Dec 18 Sami Zaptia

Libyan health system is dysfunctional: WHO

By Sami Zaptia.Tunis, 18 December 2015:Libya’s health sector is dysfunctional, Jaffar Hussien WHO Libya Director, said at the UNDP-organized Second Li...

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Stinging sand-flies send scores to Tripoli hospitals
Oct 11 Nigel Ash

Stinging sand-flies send scores to Tripoli hospitals

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 11 October 2015:Skin sores, infectious ulcers, which triggered high fever, have sent scores of Tripoli residents to...

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Mar 19 Michel Cousins

Traffic deaths soar

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 19 March 2014:In a country that already had the highest traffic death rate in the world, the rate in Libya rose by a fu...

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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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Oct 13 Sami Zaptia

Draft Report on the National Health Systems Consultation Conference (LH500) held in Tripoli, Libya August 26th – 30th

Written by the following Drafting Committee Members;R El Oakley(*), A Aboutwerat, N Alageli, S Sager, E Aburawi, K Neami, R Kerwat, A Elfituri, H Zigl...

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Sep 11 Sami Zaptia

The Beginning of a New Era for the Libyan National Health System

By Mutaz O. ShegewiBoston, MA, USA 11 SeptemberI had the privilege of participating in the National Health Systems Conference that took place on the 2...

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Time to rebuild a "shattered" healthcare system
Jun 26 George Grant

Time to rebuild a "shattered" healthcare system

By Moez Zeiton.Tripoli, 26 June:The devastation left in the wake of the past year’s events has seen many unprecedented challenges for Libya’s leaders....

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Apr 12 Michel Cousins

Government bullish about integrity of Saif trial; promises elections will be on time.

By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, April 12“In the new Libya, even prisoners will have justice. It will be a state based on justice and human rights.”The comment...

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