More than 95,000 patients are awaiting surgeries in Cuba, including over 5,000 cancer procedures, while nearly 2,900 hemodialysis patients have suffered treatment disruptions due to water and electricity failures, as, Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported on Tuesday Deputy minister Carilda Peña García detailed on state television how the tightened U.S. economic and energy […]

Cuba used the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to advance cooperation with Russia and reaffirm its support for BRICS-led multilateral initiatives.

One in three Americans cut basic spending to afford healthcare, while costs also delay major life decisions.

Mass demonstrations took place in Madrid on Sunday, February 8, against the administration of President of the Community Isabel Ayuso and in defense of the right to healthcare. While organizers estimated attendance at 80,000 people, authorities lowered the figure to 8,000. RELATED: Spanish train drivers call a strike for railway safety after tragic accidents Protesters […]

Guatemalan lawmakers and activists call for immediate attention to the needs of girls and pregnant women in Gaza amid ongoing conflict.

A devastating attack on Al Mujlad Hospital in Sudan’s West Kordofan state has left more than 40 people dead, including children and health workers, in one of the deadliest assaults on healthcare since the country’s civil war began in April 2023.   The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described the incident as […]

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has strongly denounced the deliberate bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan, as two helicopter gunships targeted the facility’s pharmacy and opened fire on the town for 30 minutes, killing at least seven people and wounding 20 patients and MSF staff. The destruction of the hospital’s pharmacy, which housed […]

The advance of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has exacerbated an already fragile healthcare system. The escalating conflict between the rebels and the Congolese armed forces has made it increasingly challenging for hospitals to care for wounds sustained in the fighting. A total of 34 healthcare facilities in North Kivu […]

On Thursday, Kenya launched a community health initiative backed by the African Union and global aid agencies to enhance primary healthcare for the under-served population. RELATED: Kenya Puts Police Deployment in Haiti on Hold The program, titled the Resilient and Empowered African Community Health (REACH), is under the auspices of AU members and will train […]

On Tuesday, the government of Tanzania thanked the Chinese government for dispatching medical teams to help improve healthcare for people in the East African country. RELATED: Tanzania Hit by Flash Floods and Landslides Over the last six decades, more than 1,500 members of the Chinese medical team have been dispatched to Tanzania, said Paschal Ruggajo, […]