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News Guinea-Bissau » Health: Around 9% of Guinea-Bissau health workers have been infected with COVID-19

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/around-9-guinea-bissau-health-213701066.html

Published on: Tuesday 16 June 2020

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BISSAU (Reuters) - More than 170 of Guinea-Bissau's 2,000 health workers have contracted COVID-19, a World Health Organization ...

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

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-us-funded-vaccine-trial-060113343.html

Published on: Friday 06 February 2026

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Danish researchers were set to begin a controversial United States-funded vaccine trial on newborns in the West African nation of ...

News Guinea-Bissau » 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 » 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: Monday 17 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 » Health: Over 30 dead during Guinea-Bissau health worker strike, union says

News channel or source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001424236/over-30-dead-during-guinea-bissau-health-worker-strike-union-says

Published on: Wednesday 22 September 2021

More than 30 people have died because a health workers' strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare system, a spokesperson for the nurses' union said on Wednesday. The boycott over working ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Health: Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review

News channel or source: https://www.wate.com/health/ap-health/ap-guinea-bissau-suspends-trump-backed-hepatitis-b-vaccine-study-for-ethical-review/

Published on: Thursday 22 January 2026

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Health: Bandim Health Project (BHP) Guinea-Bissau

News channel or source: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-outputs/Guinea-Bissau/Bandim%20Health%20Project%20%28BHP%29%20Guinea-Bissau/591ab799140ba03b648b456c?error=cookies_not_supported&code=80990e7a-a9a8-4ef5-a2ed-d176b7727498

Published on: Tuesday 24 March 2026

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

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