The Director General of the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC), Dr Ntuli Kapologwe, has urged African nations to significantly increase investment in primary healthcare, health workers, technology and sustainable financing. Speaking in Arusha during the organisation's second meeting, he said such investment is needed to build stronger health systems capable of delivering quality and equitable services to all citizens, according to Tanzania's Daily News.

In March 2026, clinics in Kenya experienced a sudden disruption in donor funding, leading to stalled supply chains and unanswered questions from programme coordinators. This incident highlighted the reliance of the country's public health infrastructure on external financial support, raising concerns about the implications of the Kenya-US health data deal, according to TechTrends KE.

UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has called on the United States to rethink its decision to reduce HIV/AIDS funding for South Africa, emphasizing that this reduction could have severe consequences in a country facing the highest HIV burden globally. Her remarks were made in advance of the UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York, highlighting concerns over the potential impact of withdrawing support.

Gynaecologists have called on West African governments to invest in family planning, arguing that high fertility rates and rapid population growth are contributing to insecurity and extremism across the region. According to the report by Punch, the specialists believe that better access to family planning services could help address the underlying pressures fuelling instability, and they urged authorities to prioritise funding for such programmes as part of broader efforts to tackle regional security challenges.

Benki ya Absa Tanzania imetoa msaada wa Shilingi milioni 20 kusaidia matibabu ya watoto wenye magonjwa ya moyo nchini Tanzania. Msaada huu umetolewa kupitia Heart Team Africa Foundation (HTAF), ambayo inasaidia watoto kutoka katika mazingira magumu kupata matibabu na huduma za moyo. Hafla ya utiaji saini wa hati ya msaada ilifanyika hivi karibuni.

The Sokoto State government has inaugurated committees in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to strengthen the review and response to maternal and child deaths in the state. According to Punch, the initiative aims to reduce mortality among mothers and children by improving oversight and response mechanisms to such deaths.