Liberia has successfully installed its largest oxygen plant on Bushrod Island, located at the Star Base facility, with support from WHO, the governments of Germany, the United States, and Canada.…
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Gambia: Committee set to probe cough syrup deaths
The Gambian parliament on Wednesday formed a four-member expert committee to investigate the report sent by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the deaths of more than 80 children in…
Uganda: Ebola attacks six minors from the same family
Six children from one family have tested positive for the Ebola virus in Kampala. The children are members of a family of seven exposed to the disease by a relative…
Cameroon: Yaoundé braces for four days without tap water
People living in Cameroon’s capital city could be without tap water for up to four days, the state-owned water company Camwater has warned. Camwater says the potential interruption to Yaoundé’s…
India: 100 million doses of expired Covid vaccine destroyed by manufacture
Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it had to dump 100 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine after they expired. The firm stopped producing Covishield in…
Indonesia: Ban on all syrup medicines after deaths of 99 children
The deaths of nearly 100 children in Indonesia have prompted the country to suspend sales of all syrup and liquid medication. It comes just weeks after a cough syrup in…
Nigeria: Doctors being ‘targeted’ in kidnappings
Doctors are being “targeted” for kidnappings in Nigeria and find themselves victims partly because bandits have the “impression” they are rich, the president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors…
USA: 11 dead as flesh-eating bacteria illness cases spike
The Florida county that was devastated by Hurricane Ian last month has seen a surge in cases of flesh-eating bacteria illnesses and deaths. Officials say Lee County, where the category…
Rwanda: MPs oppose contraceptives for 15-year-olds
Rwandan parliament has rejected a bill to amend a 2016 law to allow contraceptives to be given to girls from the age of 15. A group of MPs had introduced…
Kenya: Africa’s health boss mistreated at German airport
The acting head of the African Centres for Disease Control (CDC), Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, has returned to Kenya after allegedly being mistreated over the weekend by immigration officials at Frankfurt…