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Glocal CitizensEpisode 245: Health, Human Rights and Resilience with Aggrey Aluso and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy ProgrammeGreetings Glocal Citizens!
This week is the final installment in our collaboration with Bisi Bright’s Livewell Initiative and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with support from Gilead Sciences USA. In a fitting conclusion, Aggrey Aluso, the Director, Africa Region and global policy lead for the Pandemic Action Network, driving strategic advocacy efforts in Africa and globally joins the conversation. Born, raised and currently based in Kenya, Aggrey also serves as the incoming Executive Director of Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA), PAN’s networked advocacy partner, where he is mobilizing advocates to champion an A...
2024-10-2957 min
A Shot in the Arm PodcastAfrica’s Forgotten Mpox OutbreaksWe are Sharing The Mic again with Frontline AIDS to highlight the latest mpox outbreaks that have started in the Democratic Republic of Congo, spread to Burundi and beyond. From lack of access to accurate, updated information, diagnostics - and of course - vaccines, communities - particularly partners of Frontline AIDS - are calling out for urgent, concerted action from governments, and international agencies, including the WHO.Joining Ben are:Ntombizodwa Mthembu, Programs Adviser, Frontline AIDSAggrey Aluso, Pandemic Action Network, Director, Africa Region, KenyaDr. Egide Haragirimana, C...
2024-10-1450 min
Paul Talks ScienceRethinking Global Health Cooperation for Equitable Access and SupportAfrica's public health landscape is again at the centre of global health attention with a series of actions now in play to stem the spread of mpox. This week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention will officially declare mpox a public health emergency of continental concern. This is expected to be historic since this is the first time that the centre would be making such a declaration. Similarly, a closed virtual meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations 2005 regarding the upsurge of mpox has been set for Wednesday, 14 August 2024...
2024-08-1243 min