The East, Central, and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) is inviting applications from qualified individual consultants to undertake a Regional South-to-South Learning Landscape Analysis. The assignment will generate evidence on innovations that have worked (and those that have not) in…
Brazzaville/Arusha, 22 December 2025 Today World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) and the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in advancing health outcomes and resilient health…
Laboratory leaders and regulators have forged a stronger partnership to work more closely in strengthening laboratory systems across Africa improving coordination and ensuring that health systems remain adaptive and resilient in the face of emerging threats. This renewed collaboration was…
A delegation of experts in epidemiological surveillance and port health services from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia has concluded a first-of-its-kind Peer-To-Peer assessment of compliances to the International Health Regulation (IHR) Core capacities at four major international airports in the…
The Director General of the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC), Dr. Ntuli Kapologwe, has called for greater ambition, unity, and assertiveness in Africa’s engagement with global health governance. Speaking during the Global Health Diplomacy Workshop in Lusaka, he stressed…
When Dr. Henry Chibowa, Director of Health Services in Malawi’s Mangochi District Council, reflects on his early years in the health system, he recalls a time marked by frustration and uncertainty. Despite his district’s deep involvement in translating national health…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – 26 October 2025 The East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) and the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) have today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding…
In September 2025, the Government of Zimbabwe, with technical and financial support from the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), successfully conducted a Joint External Evaluation (JEE) to assess the country’s progress…
The East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), convened a regional training workshop on Early Action Review (EAR) using…
As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen regional preparedness and cross-border health security, the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) supported a coping capacity assessment at the Nakonde–Tunduma One Stop Border Post, situated between Zambia and Tanzania. The…
