Somalia
Emergency funding helps Somalia keep nearly 600 health facilities open
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s health system faces the possible shutdown of nearly 600 facilities after a sharp decline in funding, Health and…
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West-Africa
Nigeria Government Urged to Disclose Details of Health Deal With U.S.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is urging the Nigerian government to release the complete text of its five-year health agreement with the…
Somalia
Baidoa clashes kill and injure children, damage health facility, UNICEF warns
Renewed fighting in Baidoa has killed and wounded children and damaged a health facility, UNICEF said Wednesday, warning that violence is further…
East-Africa
U.S. to End Health Funding in Zimbabwe After Deal Is Rejected
The development comes after Zimbabwe’s government rejected a new U.S. funding arrangement over concerns about data privacy. For the past two decades,…
East-Africa
Somali health centre faces closure after 40 years of serving the community
Assanti Abdi, a long-time patient at the Central Mother and Child Health centre, fears funding cuts could shut down the facility. Photo:…
World
Cilia Flores Seeks Release From U.S. Detention, Citing Ill Health
Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuela’s ousted leader Nicolas Maduro, is asking to leave a New York detention facility and serve her…
West-Africa
IDP families evicted from Baidoa land lose assets, livelihoods, schools and health center
Adan Abdi Ali sits amid the few belongings he managed to carry from the Baidoa displacement camp after being forced to leave/Abdulahi…
Southern-Africa
Namibia Rejects U.S. Health Agreement Citing Concerns Over Data
Namibia has raised sovereignty, privacy and biological-resource concerns over the agreement, putting a potential funding package for its HIV and tuberculosis programmes…
East-Africa
Cancer Survivor Fights to Reform Zambia’s Health System
After a six-year closure, Zambia’s radiotherapy and imaging facility has reopened, raising hopes for patients battling cancer. Yet survivor and advocate Karen…
Somalia
RACIDA Donates Maternal and Newborn Health Equipment to Mandera Hospital
Mandera (AX) — Mothers and newborns at Mandera County Referral Hospital are set to receive improved care after the Rural Agency for…
Somalia
UNICEF warns Somalia’s deepening child crisis as hundreds of health and nutrition facilities close
Children in Somalia are facing a rapidly deepening humanitarian crisis as aid cuts close healthcare facilities, disrupt nutrition programs and make clean…
