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Ghana: Resolve Global Fund Donation Impasse to Avert Health Calamity
[Ghanaian Times] On page 9 of our yesterday issue is a story in which the Coalition of CSO Networks in HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria is calling on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assist in the clearing of locked-up Global Fund-donated health care items at Tema Port, valued at over US$40 million. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news

Liberia: Healthy Hands Initiative Dedicates a Hand Pump for Orphans At Inshallah Orphanage Home
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Healthy Hands Initiative has dedicated a modern hand-pump for occupants of the Ishallah Orphanage in Barnesville-Kebbah, Montserrado County. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Liberia West Africa Source Type: news

Kenya: Striking Kenyan Doctors Hold Demonstrations in Nairobi Amid Stalemate
[VOA] Nairobi -- Kenyan doctors held new demonstrations Tuesday in their push for better pay and working conditions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Labour Source Type: news

Sudan: Statement on Sudan from MSF International President
[MSF] ''Sudan is one of the worst crises the world has seen for decades. There are extreme levels of suffering across the country; the needs are growing by the day, but the humanitarian response is deeply inadequate. We have responded to multiple mass casualty events and emergencies over the past year. We have performed life-saving surgical procedures, assisted women to give birth - including with emergency C-sections - and treated children in our paediatric wards and inpatient therapeutic (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news

Sudan: MSF Fact Sheet - One Year of War in Sudan
[MSF] Since war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April 2023, millions of people have lived through intense fighting, including airstrikes, bombing, shooting and assaults. Looting has been widespread and attacks on individuals, including sexual violence, remain a defining feature of the war. An estimated 8.5 million people have been forcibly displaced, according to the United Nations. Many of them are living in under-resourced, under-served camps in Sudan and (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Governance Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news

Uganda: Kabale Launches Sanitation Week
[Nile Post] The national Sanitation Week 2024 is being commemorated under the theme, "Sanitation and hygiene for all; a key to sustainable health living". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Environment Health and Medicine Uganda Water and Sanitation Source Type: news

Sudan: Dengue Fever Threatens Khartoum Bahri
[Dabanga] Bahri -- In an interview with Radio Dabanga yesterday, Ryan Saleh Eldin denounced the security situation and lack of medicine in Bahri (Khartoum North), where there are over 300 suspected cases of dengue fever. "The humanitarian conditions in Bahri are constantly deteriorating and there are no signs of the current crisis abating," a doctor from the Bahri Emergency Room told Radio Dabanga yesterday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news

Kenya: Ruto Vows Radical Reforms On Health Claims Under Digital Health Law
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has vowed radical reforms on processing of health insurance claims under a Digital Health law currently under consideration by Parliament. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news

Sierra Leone: Controversy Over Kush Fight - Attorney-General, DPP React to IG's Allegations
[Concord] Expressing frustrations over the lack of proper coordination in the fight against drug abuse in the country, the Inspector General of Police, William Fayia Sellu made several allegations against state institutions, including Sierra Leone's Airport and Sea Port as places where illegal drugs are smuggled into the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Sierra Leone West Africa Source Type: news

Sierra Leone: Kush Might Annihilate Sierra Leone's Youthful Population
[Concord] At around 8:25 am, Tuesday 26th March 2024, this medium went to the Hastings Community, Western Area Rural, were youths crammed into a shack shrouded in Kush smoke. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Sierra Leone West Africa Source Type: news

Africa: WHO Sounds Alarm On Viral Hepatitis Infections Claiming 3500 Lives Each Day
[WHO] According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, the number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis is increasing. The disease is the second leading infectious cause of death globally -- with 1.3 million deaths per year, the same as tuberculosis, a top infectious killer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news

Kenya: Doctors' Strike Declared Illegal As It Enters 4th Week
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kithure Kindiki, has outlawed the KMPDU-led doctors' strike, citing a court order. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Legal and Judicial Affairs Source Type: news

Malawi: Water Rise Levels in Mangochi Worry Health Authorities
[Nyasa Times] Health authorities in Mangochi are worried with the unprecedented water rise levels which they fear could trigger water borne diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news

South Africa: Health Services in the Eastern Cape - What Changed Since the Last Elections?
[spotlight] In this analysis, Luvuyo Mehlwana looks back at the performance of public healthcare services in the Eastern Cape over the last five years - a term characterised by leadership instability, infrastructure problems, financial short-falls, and of course the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news

Mozambique: 'Misinformation About Cholera Outbreak' Led to 97 Boat Deaths
[VOA] Maputo, Mozambique -- At least 97 people died when an overloaded boat capsized and sank off the coast of Mozambique late Sunday, state-run Radio Mozambique reported, citing local officials. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news