Guinea-Bissau News » Bafata News Guinea-Bissau » Bafata » Health: WHO strengthens the capacity of the Ministry of Public Health of Guinea-Bissau to respond to a mass casualty fire incident in Bafatá
News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/guinea-bissau/news/who-strengthens-capacity-ministry-public-health-guinea-bissau-respond-mass-casualty-fire-incident
Published on: Monday 23 February 2026
Bissau–Within the framework of Guinea-Bissau’s all-hazards emergency preparedness, readiness, response and resilience efforts, the acting WHO Representative in Guinea-Bissau donated a consignment of ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bafata » Health: Why US-funded vaccine trial plan for babies in Guinea-Bissau caused outrage
News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/7/why-us-funded-vaccine-trial-plan-for-babies-in-guinea-bissau-caused-outrage
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: 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, ...