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Women need safer access to health care in war situations

Friday, March 06, 2009

In the run-up to International Women's Day, 8 March, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that the specific health-care...

SIERRA LEONE: Government weighs “hybrid” health care plan

Thursday, February 05, 2009

The Sierra Leone government is considering a health care plan that would combine a national insurance scheme with totally free care for the neediest...

WEST AFRICA: When there is no village doctor

Thursday, February 05, 2009

An international financial recession threatens to worsen the “severe medical workforce crisis” faced by almost 60 African and Asian countries,...

Upper Fulladou residents clean Bansang Hospital

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Over 300 people from Upper Fulladou West Constituency, on Saturday November 1, embarked on a massive cleansing exercise at the Bansang Hospital, in...

WEST AFRICA: Weighing free health care for all

Saturday, October 18, 2008

West African governments considering lifting health care fees for all will soon have a guide to manage the financial impact of the move. The guide,...

Illiassa donates to DOSH

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Lamin Kebba Jammeh, National Assembly Member for Illiassa, on behalf of his constituency, on Wednesday, donated hospital equipments to the Department...

Sudan: Responding to humanitarian needs in Darfur and Abyei

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field ICRC teams carried out nearly 80 field missions in more than 60 rural areas throughout South, North and...

HORN OF AFRICA: The pastoralist way of life – a fragile future for millions of children

IRIN

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Pastoralist children in the Horn of Africa face some of the greatest challenges and are among the most vulnerable in the world, according to a new...