“It’s not just bullets and bombs. I have never seen health organisations as worried as they are about disease in Gaza, says Devi Sridhar According to Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the [ More … ]
Bhiri is being ‘deprived of his medication’ and ‘his life is threatened’, Ennahdha officials say. Family and friends of hunger-striking opposition MP Noureddine Bhiri warn he is ‘between life and death’ at a hospital after [ More … ]
The health sector in Egypt is facing multiple ongoing crises due to a sharp decline in the number of doctors, local and international media have reported. Financial problems have been cited as a reason for [ More … ]
According to Aljazeera news: Qatar bans travelers from Egypt over coronavirus fears Authorities in Qatar have temporarily banned all arrivals from Egypt, except Qatari citizens, over fears of the spread of deadly coronavirus. “As a public [ More … ]
Military commander’s spokesperson says he’s in good health amid reports he is in coma after suffering stroke Conflicting reports raised questions of the health of Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar. Al Jazeera network reported on [ More … ]
Moroccan Minister of Health Houcine El Ouardi has expressed his concern about the budget allocated to his ministry, which is far below World Health Organization (WHO) standards. At MAD 14.3 billion, the Ministry of Health’s [ More … ]
The official visit of Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to Algeria has been postponed because President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is “temporarily unavailable” due to “acute bronchitis,” said Monday the Presidency of the Republic in a communique. [ More … ]
BY: TAHA MELI ARVAS* It is difficult to write a finance column in times of great tragedy and so I would like to preface with some thoughts on the attack that took place on New Year’s [ More … ]
An Israeli court Friday rejected a request by hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayid to remove handcuffs which have strapped him to a hospital bed in Israel’s Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon since last month when he [ More … ]
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