About: Sub-Saharan Africa
Ex-development minister: ‘If men were the ones giving birth, healthcare would be better equipped’
Hundreds of thousands of women die during or after childbirth, and HIV often affects young women in poorer countries. Germany’s former Development Minister, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul told EURACTIV Germany that the EU has to do more to empower women.
UNITAID: Health spending in developing countries brings a ‘five-fold return’
Access to new treatments for the big pandemics in Africa has improved, thanks to falling prices, and the ending of medical patents, Philippe Duneton told EURACTIV France.