AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoMalaria Drug Resistance Watch: A new Ethiopia study in Nature Microbiology reports genetic changes in Plasmodium falciparum from 15 districts, showing partial resistance signals to key antimalarials including artemisinin—raising alarm for future treatment effectiveness. Breastfeeding Push: Ethiopia and WHO mark World Breastfeeding Week 2026 with calls to scale up proven breastfeeding interventions. Primary Care Spotlight: Last Mile Health wins the 2026 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize for strengthening community health systems—supporting more than 20,000 health workers in Ethiopia and reaching over 32 million people across four countries. Public Health Leadership: Africa CDC opens the call for abstracts and reviewers for CPHIA 2026, themed around health security and sovereignty. Health Tech & Training: Ethiopia’s defense leadership signs an MoU with the Ethiopian AI Institute to expand AI use in defense health institutions and training. Health Workforce: Ethiopia plans to deploy healthcare workers to ease local staff shortages. Health Policy & Access: UN reporting highlights how many families across Africa struggle to afford healthy diets, underscoring nutrition affordability pressures. Health in the News Beyond Ethiopia: A US court orders Boeing to pay damages over the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, while ICE detention cases involving a University of Maryland pharmacy professor continue to draw attention.
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