One by One News
African Union needs more country support to launch the African Medicines Agency
By Sara Jerving, DevEx
July 7, 2020
The African Union is setting up a continent wide regulatory agency tasked with ensuring access to good quality medicine and health technologies. It's just waiting on a legal commitment from 13 countries.
Primary Health and Universal Basic Education Cuts During Covid-19: what are the global impacts and consequences on Nigeria?
By Toyin Saraki, Founder-President of The Wellbeing Foundation Africa
July 6, 2020
Primary health care must cover the breadth of the journey from hospital to hut in communities, and improve the social determinants of all those living and working therein.
Africa: In the fight against COVID-19, an unsung continent
By Solomon Zewdu, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
June 15, 2020
Africa’s low number of COVID-19 cases offers lessons for the rest of the world on disease preparedness and response.
Press Release: African Leaders Chart a Path to Achieving UHC in the Time of Covid-19
By The Access Challenge
June 5, 2020
Turning the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity for building better health systems.
Press Release: Launch of One by One: Target COVID-19 Campaign to support Africa
By The Access Challenge
April 29, 2020
Get the Facts. Mobilize Resources. Support African Leaders. Join Us.
Press Release: AU and Africa CDC launch Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing: Trace, Test and Track
By The African Union and The Africa CDC
April 21, 2020
Testing, tracing, and tracking to stop the spread of COVID-19 across Africa.
Open Letter: We continue to fight for #HealthForAll
By Kate Campana, CEO of The Access Challenge
April 13, 2020
In the face of COVID-19, the fight for Universal Health Coverage is more important than ever.
COVID-19 Teaches Us About the Need for a Unified Approach to Health
By David S. Evangelista, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia
April 7, 2020
Could World Health Day 2020 mark a milestone in global health history? Perhaps, but not in the way that one might immediately imagine.
Dedicated to the Ones Teaching Us All what Universal, Fully Inclusive, Health Access Looks Like
By David S. Evangelista, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia
March 16, 2020
For as long as health records have been recorded in the modern era, individuals with intellectual disabilities have faced the lowest rates of health literacy, access and care. Special Olympics and The Access Challenge are working together to change this.
Pathfinder-Nature Conservancy Partnership: Promoting Health Through Healthy Environments
By Cheryl Margoluis, Cara Honzak, Laurel Lundstrom at Pathfinder International, and Thea Klement at The Access Challenge
March 10, 2020
Challenges facing human health and the environment are complex and closely intertwined. It takes innovative, multi-sectoral partnerships that focus on health promotion through healthy environments to turn the tide...
UHC Day Newsletter: Advocacy and Campaign 2019 Updates
By The Access Challenge
December 12, 2019
This monthly newsletter covers the most recent updates and upcoming plans for One by One, and highlights important contributions to #UHC Development across Africa.
The Health-Energy-Water-Agriculture Nexus: A Solution for
Improving African livelihoods?
By Dr. Patrick Musinguzi, Makarere University, Uganda
December 12, 2019
In Africa, the increasing complexity to satisfy health and livelihood needs of human beings requires innovative approaches that are interlinked for the better leveraging of resources. The Health-Energy-Water-Agriculture Nexus (HEWAN) is one realistic concept that has increasingly proved appropriate for livelihood improvement and sustainable growth.
Ugandan youth leader scoops global health award
By Lillian Namusoke Magezi, New Vision, Uganda
October 9, 2019
Mwesigye, 28, is the founder and team leader of the Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum, a youth-led organization that seeks to advance quality health and well-being of adolescents and young people and promote gender equality at the community, national and global level.
Unleashing the Power of Communities to Build Resilient Health Systems
By Mary-Ann Etiebet, Lead and Executive Director, Merck for Mothers
October 9, 2019
When a new mother dies from a preventable cause, it is a sign that the health system failed. It is also a sign that society failed...
Devex: Kenya counts on celebrity influence to combat NCDs
By Sara Jerving, Devex's East Africa Correspondent
October 8, 2019
“The private sector has perfected the use of celebrities to change consumer behavior ... The global health community is just catching up.”
Connecting the Dots between Climate Change, Health,
and Education in Africa
By Alice Ruhweza, Africa Lead for the World Wide Fund
September 24, 2019
We know what happens when this siloed thinking remains: opportunities are missed and efforts are duplicated.
UHC Briefing and Communications Guide for African Member States
Prepared by the Access Challenge, the Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Foundation, the African Union
September 20, 2019
This brief attempts to support distinguished Head of States and Governments as they prepare for the upcoming United Nations High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on September 23, 2019.
Uganda Youth Summit 2019 Produced the first Youth Report on UHC
Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum
July 20, 2019
Uganda Youth Health and partners hosted a flagship summit to give young people the opportunity to share their experiences and views on UHC.
Young women and adolescent girls on the "sidewalk" of Rwanda's
"road" to Universal Health Coverage
By Chantal Umuhoza, New Times, Rwanda
June 28, 2019
Chantal Umuhoza's shares her thoughts on universal health coverage in Rwanda ahead of the UN High level meeting in September.
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