#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2025 × ‘I am willing to die’: hunger-striking mother of writer jailed in Egypt fights on in London hospital bed. After more than 150 days without food, Laila Soueif says she will continue until there is some positive news from Cairo
#Health × #Politics #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe #Egypt
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2025 × Macron says French-Algerian author under ‘arbitrary detention’ in Algeria. French president voices concern for health of Boualem Sansal, who is on hunger strike over his imprisonment
#Health × #Politics #France #Africa × #Algeria #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2025 × US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’. Cuts could result in 500,000 deaths over the next 10 years in the country, research suggests
#Health × #Africa × #South Africa #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2025 × Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids. Peter Marocco sends letter to UNAids terminating US involvement in serious blow to live-saving health service
#Health × #Politics #Morocco #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2025 × Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader. Focusing foreign aid on infectious diseases has allowed a rise in cancer and diabetes that African governments don’t have resources to fight, says Dr Githinji Gitahi
#Health × #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2025 × Bird flu spreads to third property as farmers warn Australia’s egg shortage could be prolonged. Agriculture Victoria says H7N8 strain of avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm at Euroa
#Health × #Seychelles #Africa × #influenza #Australian continent #Australia #avian influenza #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2025 × ‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia. Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we e
#Health × #Ethiopia #Africa × #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.14.2025 × ‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe. Facilities have been forced to close as halt in funding impacts country’s donor-dependent health sector
#Health × #Africa × #Zimbabwe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.11.2025 × Dirty water and endless wars: why cholera outbreaks are on the rise again. The number of cases globally has surged since 2021, as war and the climate crisis pile pressure on vaccine supplies
#Health × #Weather #cholera #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.10.2025 × Fears grow for health of social media influencer arrested on live TV in Sierra Leone. Hawa Hunt’s detention a month ago was politically motivated, say daughter and rights groups, who also raise concerns about her treatment in jail
#Health × #Sierra Leone #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2025 × Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients. Scientists in Nigeria found the insects carry infections resistant to last-resort antibiotics, adding to fears about superbugs
#Health × #Science #Nigeria #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2025 × Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 declares unilateral ceasefire in DRC. Announcement came after UN health agency said at least 900 people were killed in fighting between the rebels and DR Congo forces in eastern city of Goma
#Health × #Politics #Rwanda #Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
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