Sirte's wrecked medical system even lacks X-ray film
Nov 2 Nigel Ash

Sirte's wrecked medical system even lacks X-ray film

By Ezideen Ahmad and Olfa Andolsi. Sirte's Ibn Sina Hospital where even X-ray film is lacking (File photo)Sirte and Tunis, 2 November 2017:At first si...

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Oct 11 Michel Cousins

PC looks to health insurance ideas

By Olfa Andolsi.Tunis, 11 October 2017:Moves to ensuring that the national health service is fully and effectively funded have taken a step forward wi...

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Apr 23 Michel Cousins

Five-day polio vaccination campaign completed

Tripoli, 23 April 2016:The first national polio vaccination campaign in Libya in two years ended yesterday, Friday. In a statement, the UN Children's...

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Gharyan organises vaccination drive
Feb 12 Newsdesk1

Gharyan organises vaccination drive

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 12 February 2015:A vaccine drive by the Ministry of Health (MOH) was launched Thursday in Gharyan.It will run for two w...

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Jan 7 Newsdesk1

No new swine flu cases in Libya says WHO

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 7 January 2015:The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that there have been no further cases of swine flu rep...

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Emergency disease-control meeting after 5 die with swine flu symptoms
Dec 29 Newsdesk1

Emergency disease-control meeting after 5 die with swine flu symptoms

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 29 December 2014:The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has held emergency meeting after five deaths from patie...

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Armed gang trashes National Disease Control Centre in unexplained attack
Jun 14 Nigel Ash

Armed gang trashes National Disease Control Centre in unexplained attack

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab. Tripoli, 14 June 2014:An armed gang wrecked and burnt part of Tripoli's National Centre for Disease Control in an attack invol...

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New medical journal launched in Tripoli
Jan 13 Callum Paton

New medical journal launched in Tripoli

By Taziz Hasairi.Tripoli, 13 January 2014:The launch of a new medical journal was celebrated yesterday at Tripoli's Abu Saleem Hospital.The Hospital M...

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"Support. Do not punish" plead Libyan AIDS sufferers
Dec 1 Nigel Ash

"Support. Do not punish" plead Libyan AIDS sufferers

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 1 December 2013:In line with the rest of the world, Libya has been marking World AIDS Day 2013 today in Tripoli. A big tent...

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Three deaths in Derna from unknown virus
Mar 12 Nihal Zaroug

Three deaths in Derna from unknown virus

Tripoli, 12 March 2013.Three people have died in Derna from a viral infection that the authorities suspect could be a form of the H1N1 virus. A post o...

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