Cameroon

Running until 5 December, the Big Give campaign run by UK-based charity International Health Partners is once again doubling the value of donations, this year to support its child oncology programs in Malawi and Cameroon.

Enough African countries have now ratified the AMA treaty to allow it to come into force next month.

Fresenius Medical Care has agreed to pay $231m to resolve reports of overseas bribery. The US Department of Justice says the dialysis giant paid bribes to health and government officials in Angola and Saudi Arabia, and failed to keep accurate financial records in Angola, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, and several countries in West Africa.