South Sudan Primary Health Care system may receive another hit as funding dwindling, thousands are at risk of reduced access to life-saving primary health care services. South Sudan’s health statistics are some of the world’s most alarming. The country suffers […]
The South Sudan Doctors’ Union (SSDU) have used their Labour Day statement to call for improvements to health professionals’ salaries and working conditions. The SSDU hailss the country’s medical professionals as ‘some of the most compassionate, hardworking and dedicated people […]
In Kenya, persons living with HIV/AIDS fear dying because of a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) to save them from the disease. The patients have begun to pile pressure on the government with protests. Protesters wore t-shirts and carried posters […]
A new report has suggested that more than 200 children were born with deformities caused by suspected environmental pollution in the oilfields. A research firm, Nile Initiative for Health and Environment, says it recorded over 218 cases of birth defects […]
Canadian health authorities said Saturday the country has recorded a second case of rare but serious blood clotting linked to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, but still recommend the shot for use. The patient, who lives in the western province of Alberta […]
The campaign for cataract surgeries for 550 eye patients is being sponsored by the Catholic Church Diocese of Wau. About 550 eye patients from Western Bahr el Ghazal, Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap states are set to undergo free […]
At the height of the pandemic last April, I saw Facebook posts from friends and relatives in South Sudan showing top-level government officials wearing clip-on tags dubbed “virus removal cards”. The cards were said to contain chemicals that could prevent […]
East Africa’s largest referral hospital, Kenyatta in Kenya, has suspended planned surgeries for patients due to an acute shortage of supplemental oxygen. The hospital’s boss, Evanson Kamuri, says surgeries will resume once the oxygen supply normalises. “Some of the critical […]
Kenya is experiencing an acute shortage of antiretroviral drugs after USAID, which exports them, halted supply through the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) which it accuses of corruption and mismanagement. Kemsa has long denied any wrongdoing. Some 1.5 million Kenyans […]
Today at 4PM, I saw a text in our Anataban WhatsApp group that said; “Emergency, Trisha C has been involved in a bad accident her legs are badly damaged we need blood group A+ now at Juba teaching”. I said, […]
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