healthcare

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's recent visit to London has been met with outcry, with his critics furious over his frequent trips abroad for medical treatment and the country's weak healthcare system. Buhari, 78, has made several trips to London since coming to power in 2015 and the leader was re-elected for another four-year term in 2019. Although his illness has never been made public, Buhari admitted during one of the trips that he had "never been so ill" and that he had received several blood…

The majority of the health facilities we visited either worked half or not at all. This means that the people who live no longer have access to the health care system, which is no longer functional. Health workers no longer feel safe working. And on top of all this, the majority of the ambulances are no longer there, they are confiscated. There are very few of them today in Tigray. This means that a patient cannot be referred to a more advanced care service if necessary. Women who need to give…

In Madagascar, paramedics are unhappy. They are still waiting to pay their requisition surcharges during the Covid-19 epidemic. For just over seven months, they were obliged by the state to fight the virus across the country. But none of the island's 7,265 nurses, nurses and midwives received these benefits, says the healthcare association, which has repeatedly challenged the Ministry of Health.…