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Conflict in southern Libya: WHO sends medical aid
From a warehouse in Tripoli, medical supplies were dispatched to Murzuq in southern Libya. Tripoli, 20 August—In response to violence and displacement in the south of Libya, WHO has dispatched emergency medical supplies for the wounded and activated its disease surveillance systems to prevent outbreaks. In recent weeks, tensions between different groups...
Empathy in action: Libya’s doctors focus on mental health
In eastern Libya, primary care doctors participate in role play during a mental health training. "When a doctor plays a patient during role play, they feel what the patient feels," says Dr Tarek Bader, a trainer at a workshop for primary health care doctors in Libya. "They see it from the other side." In early July 2019, 30 doctors from eastern...
Stamping out leprosy in Libya
Abdullah's leprosy was diagnosed in time to save him from severe nerve damageFor years, Abdullah suffered from numbness in his extremities, but couldn’t figure out what it was. He left his small village in eastern Libya several times trying to find treatment, even going to neighboring Tunisia once—without success. Eventually, though, the symptoms of...
Five medical staff dead in latest attack on health care facilities in Tripoli
Tripoli, 28 July 2019—The World Health Organization strongly condemns yesterday’s attack on Az Zawiyah Field Hospital in the south of Tripoli. Five health workers were killed and 8 were injured in the attack. The hospital was damaged and forced to suspend its services. This latest incident is one of dozens of confirmed attacks on health care in Libya...
Medical aid accelerated as Libya crisis intensifies
Italian ambassador Mr Giuseppe Buccino (centre) was present along with Ministry of Health directors as WHO launched a distribution of medical supplies to hospitals in and near Libya's capital Tripoli, 6 July — As the armed conflict in Libya’s capital enters its fourth month, the World Health Organization has dispatched medicine and surgical...
Mental illness: training Libya’s health workers
Read an interview about mental illness in Libya Tripoli, 24 June 2019—The World Health Organization, in collaboration with Libya’s Ministry of Health, recently conducted a 4-day intensive workshop on mental health issues in conflict situations. The workshop was attended by 19 physicians from six of Libya’s primary care centres representing three...
