Cuba is known for its strong primary healthcare systems that helped it achieve one of the world's highest life expectancies, according to World Bank data, despite spending less per person on health than many other nations. It also has a long-standing partnership with South Africa when it comes to health care.But the arrival of Cuban healthcare…
More than 100 South African doctors who studied overseas are in limbo because the country's presiding medical board is allegedly preventing them from writing an exam that would allow them to practise in their home country. As South Africa's fight against Covid-19 intensifies, News24 can reveal that a group of qualified and trained doctors are sitting…
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Editors note: Doralice Goes, a Brazilian public servant, visited an organic products fair in her home city of Brasília in Federal District, on Dec. 31, 2021. Among the artisanal products was a tomato and almond pesto sauce. The 49-year-old stored it in her pantry and, 23 days later, on a Sunday night, opened the sauce
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