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News Guinea-Bissau » Tombali » 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 » Tombali » Health: World Bank Approves a $20 Million Project to Strengthen Health, Education, and Social Services in Guinea-Bissau

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/01/15/world-bank-approves-20-million-dollar-project-to-strengthen-health-education-and-social-services-in-guinea-bissau

Published on: Tuesday 14 January 2025

BISSAU, January 15, 2025 - The World Bank has approved a $20 million grant to strengthen education, health, and social protection services in Guinea-Bissau, focusing on the country’s most vulnerable: ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Tombali » 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 » Tombali » 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 30 December 2025

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 ...

News Guinea-Bissau » Tombali » 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 » Tombali » 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 ...