Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

‘‘If Libya is to have any chance against COVID-19, the ongoing conflict and attacks on critical civilian infrastructure must come to an immediate halt’’: UN’s OCHA

By Sami Zaptia.(OCHA).London, 15 April 2020:The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that if Libya is to have any chance...

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Two new Coronavirus cases identified in Libya today, bringing total to three; Fighting and oil stoppage continues, international community calls for truce
Mar 28 Sami Zaptia

Two new Coronavirus cases identified in Libya today, bringing total to three; Fighting and oil stoppage continues, international community calls for truce

By Sami Zaptia. London, 28 March 2020:Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed today that two new cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19)...

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Tripoli Health Ministry promises improved health service and reveals improvements across a number of health centres
Aug 28 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Health Ministry promises improved health service and reveals improvements across a number of health centres

By Sami Zaptia.London, 28 August 2019:In an open letter on Tuesday by the Tripoli Ministry of Health addressed to the Libyan public, the first of its...

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Only 40 hospital beds to treat 400,000 in Zuwara
Feb 12 Sami Zaptia

Only 40 hospital beds to treat 400,000 in Zuwara

By Jamie Prentis, Zuwara, 12 February 2018:  Zuwara’s health facilities are under immense pressure with only 40 hospital beds able to support a popu...

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Germany agrees financial help for Libyan hospital needs
Oct 14 Michel Cousins

Germany agrees financial help for Libyan hospital needs

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 14 October 2015:The German government has decided to underwrite costs of some medical supplies needed by Libyan hospitals...

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Ghat hospital in terminal decline: claim
Sep 6 Nigel Ash

Ghat hospital in terminal decline: claim

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat, 6 September 2015:Ghat general hospital is once more in chaos and on the verge of collapse. Officials say that because of the...

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Government warned Benghazi hospitals running out of everything
Feb 9 Newsdesk1

Government warned Benghazi hospitals running out of everything

By Libya Herald staff.Benghazi, 9 February, 2015:The government has been warned that Benghazi’s medical facilities are running out of drugs, anaesthet...

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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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Sep 15 Sami Zaptia

Reflections on Libya’s Health Conference: the Current Pharmaceutical Situation

By Abdulbaset Elfituri,Tripoli, 15 September:“Re-engineering the Health Systems for Libya” was the title of a health conference that was conducted at...

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