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Veterinary experts laud Tanzania’s role in advancing animal health
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania has reaffirmed its position as a continental leader in animal health through the production of internationally certified livestock vaccines—strengthening Africa’s drive to eradicate deadly animal diseases, particularly...
Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday
Metro
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June 19, 2025
Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...
Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday
Metro
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June 19, 2025
Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...
Tanzania’s Health Minister elected to serve regional health body
Daily News Tanzania
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June 18, 2025
DJIBOUTI: TANZANIA’s Minister of Health, Jenista Mhagama, has been elected Vice Chairperson of the Regional Steering Committee (ResCo) of Health Ministers for Community Health in Eastern Africa. The appointment was made on June 17, 2025, following...
Eritrea: Workshop On Reducing Environmental Pollution
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, June 15, 2025/APO Group/ -- A workshop aimed at addressing health problems affecting humans and livestock, as well as environmental pollution caused by unsafe waste management and plastic use,...
How Trump's travel ban could disrupt the way knowledge about health is shared
Little Rock Public Radio - Arkansas
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June 17, 2025
Abdul-Rahman Edward Koroma was supposed to be in New York last week. For months, the disability rights activist from Sierra Leone had been looking forward to his trip to the United Nations session. He had a busy schedule of meetings and official...
Eritrea: World Blood Donor Day Observed At National Level
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, June 15, 2025/APO Group/ -- World Blood Donor Day, 14 June, was observed at the national level in Asmara under the theme“Give Blood, Give Hope – Together We Save Lives.” Ms. Alem Berhe,...
Meles Zenawi asks Egypt to deport Eritrean refugees to Ethiopia (and not Eritrea)
Zehabesha
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WASHINGTON, DC – The government of Meles Zenawi in Addis Ababa is ready to receive thousands of Eritrean refugees “stranded in Egypt and scheduled for deportation,” an Eritrean opposition website reported on Saturday. “The Ethiopian government has...
Work on ‘neglected’ diseases affecting millions honoured with OBE
Ross Shire Journal
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June 16, 2025
Simon Bush: “This award is also a recognition of the brilliant Sightsavers’ teams who have spent decades working on NTDs as well as our partners in ministries of health and countless community health workers.”Picture: David HillsA TRAILBLAZER who...
Eritrea: Meeting Aimed At Strengthening Organizational Capacity
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) A meeting aimed at strengthening the organizational capacity and unity of nationals residing in the Republic of South Sudan was conducted on 6 June in Juba. The meeting was attended by heads of the Eritrean community, the...
National Tobacco Control Conference Held In Asmara
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, June 15, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with its partners, organized a National Tobacco Control Conference on 13 June at the National Confederation of Eritrean...
Eritrea: Effective Achievements In Ensuring Blood Supply
MENAFN
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June 11, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Mr. Bereket Mosazgi, secretary of the National Voluntary Blood Donors Association, reported that significant achievements have been registered in ensuring a consistent blood supply to health facilities through voluntary blood...
Refugee numbers reach record high as global aid funding drop...
Modern Ghana
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Aid and human rights agencies gathered on Friday under the umbrella of World Refugee Day to call for solidarity with people forced to flee their homes due to war, persecution or famine at a time when global funding for aid is dropping. The decline...
Trump’s Foreign Student Crackdown Puts These 16 Struggling Colleges At Risk
Forbes
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St. Francis College is trying to turn things around. After operating in a deficit since fiscal year 2017, the 166-year-old Roman Catholic college in Brooklyn, New York, ended fiscal 2023 with $66 million in net income, thanks largely to the $160...
Asmara Marathon creates opportunities for emerging athletes
Xinhua News Agency
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ASMARA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 Asmara Marathon kicked off on Sunday in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, attracting more than 10,000 runners to participate in a range of categories, including a public joint run, a wheelchair race, a women's...
Eritrea: How President Isaias Afwerki took everyone, including the Veteran Freedom Fighters, for a Ride
Awate
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June 6, 2025
I aim to demonstrate not only how the former freedom fighters were misled, lied to, and exploited by the regime after independence, but also how their non-interventionist approach betrayed the very people they fought so hard to liberate from...
Eritrea: World Environment Day Observed At National Level
MENAFN
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June 5, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, June 5, 2025/APO Group/ -- World Environment Day, 5 June, was observed at the national level at the Central Region Administration Hall under the theme“Ending Plastic Pollution.” The occasion...
The long walk home
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 21, 2025
‘We Are Not Protesting Peace. We Are Demanding It’ Displaced Tigrayans call for the return to lands they never chose to leave, and a peace they’ve yet to see The morning sun rose over Mekelle to find them already there—displaced, grieving, but...
Between Liberalization and Geopolitics: Ethiopia’s Quest for Economic Stability, Sea Access
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 21, 2025
Tsegaye Degineh (PhD) is a prominent economist, management expert, and public diplomacy researcher whose life journey has spanned continents and careers. Born in Addis Ababa, he left Ethiopia for East Germany in 1988 at the age of 20, driven by a...
Trump’s travel ban could impact international medical patients
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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June 9, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - On Monday, President Donald Trump’s newest travel ban goes into effect. The order bans 12 countries, mostly in the Middle East and Africa. They include: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo,...