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News Guinea-Bissau » Cacheu » Health: High-Level Mission reinforces commitment to regional health services in Guinea-Bissau

News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/guinea-bissau/news/high-level-mission-reinforces-commitment-regional-health-services-guinea-bissau
Published on: Sunday 31 May 2026

Ministry of Public Health and WHO joint mission covered six health regions and highlighted the need for stronger coordination, better use of resources and improved access to care Bissau—The Ministry ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Cacheu » 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 » Cacheu » Health: Guinea-Bissau: 30,000 People in Northern Regions to Benefit from Newly Rehabilitated Roads

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/06/28/guinea-bissau-30-000-people-in-northern-regions-to-benefit-from-newly-rehabilitated-roads
Published on: Friday 27 June 2025

Approximately 30,000 residents in the Oio and Cacheu regions of Guinea-Bissau are set to benefit from improved connectivity and access to essential services following the inauguration of the newly ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Cacheu » 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, ...