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Nikkiso to supply life-saving oxygen plants in Kenya and Tanzania
Medical oxygen is crucial for surgery, emergency care, and the treatment of severe respiratory conditions, areas where supply remains dangerously short across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Loneliness kills 870,000 people every year at the rate of 100 deaths per hour
Loneliness is described as the painful feeling that arises from a gap between desired and actual social connections, while social isolation refers to the objective lack of sufficient social connections.
Tanzania Food Products in the eyes of Access to Nutrition Initiative’s health study
A Question-and-Answer interview with Katherine Pittore, the head of policy and communication at Access to Nutrition Initiative and Bo-Jane Woods, the partnership manager at ATNi.
Libyan man sails 1200 kilometers across the Sea by boat, seeking his daughter’s medical treatment in Italy
Libyans are using the heart-breaking story of the father who sails the high seas in a fragile boat simply to seek medical interventions for his child abroad to be a wake-up call for the entire nation spilt with conflicts.
Nearly 300 million people around the world use drugs
An estimated 6.7 percent of the population aged between 15 and 64 years used drugs, and more than 3.4 million people suffered from drug use disorders.
Food and Beverage companies in Tanzania don’t share nutrition values on products
Together, the four companies covered in the study represent an estimated 48 percent of the formal packaged Food and Beverage market in Tanzania.
Over 6.0 billion people protected through Tobacco control efforts
However, 36 percent of the global population now lives in countries that have run best-practice campaigns, up from just 19 percent in 2022.
As Sickle Cell Disease kills 400,000 people yearly, global guideline to counter cases during pregnancy launches
At least 8 in 10 cases of sickle cell disease are reported in Africa, as well as parts of the Middle East, the Caribbean, and South Asia.
Medical supplies jet into Idlib, bringing critical care to 150,000 people in Syria
Delivered in 3 trucks and weighing nearly 20 tons, the shipment will enable approximately 450,000 treatment courses, helping sustain care for an estimated 150,000 people.
Mercy Ships set sail from August for next medical voyages
Since its initial arrival in Freetown in August 2023, the world’s largest purpose-built civilian hospital ship has provided over 3,630 free surgeries and training for more than 290 healthcare professionals.