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Díaz Canel Discusses Abducted Cuban Doctors in Talks with Leaders of Kenya and Somalia

In the merry month of May, a tempest brewed in local news circles over a demanding missive from kidnappers, requesting a hefty ransom—$1.5 million no less!—for two missing Cuban medics. The Kenyan government, cool as a cucumber, refused to cough it up, and mum was the word from Cuba about whether they were even acknowledging this audacious claim. Months have trickled by like sand through an hourglass, leaving folks high and dry when it comes to updates on the Cubans' whereabouts. Occasionally, whispers from the island…

Doctors Reveal Police Are Using Lethal Force Amid Protests in Mozambique

The Medical Association of Mozambique, alongside the Order of Doctors, recently disclosed a troubling statistic: between October 18 and October 26, ten individuals lost their lives due to gunfire, while 73 others sustained injuries across the nation. These incidents unfold amid ongoing unrest as citizens vocally challenge the recent election outcomes. Reports emerging over the weekend paint a grim picture, detailing yet another three fatalities at the hands of law enforcement, according to Mozambique News and Clippings. AIM…

the hardening of the doctors’ strike does

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, social discontent in the medical sector is increasing. Doctors who are members of the three main unions in the public sector have decided to radicalize the strike. They are not happy with the government's response to their demands. They demand a regulation of the administrative situation for about 5,000 of their colleagues, in addition to an increase in the salaries…

doctors in the public sector choose

As of Tuesday, July 20, 2021, doctors in the public sector will stop taking care of emergencies in public health institutions. The doctors' unions have therefore decided to raise the gear after seeing what they call the failure of the negotiations with the government. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda Wa KamandaGathered at…

state doctors must decide on

Will state doctors play the extensions of their strike observed for a week in the DRC General Assemblies of their various unions are expected to vote on Sunday. On Saturday, the ministers of civil administration and health presented proposals in hopes of ending the movement. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda Wa Kamanda According to what the doctors' unions in the public sector say they understand, the government is proposing a two-step solution to their demands. "We basically remembered that the government has told…

Black bodies and white doctors: dive into

Racism has a history and medical literature tells like no other about prejudice, explains historian Delphine Peiretti-Courtis, in a book published by La Découverte. During the nineteenth century in Europe and throughout the 19th century, the debate raged between polygenists and monogenists, in other words between those who…

Uganda: medical doctors wish to persuade

In Uganda, the Ministry of Well being estimates that roughly 1.4 million persons are HIV-positive within the nation. But when the therapy is free, many determine to not take the drugs. Worry of discrimination, denial of the illness, melancholy, medical doctors should do actual work to lift consciousness to be certain that their sufferers observe their suggestions.…

angry day for doctors who demand important changes

Nurses have gone out into the country to condemn working conditions that have become unbearable. Nearly 10,000 white coats marched in Tunis to demand a profound reform of a health system at the end of its rope. as reported from Tunis, Michel PicardAnger is felt in the long procession that links the Ministry of Health to the…

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