Buckling Gaza health service turns to volunteers
GazaReuters Gaza medical chiefs are turning to volunteers to help run an emergency service buckling under Israel’s offensive as ambulances struggle to reach bomb sites past rubble-strewn roads and with ever-depleting supplies of fuel. Medical and emergency staff have worked with little rest and are deploying in the most dangerous areas, witnessing the horror of […]
Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasion
London, UKReuters Ukraine is running low on critical medical supplies and has had to halt urgent efforts to curb a polio outbreak since Russia invaded the country, public health experts say. Medical needs are already acute, with the World Health Organization warning on Sunday that oxygen supplies were running out. A boy receives polio vaccine […]
Somali doctors open war-scarred nation’s only public blood bank
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters When Somalia’s biggest bomb blast killed more than 500 people in 2017, Dr Ahmed Abdikadir Mohamed watched helplessly as many of the injured bled to death. Exactly one year later, in October 2018, Mohamed opened Benadir Blood Service, Somalia’s first public blood bank since 1991. Mohamed Abdi Hussein donates blood next to Rage […]
Haiti’s hospitals close to collapse as fuel remains scarce
Port-au-PrinceReuters Desperate to have her infant son Pierre admitted to hospital to treat his anemia and diarrhea, Mirlande Cherie set out two weeks ago on an odyssey to find a medical facility that had not already been shuttered by Haiti’s fuel shortages. Cherie rode on the back of a motorcycle with Pierre in her arms […]
“Hospitals are full” as Argentina COVID-19 cases hit three million
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentina coronavirus cases hit three million on Sunday since the pandemic began, as medical workers said hospitals were full to capacity despite toughened government measures to bring down the spread of infections. The country’s health ministry said there were 11,394 new cases over the last 24-hour period, bringing up the grim new […]
Mexico ordered to guarantee coronavirus healthcare to migrants
Mexico CityThomson Reuters Foundation A judge ordered the Mexican Government to extend its coronavirus protections to migrants, ruling that healthcare be guaranteed to detainees and temporary residence permits given to those especially vulnerable to the disease. The ruling, made public on Friday, came after more than 40 advocacy groups and charities filed a legal challenge […]
Ebola: Why US survivor Dr Kent Brantly is returning to the mission field
In an article published by Religion News Service, BOBBY ROSS, Jr, talks to Ebola survivor Dr Kent Brantly about why he’s returning to Africa…
US: ‘MEDICAL RESPITE’ OFFERS A PLACE TO REST IN CITIES BATTLING HOMELESSNESS
CAREY L BIRON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the US…
Acid attack survivors say Cambodia illegally denying them care
Thomson Reuters Foundation For Moung Sreymom, survival comes down to accessing doctors that will treat her wounds for free. As the target of an acid attack in Cambodia, the law entitles Sreymom to free medical care at state hospitals. But she – and many others like her – are yet to receive any. The cover […]
As Europe tightens its borders, migrants’ health at risk – WHO report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Language barriers and fears of deportation are preventing asylum seekers and migrants accessing medical care in Europe, with some governments denying them treatment altogether, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Discrimination, lack of local knowledge or finance has also kept migrants without legal status from getting basic medical care in Europe, […]