Powering Healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the stark reality that many health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa do not have reliable electricity. According to the World Health Organization only 28 percent of health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa have access to affordable, reliable power.
Power Africa 2018 Annual Report
The Power Africa 2018 Annual Report also looks to the future, and explains how Power Africa will continue to add generation capacity and connections, but will further look to enhance transmission and distribution resources, improving government capacities to manage their power sectors, and leveli
Moving from Recovery to Self-Reliance: USAID Impact in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
The West African Ebola outbreak of 2014, infected over 28,600 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and killed 11,300. In response, USAID led a U.S. whole-of-government effort to contain the disease and reduced the number of Ebola cases to zero.