1.2 million Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Tripoli today with 800,000 Sinopharm doses expected tomorrow and another 500,000 of Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca expected soon
Aug 2 Sami Zaptia

1.2 million Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Tripoli today with 800,000 Sinopharm doses expected tomorrow and another 500,000 of Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca expected soon

By Sami Zaptia.London, 2 August 2021:1.2 million doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm anti-Coronavirus vaccines arrived by plane at Mitiga airport toda...

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Jun 8 Sami Zaptia

Lack of funds, power and fuel cuts, security threats, medicine shortages and closures beset Libyan health sector: WHO Libya 2020 report

By Sami Zaptia.The 2020 WHO Libya report says the country's health sector was beset with a myriad of problems (Logo: WHO).London, 8 June 2021:More tha...

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Jun 12 Sami Zaptia

15 new Coronavirus cases announced in Libya, taking country’s total to 393

By Sami Zaptia.(NCDC).London, 12 June 2020:Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 15 new Coronavirus cases of yesterday. This br...

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Jul 19 Sami Zaptia

Medics resign in protest at CBL political interference

By Sami Zaptia.The Tripoli Ministry of Health has blamed the Tripoli CBL for political interference in government policy for collapsing the treatment...

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Benghazi Medical Centre managers arrested
Jul 19 Nigel Ash

Benghazi Medical Centre managers arrested

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi Medical Centre (File photo)Benghazi, 19 July 2017:The top management of Benghazi Medical Centre has been arrested t...

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Bani Walid hospital “may close” because of shortages but deliveries arrive in Gharyan
Jun 20 Michel Cousins

Bani Walid hospital “may close” because of shortages but deliveries arrive in Gharyan

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 20 June 2016:Bani Walid hospital has run out of medical supplies and may be forced to close, its director has warned.Accor...

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May 11 Michel Cousins

Bani Walid and Misrata hospitals running out of supplies

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 11 May 2016:The hospital in Bani Walid has become the latest to warn that it is in crisis because of a severe shorta...

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Libya wants $50m assistance from WHO - but the money is not there
Jan 29 Nigel Ash

Libya wants $50m assistance from WHO - but the money is not there

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 29 January 2016:Libya has begged the World Health Organisation to press ahead with a $50-million assistance program...

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Libyan hospitals facing "humanitarian disaster"
Sep 19 Nigel Ash

Libyan hospitals facing "humanitarian disaster"

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 19 September, 2015.On top of crumbling power supplies, health services throughout Libya are on the verge of collapse and o...

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Sep 4 Sami Zaptia

Funding health care in the shadow of war

By Reida El Oakley.Libya's Health Minister Reida El-Oakley (left) (Photo: Social networks)4 September 2015:The Middle East Institute spoke to Reida El...

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