criminalising attempted suicide is unconstitutional. The judgment has been welcomed as an important shift in perceptions by human rights and mental health groups

#theguardian.com. × UK cut health aid to vulnerable nations while hiring their nurses, research finds. Royal College of Nursing says Labour has a duty to fix health ‘double whammy’ by raising aid and funding for UK nursing

#theguardian.com. × ‘A glimpse of hope’: how Observer readers are helping mend broken lives in war-torn lands. Médecins Sans Frontières workers have unique insight into the suffering of those they help, providing medical care in times of crisis

#theguardian.com. × Maurice King’s marvellous medical book saved lives in Botswana | Letter. Letter: Christine Evans read the doctor’s obituary and recalls how his work proved invaluable in her early career in the 1960s

#theguardian.com. × More than 60 people dead after road accident in southern Ethiopia. Incident at Gelan bridge in Bona Zuria Woreda ???claimed lives of 66 people so far???, says Sidama health bureau

#theguardian.com. × Sudan: first aid convoy reaches besieged Khartoum area since start of civil war. Deliveries of vital food and medical supplies will help 200,000 families, say aid groups and local volunteers

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