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Police in Congo-Brazzaville seized and incinerated 52 boxes of smuggled Shalina pharmaceuticals, including tramadol, valued at over 100 million FCFA.

Weeks without tap water and rolling power cuts have left Brazzaville households collecting rainwater, a risky stopgap for daily needs across the Congolese capital.

Brazzaville’s main teaching hospital adopts a 29.121 billion CFA budget for 2026 to lift care quality after three years without a board meeting.

Brazzaville’s Medipsyp center urges the government to fund autism care as families struggle to pay, threatening three decades of specialised support.

Parasitologist Francine Ntoumi told Congo’s National Assembly that health sovereignty depends on funding research now to protect citizens tomorrow.

Doctors in Brazzaville urge stronger screening as cervical cancer cases climb in Congo, while a free HPV vaccine for adolescent girls nears rollout.

Congo-Brazzaville reports a 5% rise in tuberculosis cases between 2022 and 2023, with 70 new free screening centers opened across all 12 departments.

Brazzaville’s sanitation authority launches a civic campaign to stop illegal dumping in the Madoukou Tsekele waterway and curb worsening floods.

Congo-Brazzaville’s national sickle cell centre CNRDr has adopted a 1.1 billion FCFA budget for 2026, down 21.44%, with dialysis costs and a transplant unit in focus.

On March 8 in Brazzaville, nearly 200 people joined a free HIV screening campaign tied to Women’s Day, despite supply shortages that limited testing.