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Gitega : a physician sentenced to three years in prison for refusing to help a child in danger
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 31, 2025 – The First Instance Court (TGI) of Gitega, in the political capital of Burundi, sentenced Dr. Diomède Kabura to three years of penal servitude on Wednesday for failure to assist a patient in danger. The...
Burundi : the public transportation crisis spreads, passengers and businesses on their knees
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 29, 2025 – In Burundi, a strike by bus and taxi drivers has paralyzed travel throughout the country since last Sunday. Fueled by fuel shortages and government sanctions, this crisis is plunging travelers and...
Rwanda launches airborne eye hospital training program
The Malaysian Star
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July 29, 2025
KIGALI, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda has launched a two-week medical treatment and training program aboard the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, a fully accredited ophthalmic teaching hospital on a converted MD-10 aircraft, at Kigali International Airport...
Uvira : 332 Burundian refugees repatriated in the face of hunger and insecurity
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, July 24, 2025 – A total of 332 Burundian refugees, divided into 74 households, have been repatriated to Burundi in recent weeks by the National Commission for Refugees (CNR) in collaboration with the United Nations High...
Lifesaving heart surgery brings hope to children from Burundi and Madagascar
Monaco Life
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July 27, 2025
Two young children have received critical cardiac surgery at the Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco, thanks to the Monaco Collectif Humanitaire (MCH) and its partner associations. Mia, a two-year-old from Burundi, and Fayah, aged nine from...
TMDA banks on its foolproof labs for safe, healthy, quality products
Daily News Tanzania
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July 26, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) said its commitment to ensure Tanzanians get safe, healthy, and quality products is now paying off ever since it invested in infrastructure and modern diagnostic equipment. The...
Government, EU Partner to Establish Rwanda as Regional Public Health Leader
KT Press Rwanda
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July 25, 2025
1 Rwanda, in partnership with the European Union and the Team Europe Initiative, has launched the TRIBE-HUB Project, a major initiative aimed at advancing the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC)’s role as a Regional Centre of Excellence (CoE) in public...
Hospitals first, schools next: Inside South Africa’s growing anti-foreigner movement
IOL
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Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published 21 hours ago 8min Hospitals today, schools and spaza shops are next. That's the warning from a group of illegal enforcers determined to drive foreigners out of the country. As anti-foreigner sentiment sweeps across...
Hospitals first, schools next: Inside South Africa’s growing anti-foreigner movement
IOL
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Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published 13 hours ago 8min Hospitals today, schools and spaza shops are next. That's the warning from a group of illegal enforcers determined to drive foreigners out of the country. As anti-foreigner sentiment sweeps across...
Burundi : where did the $908 million worth of minerals exported to the Emirates go?
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 17, 2025 — Between 2013 and 2023, the United Arab Emirates imported $1.3 billion worth of minerals from Burundi. Yet, according to consolidated figures from the Burundi Central Bank (BRB) and the United Nations...
Burundi eliminates trachoma and sets example for disease control in Africa
Medical News
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July 11, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the eighth country in WHO's African Region to reach this important milestone. Trachoma is also the first neglected...
Congolese Refugees in Burundi Face Dire Conditions Amid Great Lakes Crisis
Red Pepper
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July 23, 2025
By ENOSH MUHINDO Defraise In Burundi’s Burunga province, the Musenyi refugee camp has become a stark symbol of the humanitarian crisis gripping the Great Lakes region. Home to over 18,000 Congolese refugees fleeing violence in eastern Democratic...
Reconsider Travelling To Nigeria, Others Due To Poor Healthcare, Rising Kidnapping Cases – US Warns Citizens
Sahara Reporters
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The United States government has issued a new travel advisory warning its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, citing the country’s inadequate healthcare system, rising cases of kidnapping, terrorism, and violent crime by armed gangs. The...
Don’t Travel To Nigeria, There Is Kidnapping, Poor Healthcare— Us Govt
The Nigerian Voice
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The United States government has warned its citizens against travel to Nigeria over the spike in rate of kidnapping, terrorism, and armed gangs, among others. The government also cited unavailability of quality healthcare services as reasons for...
US urges citizens to reconsider planned trip to Nigeria over kidnapping, poor healthcare
Daily Post
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July 23, 2025
The US government has warned its citizens against travel to Nigeria over the unavailability of healthcare services, the increasing rate of kidnapping, terrorism, and armed gangs, among other crimes. The US gave the travel advisory as part of its...
U.S. Urges Citizens to Avoid Nigeria Due to Kidnapping, Terrorism, and Inadequate Healthcare
Nigerian Eye
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July 23, 2025
The U.S. government has updated its travel advisory, urging citizens to avoid travel to Nigeria due to heightened risks of kidnapping, terrorism, armed gang activity, and limited healthcare access. The advisory, part of a broader U.S. security...
Burundi : a demographic bomb in a country with a fragile economy
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 15, 2025 – The small east African nation is facing unprecedented population growth. Having grown from 8.5 million inhabitants in 2008 to over 13 million today, Burundi’s population continues to grow, putting a...
Tanzanian specialists operate on 57 patients in Gitega, head to Bujumbura
Daily News Tanzania
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July 21, 2025
BUJUMBURA: THE Chief Executive Officer of Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH), Prof. Abel Makubi, has led a team of specialists from the hospital to provide medical services to the people of Burundi in an ongoing medical outreach camp in Bujumbura...
Refugee camps in Burundi : between hunger, disease, and shattered hope
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, July 18, 2025 – In Burundi, refugee camps are facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. The drastic reduction in aid, the suspension of resettlement programs, and soaring market prices have made life virtually...
Capacity Building in Field Epidemiology in Sub Saharan Africa: Findings from Infectious Disease Field Epidemiology and Biostatistics in Africa (IDEA) Fellowship Program
Dove Medical Press
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July 19, 2025
Background Despite significant advancements in healthcare, diagnostic technologies, and global information systems, the frequency and magnitude of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EREIDs) continue to escalate.1,2 Accelerated by...