Browsing Tag
doctors
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.…
Sudan: Within the Hashaba camp, a group of Ethiopian docs is running in emergencies
Nearly two months after the start of the offensive in Tigray, Sudan received nearly 55,000 refugees fleeing fighting in the neighboring area. Humanitarian organizations ring alarm bells when the situation is urgent. The UN World Food Program needs $ 24.6 million to meet the immediate needs of Ethiopian refugees in Sudan. The…
Coronavirus is growing in Mali, medical doctors are ready for promised treatments
Mali has seen a worrying enhance in coronavirus circumstances for a number of weeks and fortiori within the final three days. From a handful of recent circumstances, we have now grown to over 150 per day. These figures are largely underestimated as a result of very low take a look at capability, however which give a measure of acceleration.…
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…
Tunisian doctors’ strike for a profound reform of the health system
This Tuesday, December 8, is declared a day of anger by doctors in Tunisia. Only minimum services should be provided at the country's public hospitals. The Danish Medicines Agency's advice calls for a profound reform of the currently harmful health system. as reported from Tunis, Michel PicardThe accidental death last week, in…
the death of two doctors and the threat of a strike by health workers
Anger is escalating in Kenya after the deaths of two famous doctors this weekend. They gave in to Covid-19 when the country faces a second deadly wave. More than 2,000 health workers have contracted the virus since the pandemic began. Dozens died of it. Their union is threatening to strike if nothing is done to protect them.…
in the El Hashaba camp, three doctors for 15,000 Ethiopian refugees
On the run from a fratricidal war that has been going on since the beginning of November, more and more Ethiopians are taking refuge in neighboring Sudan. In less than a week, 25,000 refugees arrived in Sudan (SUNA bureau). They are currently stacking a few kilometers from the border, in the village of El Hashaga. The vast majority are Tigrayans. Some did not cross the border unscathed.…
The Ministry of Public Health is investigating the cases of “fictitious” doctors
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the scandal with the lists of fictitious doctors receiving salaries and a risk premium is spraying the Ministry of Public Health. The latter launched at the beginning of the week a solemn appeal to condemn those who wrongfully receive wages and risk premiums. Nearly 500 names have already been discovered and published in the capital, but the issue is still…
young doctors worried about the deteriorating health situation
The country, which on October 18 had 626 deaths and 40,542 cases, saw its hospitals nearly saturated, and young doctors were often at the forefront of emergencies. as reported from Tunis Lilia blaiseOne Sunday morning near the emergency department of Rabta Hospital in Tunis, a young doctor who wishes to remain anonymous is…
fictitious doctors who benefit from a risk premium
For several weeks, the General Health Inspectorate (IGS) has discovered nearly 500 names of people illegally touching doctors' risk premiums. The revelations come as the state struggles to meet union wage demands in the midst of the health crisis associated with Covid-19. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaThe suspected…
