AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoAccess to Care: More than eight in 10 people in Gabon face moderate or high lived poverty, according to a new Afrobarometer report. Across 38 African countries, 65% said they or a family member had gone without needed medicine or medical care in the past year; the report links poverty with difficulty accessing health services. Traditional Medicine: Botanists at Libreville’s Sibang garden discover about 10 plant species a year, including species studied by Gabon’s Institute of Pharmacopoeia and Traditional Medicine. Researchers say documenting the country’s understudied plant life is key to protecting it. Digital Health: At an African Union meeting in Libreville, officials highlighted AI’s potential to support disease surveillance and health service delivery, while stressing the need to build local technology capacity.
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