AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPublic Health & Safety: A new study warns that Africa’s heavy reliance on charcoal and firewood is accelerating forest loss and worsening health risks, with findings covering Madagascar, Rwanda, Zambia, Nigeria and Togo. Infectious Disease Preparedness: Biomedical lab scientists and technicians from six African countries, including Togo, are training in modern diagnostics and surveillance to better respond to emerging outbreaks. Medicines Regulation: ECOWAS regulators meeting in Lomé approved a sustainability plan to strengthen medicines harmonisation and improve access to quality-assured medical products across the region. Water & Health: A global drinking-water assessment highlights unsafe water risks, with many of the lowest-ranked countries in Africa. Regional Security & Health: The UN launched a Gulf of Guinea conflict-prevention platform in Lomé, aiming to reduce violent extremism, trafficking and displacement that can undermine health and community wellbeing. Togo Health-Adjacent Policy: Togo’s ADTPME opened applications to support 50 agro-industrial SMEs, including medicinal plants, which can boost livelihoods and nutrition-linked value chains.
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