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How Mission Hospitals Are Combating Africa’s Medical ‘Brain Drain’
The Dispatch
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June 29, 2025
Most of us are probably familiar with the term “brain drain” and how it’s affecting Africa, whose population is skewing younger and increasing rapidly. By 2050, 1 in 4 people on earth will be African, according to estimates by the United Nations....
EXPOSED:Eswatini Government now ‘forcing’ patients to sign discharge forms amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals to avoid being sued, document designed to exonerate State.
Swaziland News
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By Musa Mdluli MBABANE:The eSwatini Government is now forcing patients to sign discharge forms designed to exonerate the State amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals. The document has been designed to appear as if the patients who are...
Asantehene bemoans non-completion of 18-year-old stalled KNUST Teaching Hospital
Joy FM
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June 28, 2025
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has renewed calls for the completion of the KNUST Teaching Hospital, which has stalled for over 18 years. The medical centre, which was expected to be completed within 6 years of its commencement, currently...
Eswatini’s Monarch Advocates for Traditional Leaders in African Governance
News Ghana
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June 26, 2025
King Mswati III of Eswatini has urged African governments to formally integrate traditional authorities into national development frameworks, calling them indispensable partners in addressing continental challenges. The monarch’s remarks came...
OPINION:Why King Mswati spends millions on international trips with his children while emaSwati die in public hospitals amid shortage of drugs?.
Swaziland News
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By Zweli Martin Dlamini King Mswati has once again showed emaSwati a middle finger, he took an international trip to Ghana with his children and, the trip comes at a huge cost for the country struggling with a health crisis. As usual, the King’s...
The future of global health, without the United States
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Towards the end of his first presidency, Donald Trump ordered a US withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in a spat over its refusal to say that the COVID-19 virus was a Chinese laboratory leak. When the Biden administration came to...
GIJN Welcomes 12 New Members, from Cyprus to Eswatini
Global Investigative Journalism Network
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June 24, 2025
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Eswatini in shock as king Mswati’s health deteriorates
The Maravi Post
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June 20, 2025
In a shocking revelation, sources close to the Royal Family in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have confirmed that King Mswati III’s health has taken a significant turn for the worse. According to insiders, the monarch has been admitted to his...
Residents clean Kumasi in wait for King Mswati III of Eswatini Kingdom
The Chronicle News Online
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June 23, 2025
Residents in Kumasi under the supervision of the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies, embarked on a massive clean-up exercise to promote environmental cleanliness. Enthusiastic participants cleaned up streets, markets and...
Best Southern African Songs of 2025 So Far - Mid-Year Roundup
OkayAfrica
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June 30, 2025
Southern Africa's music scene is currently undergoing an exhilarating renaissance — a vibrant blend of history and boundary-pushing innovation. Across the region, artists are boldly redefining genres, merging the ancestral with the avant-garde,...
Eswatini government determined to ban single-use plastic despite push back by pro-plastic lobbyists
Down to Earth
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Despite the Eswatini parliament’s suspension of the legislation banning single-use plastics for another seven years, the country’s Prime Minister Russell Dlamini has assured the recent Third United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC3) that the...
Why do African leaders flee to foreign hospitals instead of fixing theirs at home?
The Zimbabwean
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June 20, 2025
Tendai Ruben Mbofana Once again, Africa finds itself watching in stunned silence as one of its most powerful monarchs, King Mswati III of eSwatini, reportedly battles a deteriorating health condition that has stirred growing concern within and...
Mbabane East MP Welcome Dlamini says MPs and Ministers’ Medical Aid must be stopped, politicians treated at Government hospitals so that they can feel the pain of emaSwati amid shortage of drugs.
Swaziland News
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By Musa Mdluli LOBAMBA:Welcome Dlamini, the Mbabane East Member of Parliament(MPs) says, perhaps MPs and Cabinet Ministers must have their Medical Aid benefit forfeited so that, they can feel the pain like all emaSwati amid shortage of drugs in...
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...
Lubombo MP Futhie ‘MaMkhize’ Ngcamphalala warns eSwatini might soon be a failed State as everything falls apart, says shortage of drugs in public hospitals worsening.
Swaziland News
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By Bongiwe Dlamini LOBAMBA:Futhie ‘MaMkhize’ Ngcamphalala, the Lubombo Regional Member of Parliament(MP) is worried that, eSwatini might soon be a failed State as everything falls apart. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, the Honorable MP said,...
Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council announces clean-up exercise ahead of visit by King of Eswatini
3News.com
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June 18, 2025
The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (ARCC), under the leadership of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has announced a clean-up exercise across all Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies. This exercise, scheduled...
India hosts 2nd policymakers' forum to strengthen global collaboration on drug standards, access to affordable medicines
ETPharma.com
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June 17, 2025
New Delhi: The Second Policymakers' Forum, aimed at promoting the recognition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia, was inaugurated on Sunday at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in the national capital. The event was being organised by the Indian Pharmacopoeia...
India News | India Hosts 2nd Policymakers' Forum to Strengthen Global Collaboration on Drug Standards, Access to Affordable Medicines
Latestly
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June 16, 2025
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The Second Policymakers' Forum, aimed at promoting the recognition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia, was inaugurated on Sunday at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in the national capital. The event was being organised by the...
Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers Smt. Anupriya Patel delivers keynote address at the inaugural session of Second Policymakers’ Forum
Odisha Diary
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June 16, 2025
Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Smt. Anupriya Patel, delivered the keynote address at the inaugural session of the Second Policymakers’ Forum organised by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), here...