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News Madagascar » Health: In Madagascar, Use Of Health Care Services Increased When Fees Were Removed: Lessons For Universal Health Coverage

News channel or source: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1419
Published on: Monday 31 July 2017

Despite overwhelming burdens of disease, health care access in most developing countries is extremely low. As governments work toward achieving universal health coverage, evidence on appropriate ...

News Madagascar » Health: Madagascar Reports 3 Suspected Plague Deaths in South

News channel or source: https://www.riotimesonline.com/madagascar-plague-2026/
Published on: Monday 12 October 2026

Madagascar plague alert: three members of one family died of suspected pneumonic plague in Midongy Atsimo, with lab results pending.

News Madagascar » Health: Building stronger health systems saves lives, Madagascar experiment shows

News channel or source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-stronger-health-madagascar.html
Published on: Thursday 16 October 2025

The idea that building better health care systems can improve and save people's lives may seem obvious, but until now there has been little published with the data and statistical muscle to prove it.

News Madagascar » Health: In Madagascar, mobile clinics bolster health surveillance during cyclones

News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/madagascar/news/madagascar-mobile-clinics-bolster-health-surveillance-during-cyclones
Published on: Tuesday 20 June 2023

Antananarivo – After the Batsirai and Emnati cyclones hit Madagascar’s south-eastern Vatovavy region in February 2022, Toky Rabemaharo suddenly found himself and his community cut off from basic ...

News Madagascar » Health: Building stronger health systems could help prevent the next epidemic in Madagascar

News channel or source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-stronger-health-epidemic-madagascar.html
Published on: Thursday 04 January 2018

The peak epidemic season for plague in Madagascar is fast approaching and the severity of these outbreaks could be significantly reduced with improvements to their public health system, argues Matthew ...