Derna disaster update: Five Greek aid workers die in road accident, Spanish and Maltese teams return home
Sep 18 Sami Zaptia

Derna disaster update: Five Greek aid workers die in road accident, Spanish and Maltese teams return home

More than a week after the deadly Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya, the Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed today that five members of a G...

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Tripoli Eye Hospital participates in training in China
Sep 11 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Eye Hospital participates in training in China

Tripoli Eye Hospital reported on Saturday that two of its doctors participated in a training programme in China. The training was on childcare that in...

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AmCham Libya coordinates dispatching NCDC doctors to CDC in Atlanta
Aug 17 Sami Zaptia

AmCham Libya coordinates dispatching NCDC doctors to CDC in Atlanta

The American Chamber of Commerce Libya (AmCham Libya) has coordinated the dispatch of two doctors from Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NC...

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Health Ministry discusses combatting vector-borne diseases with AmCham Libya and Orkin
Jul 27 Sami Zaptia

Health Ministry discusses combatting vector-borne diseases with AmCham Libya and Orkin

The Undersecretary of the (Tripoli-based Libyan) Ministry of Health for Hospital Affairs, Saad El-Din Abdel-Wakeel, discussed yesterday with the presi...

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UNICEF and Ministry of Health deliver Cold Chain and PPE to boost childhood vaccinations in World Immunization Week
Apr 28 Sami Zaptia

UNICEF and Ministry of Health deliver Cold Chain and PPE to boost childhood vaccinations in World Immunization Week

UNICEF, in partnership with the Libyan Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reports that it has taken another step i...

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Health Minister discusses in DC capacity building and training plan with World Bank
Apr 20 Sami Zaptia

Health Minister discusses in DC capacity building and training plan with World Bank

Libya’s Tripoli-based Deputy Prime Minister - Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Abu Janah, met with several experts at the World Bank who specialize...

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MSF Libya provided medical care in 2022 to more than 50,000 people
Mar 31 Sami Zaptia

MSF Libya provided medical care in 2022 to more than 50,000 people

Médecins Sans Frontières Libya (MSF) reported that in 2022 it had provided medical care to more than 50,000 people in the country.MSF said it had star...

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Italian surgeon conducts open-heart paediatric surgery
Mar 15 Sami Zaptia

Italian surgeon conducts open-heart paediatric surgery

Libya’s Emergency Medicine Services Centre (EMSC) reports that an Italian Surgeon has conducted examinations and open-heart paediatric surgery.This co...

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Large quantities of smuggled Egyptian onions unfit for consumption seized and destroyed
Mar 8 Sami Zaptia

Large quantities of smuggled Egyptian onions unfit for consumption seized and destroyed

The official authorities in Tripoli, represented by the Municipal Guard and Environmental Sanitation Tripoli and Abu Salim, and the Internal Security...

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Organ transplant services resume in Libya, restoring public trust in state system: Ministry of Health
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

Organ transplant services resume in Libya, restoring public trust in state system: Ministry of Health

Libya’s Health Ministry announced Sunday that its organ transplantation services have resumed.The head of the National Authority for Transplantation o...

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