Articles by ANA

Since Africa’s first mobile phone network went live in 1994, mobile phone penetration has shot up to 65 percent; access to the internet is also increasing rapidly. Today, information and communications technology (ICT) plays a […]

Over 150 experts from seven African countries – Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Cameroon – are calling on African governments to implement national plans to combat […]

Côte d’Ivoire’s cotton industry is regaining momentum after being nearly decimated by a decade of political chaos and conflict. Farmers in the cotton-growing northern regions, which came under insurgent rule, are hopeful of returning to […]

Ces dix dernières années, les efforts concertés des pays d’endémie, des donateurs et des partenaires mondiaux ont permis de renforcer la lutte antipaludique partout dans le monde. C’est dans les pays à transmission élevée que […]

During the past decade, a concerted effort by endemic countries, donors and global malaria partners led to strengthened malaria control around the world. The scale-up of malaria prevention and control interventions had the greatest impact […]

L’hôtel dans lequel Bashar Akkad a séjourné lors d’une récente visite à Al-Raqqah, une ville du nord du pays contrôlée par le gouvernement, ne lui a pas servi de petit déjeuner. Le personnel de cet […]

The cholera that struck more than 7,000 people in Guinea this year was caused by a new generation of cholera strains – atypical variants of vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, epidemiologists have confirmed. The new […]

Campaigns to lower the rate of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Sierra Leone are having some impact, but efforts to ban the practice have failed thus far, and despite a push to communicate its health […]