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Gulf tensions are sharpening the risks for African health systems already reliant on imported medicines, as disrupted shipping routes, higher freight bills and delayed emergency supplies expose how vulnerable the continent remains to external shocks while governments push to expand local drug production. The strain has moved beyond theory. Aid officials said this week that cholera supplies for countries including Chad and South Sudan were being held up because stocks stored in Dubai were caught in a logistics backlog linked to the conflict around Iran. The World Health Organization and relief agencies said alternative routes were proving more expensive, with some shipping costs rising by...