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Africa: Hospital Debt, Detention and Dignity in Health
allAfrica, 27 December 2022
On December 22, 2022, Sakaja Arthur Johnson, the Governor of Nairobi County, Kenya’s capital, partnered with Cooperative Bank to release patients who had been detained… Read more »
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Nigeria: After Years of Neglect, Primary Healthcare Centres Collapse Nationwide
Vanguard, 28 December 2022
In Nigeria, all is not well with primary health care, widely regarded as the cornerstone of essential healthcare, access to Universal Health Care, and the attainment of… Read more »
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Africa: 2022 Year in Health - New Ebola and Cholera Outbreaks, MPox Emergency, Covid-19 'Not Over'
UN News, 27 December 2022
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and… Read more »
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Kenya: Sonko Claims He's Been Blocked From Helping Baby Sagini Whose Eyes Were Gouged Out
Capital FM, 26 December 2022
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko claims that he has been denied access to support the family of Baby Sagini whose eyes were gouged out in a bitter family feud. Read more »
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Uganda: Ssegirinya's Hospital Closed Due to Lack of Funds
Nile Post, 25 December 2022
Kawempe North Hospital which was founded by the jailed MP Muhammad Ssegirinya in July 2021 has been closed due to lack of funds to run the facility. Read more »
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Seychelles: Seychelles' Trainee Health Workers Moving to New Building At Start of 2023 Term
Seychelles News Agency, 23 December 2022
Health and social workers who are on training at the National Institute of Health and Social Services (NIHSS) will as of next year have a new building as their campus after the… Read more »
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Kenya: Mixed Reactions as Karen Hospital Charges Between Sh40,000 and 50,000 for Circumcision
Capital FM, 7 December 2022
Do you intend to circumcise your son? If the Karen Hospital is your preferred facility, you will be required to cough between Sh40,000 and Sh50,000 for the procedure. Read more »
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Uganda: It's Criminal for Hospitals to Detain Patients Over Unpaid Medical Bills
Observer, 7 July 2021
A Covid-19 patient who needs to acquire hospital care in Uganda must now employ a triple strategy to survive. Read more »