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Historic Pig Liver

Historic Pig Liver Transplant in China Saves Patient

In May 2024, Chinese doctors performed the world’s first pig liver transplant at Anhui Medical ...

  • 9 October 2025
  • Health
Congo

Congo Health Crisis: 200+ Facilities Face Medicine Shortages

In 2025, over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo face critical medicine shortages. The Congo ...

  • 9 October 2025
  • Health
Elephants

New Vaccine Shields Young Elephants from Deadly Virus

A new vaccine protects young elephants from elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), a deadly virus that ...

  • 8 October 2025
  • Health
Child with Malaria

Cameroon’s Child Malaria Deaths Rise Amid U.S. Aid Cuts

Nine-month-old Mohamat from northern Cameroon burned with fever for three days. His family took him ...

  • 2 October 2025
  • Health
NARD, Doctors

Nigerian Doctors Demand Workload Reform

On October 1, 2025, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) announced that resident doctors ...

  • 2 October 2025
  • Health
Sudan's Aid

Sudan’s Aid Network Wins 2025 Right Livelihood Award

On October 1, 2025, Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERR) earned the prestigious Right Livelihood Award ...

  • 1 October 2025
  • Health
Drug

Pharmacists Demand Drug System Overhaul

On September 30, 2025, pharmacists in Lagos demanded urgent reforms to Nigeria’s chaotic drug distribution ...

  • 30 September 2025
  • Health
NMA, Doctors

Nigeria Loses Doctors to Global Recruiters, NMA Warns

Professor Bala Audu, President of the Nigerian Medical Association, warned on September 30, 2025, that ...

  • 30 September 2025
  • Health
DR CONGO

DRC Faces New Ebola Outbreak in Kasai Province

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is confronting a new Ebola outbreak in Bulape Health ...

  • 25 September 2025
  • Health
SUDAN

Sudan Faces Dengue Fever Surge Amid War

Sudan’s health minister, Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, said on September 23, 2025, that tens of thousands ...

  • 24 September 2025
  • Health
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