#aljazeera.com. #Feb.07.2026 Why US-funded vaccine trial plan for babies in Guinea-Bissau caused outrage. The health trial by researchers at the University of Southern Denmark has been suspended by Bissau-Guinean authorities.
#Education #Health × #Guinea #Guinea-Bissau #Africa × #USA #Denmark #Europe #North America #Kingdom of Denmark
#bbc.com. #Feb.06.2026 US-South Africa funding: As American cash dries up the fight to stop Aids gets harder. Health experts fear that as testing and monitoring drops the risk of the further spread of HIV rises.
#Health × #Africa × #South America #South Africa #USA #North America #Americas
#bbc.com. #Feb.05.2026 South Sudan conflict: MSF says staff missing after air strikes hit hospital in Jonglei. MSF says a government air strike hit its hospital after another of its health facilities was looted.
#Health × #Sudan #Africa × #South Sudan
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.05.2026 South Sudan hospital hit by government air strike, MSF says. Medical NGO says targeted attacks have forced the closure of hospitals, while UN says 280,000 displaced in Jonglei.
#Health × #Sudan #Africa × #South Sudan
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.04.2026 The cold, hungry reality of displacement in war-torn Sudan’s Tawila. Displaced families who fled el-Fasher face dire conditions with no blankets, food shortages, and few medical supplies.
#Health × #Sudan #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. #Feb.03.2026 Palestinians hope for more after limited Rafah crossing opening – video. About 20,000 Palestinian children and adults needing medical care hope to leave the devastated territory via the crossing, according to Gaza health officials
#Health × #Africa × #Palestine #Asia
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.02.2026 Funeral insurance thrives as millions can’t afford healthcare in Zimbabwe. More Zimbabweans are preparing for death than survival as funeral policies are more popular than health insurance.
#Health × #Africa × #Zimbabwe
#theguardian.com. #Jan.23.2026 ‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended. Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns
#Health × #Politics #Guinea #Guinea-Bissau #Africa × #USA #North America
#nytimes.com. #Jan.22.2026 Kennedy Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked. RFK Jr. Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked
#Health × #Africa × #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. #Nov.19.2025 New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests. Sorfequiline shows stronger action than existing treatments against illness that killed 1.23 million last year
#Health × #PublicHoliday #New Year's Eve #Africa × #New Year
#aljazeera.com. #Nov.18.2025 Nestle accused of risking baby health in Africa. NGO says Swiss food giant is 'putting the health of babies at risk for profit' by adding sugar to babyfood.
#Health × #Africa × #USA #Switzerland #Europe #Asia #North America #Americas
#theguardian.com. #Nov.18.2025 ‘I had already given my baby a name’ – This is climate breakdown. It started with a migraine but ended in hospital. When Gowend had dengue the first time she had no idea she was pregnant. This is Gowend’s story
#Health × #Weather #Africa × #dengue fever
#theguardian.com. #Nov.17.2025 Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries. Campaigners say the company is contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, while the firm says it is helping to combat malnutrition
#Health × #Africa ×
#aljazeera.com. #Nov.17.2025 Ethiopia confirms three Marburg deaths as outbreak sparks regional alarm. Health authorities isolate more than 100 contacts as deadly hemorrhagic virus detected near South Sudan border.
#Health × #Sudan #Ethiopia #Africa × #South Sudan
#theguardian.com. #Nov.15.2025 Ethiopia confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus. Africa CDC says at least nine cases have been detected of Ebola-like illness, which kills up to 80% of those infected
#Health × #Ethiopia #Africa × #Ebola hemorrhagic fever
#theguardian.com. #Nov.15.2025 UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa. Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malaria
#Health × #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe
#aljazeera.com. #Nov.15.2025 Jailed Tunisian opposition figure hospitalised amid hunger strike: Family. Jawhar Ben Mbarek's sister said his health had 'severely deteriorated' and a 'dangerous toxin' was detected in his body.
#Health × #Africa × #Tunisia
#washingtonpost.com. #Nov.14.2025 Ethiopia reports first outbreak of Marburg, Ebola cousin with no vaccine. At least nine cases of the rare viral hemorrhagic fever have been confirmed, the World Health Organization said Friday.
#Health × #Ethiopia #Africa × #Ebola hemorrhagic fever #World Health Organization
#aljazeera.com. #Nov.14.2025 Ethiopia confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus. Nine cases reported in Ethiopia's Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system.
#Health × #Sudan #Ethiopia #Africa × #South Sudan
#aljazeera.com. #Nov.13.2025 Medical experts say Africa faces worst cholera outbreak in 25 years. Africa CDC recorded about 300,000 confirmed and suspected cases of cholera so far in 2025, a rise over last year.
#Health × #cholera #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. #Nov.13.2025 ‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK. British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows
#Health × #United Kingdom #Africa × #USA #Europe #North America #Americas #Zambia
#theguardian.com. #Nov.12.2025 French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal pardoned and to be released from prison. Eighty-one year-old, who has prostate cancer, can now be transferred from Algeria to Germany for medical treatment
#Health × #France #Africa × #Germany #Algeria #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Nov.10.2025 Waiting for the all-clear: how medics and villagers rallied when Ebola returned to DRC. If no new cases are reported in Bulape by early December, the country will have vanquished its 16th outbreak of the deadly virus since it was discovered there in 1976
#Health × #Africa × #Ebola hemorrhagic fever #Americas #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#bbc.com. #Mar.29.2025 Guinea ex-ruler Moussa Dadis Camara pardoned over stadium massacre. Moussa Dadis Camara, pardoned on health grounds, was less than a year into a 20-year sentence.
#Health × #Guinea #Africa ×
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