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AHO to tackle corruption in health care as 1 in 4 Africans had to pay a bribe to access public services last year

Having to pay a bribe for life-saving medicine and official documents like passports and driver’s licences would for many people seem unthinkable.

But it’s the reality for more than a quarter of African citizens, according to the results of a new survey into corruption on the continent.

AHO to develop new system for detecting and recording malaria as Burundi disputes UN malaria stats

The government of Burundi on Thursday officially disputed recent reports that close to half of its population were affected by malaria. Burundi Health Minister Thaddée Ndikumana told journalists the figures were lower – 4.3 million recorded cases (not 5.7 million), and that 1,400 not 1,800deaths had been recorded this year.

AHO committed to tackle climate change as malaria prevalence surges in Uganda

The ministry of health said in a statement its data showed malaria cases recorded in June this year jumped 40% to 1.4 million from the same month last year.

AHO condemns violence against women shown in a chilling video of British minister and MP Mark Field

Africa Health Organisation (AHO) has condemend with strictiest sense violence against women as shown on the video of Mark field British MP and Minister against a climate protestor in London.

AHO says Ebola cases in Congo could double amid fears outbreak could cross borders

With health system at breaking point, uncertainty over how virus is being transmitted prompts fears it could range beyond DRC

AHO expresses grave concern over the health of African immigrants in Yemen amid alleged abuse and deadly cholera

Illegal African immigrants infected with cholera are seen outside a public hospital in Lahj province, Yemen, May 4, 2019. Officials of Yemen's health authorities said an outbreak of cholera has killed 21 illegal African immigrants and asylum-seekers, and infected over 450 others in the government-controlled southern province of Lahj. (Xinhua/Murad Abdo)

AHO expresses grave concern as Congo Ebola outbreak gathers pace

Faltering national response to epidemic prompts concern over wider regional threat

AHO shocked by mega disparity in amputations for Black American Diabetics

Jackson Moss lost part of his right foot due to a complication of diabetes. He is trying to save the rest of it with the help of his wife, Bernadette. (Heidi de Marco/KHN)

AHO outraged by kidney trafficking business in Egypt

An Egyptian hospital and officials at the Yemeni embassy in Cairo were involved in a large-scale organ-trafficking ring from 2014 that included hundreds of patients and brokers from Yemen and Egypt, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed.

Welcome by the Founder and President Graciano Masauso

Welcome to Africa Health Organisation (AHO), our new international health agency for Africa and the Diaspora. Our mission is to lead strategic collaborative efforts among countries in Africa and other partners to promote equity in health, to combat disease, and to improve the quality of, and lengthen the lives of the peoples of Africa. AHO provides technical cooperation to African governments and deliver health service directly to people.