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News Guinea-Bissau » Bafata » Health: Ensuring safe motherhood: the impact of Casa das Mães in Guinea-Bissau

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/03/10/afw-ensuring-safe-motherhood-the-impact-of-casa-das-maes-in-guinea-bissau

Published on: Sunday 09 March 2025

Guinea-Bissau faces one of the highest maternal and child mortality rates globally. The health sector is challenged by a shortage of qualified professionals, medications, and equipment, rendering ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Bafata » Health: Fighting back against Guinea-Bissau’s illegal chimpanzee trade

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/fighting-back-against-guinea-bissaus-illegal-chimpanzee-trade/

Published on: Wednesday 28 May 2025

Guinea-Bissau is home to around 5% of critically endangered western chimpanzees, who face numerous threats including habitat loss, disease and illegal trade. A recent study found numerous chimps held ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Bafata » Health: Why US-funded vaccine trial plan for babies in Guinea-Bissau caused outrage

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/why-us-funded-vaccine-trial-plan-for-babies-in-guinea-bissau-caused-outrage/ar-AA1VRnDM

Published on: Friday 06 February 2026

Danish researchers were set to begin a controversial United States-funded vaccine trial on newborns in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau last month when public outrage derailed their plans. The ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Bafata » Health: US-funded Guinea-Bissau vaccine study to undergo ethical review, African health officials say

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-funded-guinea-bissau-vaccine-study-undergo-ethical-review-africa-cdc-official-2026-01-22/

Published on: Thursday 22 January 2026

Critics say trial is unethical because hepatitis B vaccine is safe and effective Researchers say study will help answer key questions Study is funded by US, where the Health Secretary RFK Jr is a ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Bafata » Health: The U.S. Health Research Project Rejected by Guinea Bissau was Absurd and Deadly

News channel or source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/30/the-u-s-health-research-project-rejected-by-guinea-bissau-was-absurd-and-deadly/

Published on: Thursday 29 January 2026

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in December 2025 announced a research project involving the hepatitis B vaccine that would take ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Bafata » Health: Poverty in Guinea-Bissau – A look at pre- and post-COVID-19 trends

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/guineabissau/publication/poverty-in-guinea-bissau-a-look-at-pre-and-post-covid-19-trends

Published on: Monday 24 June 2024

Poverty continues to be widespread in Guinea-Bissau, having increased by 2.8 percentage points between 2018 and 2021, which is equivalent to over 80,000 additional poor, according to the “Poverty, ...