Health

13-12-2013
The government has approved a transfer of LD145m ($116m) to allow citizens injured during the war to receive treatment abroad, bringing the total value allocated to LD175m ($140m).
11-12-2013
The government has given permission for the Ministry of Health to contract Paris-based Ideal Medical Products Engineering (IMPE) to build Phase 3 of the Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC).
09-12-2013
The Ministry of Health has been given permission to begin building a small hospital in the village of Badr in north-west Libya.
27-11-2013
The government has given preliminary approval for plans to build four maternity hospitals in different cities throughout the country.
27-11-2013
A government decision has given permission for an agency of the Ministry of Health to tender for 500 ambulances.
14-11-2013
A spokesman for the Zawiya Local Council says the Ministry of Health has agreed to pay expenses for those injured during the 2011 conflict to be treated in Germany, ending a recent sit-in at the Zawiya refinery.
04-11-2013
A tender issued by the Ministry of Health for the supply of medical supplies and equipment has been cancelled due to “legal and technical irregularities”.
03-11-2013
The Ministry of Health has approved a proposal to build a new hospital in Tobruq, in eastern Libya, with a US firm to be involved in the project.
30-10-2013
The Ministry of Health has issued a statement saying that companies contracted to carry out works have until 30 November to begin, otherwise their contracts will be cancelled.
14-10-2013
The Organisation for Developing Administrative Centres (ODAC) has completed works on two hospitals in western Libya.
11-10-2013
The Kuwaifiyah Health Centre in Benghazi has reopened after it was closed for refurbishment.
09-10-2013
The Ministry of Labour and Retraining says it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Belgian health centre to train Libyan workers.
23-09-2013
The Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC) has celebrated the opening of a new maternity unit, built by a French firm.
16-09-2013
A US-based consortium has been awarded a contract to build a new "rapid response" hospital in Tripoli.
19-08-2013
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a new partnership scheme to improve Libya's mental health treatment system, which it says is "in tatters".