Everyone and everything is a target in South Sudan’s civil war, as attacks against health facilities and aid workers increase, a new report says.

At least 50 medical institutions were attacked in 2016 and 2017, says the report released Monday by the New York-based Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict. In at least 750 incidents over the same period humanitarian access was denied by various armed groups, including government troops.

CosmeSurge celebrated its 16th anniversary with over a decade of service, bringing focus to the healthcare infrastructure of the UAE, which has made the country a medical hub for tourists and expats. Entities like CosmeSurge continue to promote the UAE as a top international healthcare tourism destination.

Samar Hamwi, Deputy COO, CosmeSurge, talked about what 16 years in the business of cosmetic healthcare"...

Zimbabwean nurses have called off a strike against poor working conditions and will return to work on Monday, a nurses union said on Sunday.

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga last week announced the sacking of 16,000 striking nurses, accusing them of a “politically motivated” walkout.

Zimbabwe National Union (ZINA) said on Saturday that the strike by its"...

In 1998, Naoyuki Kawahara, who desperately wanted to work abroad, accepted a one-year placement in Tanzania. It was the only overseas option on offer for his medical course at Kyushu University. It was intended to be a year for him to experience, for the first time, a country other than Japan. Instead, he says he “fell in love with Tanzania” and later nearby Sudan.

Seeing the Sudanese people suffer due to civil war and disease, Kawahara"...

Authorities in Fashoda State are calling on humanitarian organizations to deliver aid to about 3,000 returnees now assembled in Akurua County. They say the numbers may increase as the returnees continue to stream in daily.

The Relief and Rehabilitation Commission chairman in the area Muzamil Ujuok Ajak , told Radio Tamazuj after visiting the returnees that their situation is bad.

“These"...

The lack of oxygen at Ed Daein Hospital led to the cancellation of all scheduled surgical procedures for patients on Tuesday.

A doctor at Ed Daein Hospital told Radio Dabanga that “as a result of the lack of oxygen, we had to cancel all scheduled operations'.

He said the hospital administration had urgently asked for oxygen to be sent to the hospital from Nyala,"...

Vice - President of the Republic, Hassabo Mohamed Abdul-Rahman, chaired Wednesday the preparatory meeting for the national campaign for combating drugs, which was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the National Committee for Drugs Combat and concerned organs.
The Vice - President has called for the good preparation for the campaign via full coordination and cooperation between the government sectors.
In a press statement, member of the National Committee for Drugs Combat, Gen. Nural-Huda"...

(AETOS Wire) -- The Health Industry Summit (tHIS) 2018 hosted by Reed Sinopharm, opened in Shanghai at the National Exhibition and Convention Center on 11 April 2018. This is the largest gathering of healthcare industry professionals in the world with well over 200,000 attendees from more than 150 countries and regions and over 7,000 exhibitors.

In accordance to the President Xi's call for greater promotion"...

(AETOS Wire) -- Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) today announced an academic collaboration with the University of Oxford. EMPA-KIDNEY will investigate the effects of empagliflozin on the progression of kidney disease and the occurrence of cardiovascular death, in people with established chronic kidney disease with and without diabetes. The study will be independently conducted, analysed and reported by the Medical Research Council Population Health Research"...