News May 2019
AHO says Ebola cases in Congo could double amid fears outbreak could cross borders
With health system at breaking point, uncertainty over how virus is being transmitted prompts fears it could range beyond DRC
Read MoreAHO expresses grave concern over the health of African immigrants in Yemen amid alleged abuse and deadly cholera
Illegal African immigrants infected with cholera are seen outside a public hospital in Lahj province, Yemen, May 4, 2019. Officials of Yemen's health authorities said an outbreak of cholera has killed 21 illegal African immigrants and asylum-seekers, and infected over 450 others in the government-controlled southern province of Lahj. (Xinhua/Murad Abdo)
Read MoreAHO expresses grave concern as Congo Ebola outbreak gathers pace
Faltering national response to epidemic prompts concern over wider regional threat
Read MoreAHO shocked by mega disparity in amputations for Black American Diabetics
Jackson Moss lost part of his right foot due to a complication of diabetes. He is trying to save the rest of it with the help of his wife, Bernadette. (Heidi de Marco/KHN)
Read MoreAHO outraged by kidney trafficking business in Egypt
An Egyptian hospital and officials at the Yemeni embassy in Cairo were involved in a large-scale organ-trafficking ring from 2014 that included hundreds of patients and brokers from Yemen and Egypt, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed.
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