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News Senegal » Dakar » Health: Accelerating global transition to mercury-free oral health care

News channel or source: https://afro.who.int/countries/senegal/news/accelerating-global-transition-mercury-free-oral-health-care
Published on: Sunday 18 October 2026

Health and environment policymakers and experts from Africa, Asia and Latin America are stepping up efforts to phase out mercury-containing dental filling materials and make oral health care safer and ...

News Senegal » Dakar » Health: Senegal: Diphtheria outbreak death toll rises to 14

News channel or source: https://apanews.net/senegal-diphtheria-outbreak-death-toll-rises-to-14/
Published on: Wednesday 21 October 2026

A diphtheria outbreak has killed 14 people in Senegal, where 368 cases have been confirmed in 60 health districts across 13 regions, according to a Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene update as of ...

News Senegal » Dakar » Health: In Senegal, a mother’s ordeal exposes a health system under strain

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/senegal-mother-ordeal-exposes-health-013301118.html
Published on: Tuesday 22 September 2026

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dakar, Senegal – Twenty-four hours before health workers across Senegal were due to walk out on strike, Awa Diba went into labour.

News Senegal » Dakar » Health: Heavy rains lead to Senegal floods, government reports several deaths

News channel or source: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article317498869.html
Published on: Monday 05 October 2026

DAKAR, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Heavy rains flooded roads and destroyed buildings over the weekend in Senegal, as the government said several people had been killed and warned of more rain to come. • Flash ...

News Senegal » Dakar » Health: Senegal, WHO launch regional emergency hub to bolster Africa’s response to health crises

News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/pt/node/18635
Published on: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Dakar – The Government of Senegal and World Health Organization (WHO) today inaugurated a regional health emergency hub in the Senegalese capital Dakar to further bolster the African region’s capacity ...

News Senegal » Dakar » Health: In Senegal, a mother’s ordeal exposes a health system under strain

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/in-senegal-a-mother-s-ordeal-exposes-a-health-system-under-strain/ar-AA2cN3wK
Published on: Tuesday 22 September 2026

Dakar, Senegal – Twenty-four hours before health workers across Senegal were due to walk out on strike, Awa Diba went into labour. Her first child was coming into the world as hospitals prepared to ...