Dengue Vaccine Push: Ghana’s KNUST joins the DENSTAR project to help license and deploy the tetravalent live-attenuated dengue vaccine DengiAll across sub-Saharan Africa, backed by €11m+ in EU-supported funding. Allergy Care Spotlight: AFRICALLI marks World Allergy Week 2026, warning that asthma, eczema, food and drug allergies, and anaphylaxis are a growing but under-recognised burden across Africa that needs better planning, training, and essential medicines. Ebola Readiness Debate: Kenya’s plan for an Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base revives questions about outbreak readiness, including isolation, lab diagnostics, trained staff, surveillance, and emergency logistics. Safe Water Gap: A new global map highlights where safely managed drinking water is still out of reach, with over 2 billion people lacking safe services and big gaps between countries. Ibogaine Research in Gabon: A new harvesting method could boost production of ibogaine from Gabon’s sacred iboga plant, aiming to ease pressure from poaching while supporting addiction-treatment research.