Africa’s Health Defenses Have Improved But Its Funding Has Not By Busani Bafana Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Africa’s Health Defenses Have Improved But Its Funding Has Not By Busani Bafana https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/07/africas-health-defenses-have-improved-but-its-funding-has-not/ Against the backdrop of an Ebola disease outbreak, the new Africa Health Security (AHS) Index, released today, reveals significant gaps in critical health infrastructure despite important progress in health security capacity in recent years. BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jul 22 2026 (IPS) - In September 2024, an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in South Ethiopia was confirmed, contained, and declared over within three months. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -