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Zambia Offers Health Care to Zimbabweans — but for How Long?

Zambia is as generous with patients from neighboring Zimbabwe as it is with its own citizens. That could mean problems for both countries.

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

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Democratic Republic of Congo
Mpox Is Infecting Children in DRC – and Spreading to Uganda and Beyond

Health officials in Uganda told Global Press Journal to ignore information provided by health workers at the border.

By Apophia Agiresaasi

and Nakisanze Segawa

and Noella Nyirabihogo
Mexico
The Fight for Weight-Sensitive Health Care in Mexico

By Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez
Democratic Republic of Congo
Serious Consequences as Private Medical Labs Skirt Regulations in DRC

Between 2020 and 2023, more than 60% of patients tested at private laboratories in DRC’s Tshopo province were misdiagnosed.

By Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

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Africa

Coverage from Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Zambia Offers Health Care to Zimbabweans — but for How Long?

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Mpox Is Infecting Children in DRC – and Spreading to Uganda and Beyond

By Apophia Agiresaasi

and Nakisanze Segawa

and Noella Nyirabihogo

Serious Consequences as Private Medical Labs Skirt Regulations in DRC

By Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

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Americas

Coverage from Haiti, Mexico and Puerto Rico

The Fight for Weight-Sensitive Health Care in Mexico

By Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez

Blood Money: Inside the Desperate — and Illegal — Search for Blood in Chihuahua

By Lilette A. Contreras

A Mexican Hotel for Sex Workers Is Also Their Clinic

By Samantha Páez

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Asia

Coverage from Mongolia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

From Pranks to Poop: Mongolian Home Remedies for Mastitis Are Abundant. But Do They Work?

By Odonchimeg Batsukh

The Little-Known Disorder Getting a Big Platform With Miss Universe Nepal

By Yam Kumari Kandel

Stomach Cancer Deaths Plummet Under Mongolia’s New Early Detection Program

By Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

and Odonchimeg Batsukh

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