Pan African Press

  Ghana’s government is striving to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), yet financing issues remain a challenge. To address this issue, Ghana hosted a Health Financing Forum from 25 to 27 November 2019, under the theme, “Sustainable Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage (UHC).” To achieve UHC, Ghana has identified Primary Health Care (PHC) as one of the key strategies in implementing its National Roadmap for UHC. The purpose of the meeting was to identify priorities and actions for achieving sustainable financing for UHC, through the revision of the National Health...

The government-run school, flanked by a red dust road on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, taught about 300 pupils who congregated from the surrounding rural area. But in March this year, the scruffy primary became part of a remarkable experiment. It was the first in Africa to get its hands on the so-called $100 laptop, a rugged device aimed at helping children in the developing world get the most from their education. The tough machines, conceived by the US-based One Laptop per Child (OLPC) group, were designed to replace dog-eared...