Asia-West / Mid-East / North-Africa

Products sent are ‘unrelated to coronavirus’.

Every country needs to keep preparing for large-scale community transmission, says regional director.

Trump tariffs of up to 25 percent have been imposed on a range of Chinese medically related products.

Israel approved the licensing of a generic version of an HIV drug to treat patients infected with the coronavirus on Thursday, despite doubts about its effectiveness in trials.

So far, a draft bill has been submitted for consideration by the State Duma.

More than 237 people have died of coronavirus in Iran, and critics say the government was slow to respond to the outbreak because it failed to take it seriously.

Iran's health ministry on Sunday reported 49 new deaths from the COVID-19 disease, the highest toll within 24 hours since the start of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country.

China, the place where it first appeared, says it has the answers.

A health ministry official said the people testing positive for the virus had risen to 5,823.

Is Iran’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak shrouded in secrecy?

Iraq’s healthcare system is in crisis. There’s a shortage of drugs and the medical staff to administer them.

Implementation of health technology assessment (HTA) is still in an early stage with some heterogeneity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

About 3,400 pharmacies in Lebanon are suffering from the drop in prices of pharmaceutical drugs, facing the risk of shutting down in the years to come if they can't secure enough revenues.

The only drug production facility in the Gaza Strip has managed to keep operating for 25 years despite challenges usually faced only in a warzone.

The Gaza Strip - at points just 10km wide - is a narrow piece of land along the eastern Mediterranean coast. Its Palestinian population is sealed behind a separation barrier and tightly controlled checkpoints.