Senegal ’s President Heralds a New Dawn for Africa
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pressure builds for early elections in Israel
The supply of equity shares on the market is shrinking, more people in Israel are calling for early elections, and Prague says Russia is mounting cyber attacks on railway systems throughout Europe. Plus, a new plan to give a boost to Africa’s agriculture. Mentioned in this podcast: Benny Gantz…#israel #prague #africa #bennygantz #israelis #gaza #ftnewsbriefing #fionasymon #sonjahutson #kasiabroussalian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is an African debt crisis returning?
Africa's debt crisis is back to where it was in the late 1990s, with almost one fifth of government revenues now used to service foreign loans. The cost is being counted in crumbling clinics and schools, and economic stagnation pic.twitter.com/3zAGRC6ule — Patrick Watt (@WattPatrick) April 2, 2024…#africa #patrickwatt #african #jonathanhaidt #buildbackkeybridge #guyana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa to investigate Microsoft over cloud computing licensing practices, source says
A South African antitrust agency is set to investigate Microsoft over its cloud computing licensing practices, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The South African case against Microsoft is likely to mirror the European Union antitrust case, according to the…#southafrican #southafrica #amazoncom #denmark (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The 3 Most Undervalued Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy in April 2024
The most undervalued renewable energy stocks to buy in April for the green surge The future is green. As the government and companies continue to prioritize renewable energy and its uses worldwide, so should investors. In addition to investing with morals, investing in renewable energy exposes…#arraytechnologies #africa #pv #duratrack #albuquerque #firstsolar #iberiaparish #firstsolars #brookfieldrenewable #tomaslevani (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Global Leaders to Gather in Geneva, Aiming to Raise $1 Billion to Alleviate Ethiopia's Humanitarian Crisis
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Senior officials from various countries and international organizations will convene in Geneva on 16 April, 2024 for a high-level pledging event aimed at addressing the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Food and Agriculture Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Ethiopia Europe and Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Nutrition United States, Canada and Africa Source Type: news
Africa: The Self-Care Wheel - an Award-Winning Innovation to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
[WHO] The Self-Care Wheel, which recently won the World Health Organization (WHO) internal Director-General's Excellence Award for Innovation 2023, is now set to help demystify self-care and increase understanding of WHO's recommended self-care interventions in several countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Innovation International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Central African Republic: Gavi Increases Support to Reach All Children With Immunisation in the Central African Republic
[GAVI] Geneva/Bangui -- Gavi to increase its financial support to strengthen data systems, bolster health workforce and engagement at community level, and foster innovation for enhancing outreach to better identify and reach missed children. Announcement follows discussions on key priorities with Government and partners during a two-day visit by Gavi CEO Dr Sania Nishtar and senior Gavi leadership to the Central African Republic. Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra: "Investing in prevention is the (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa Central African Republic Children and Youth Health and Medicine NGOs and Civil Society Source Type: news
Angola: Head of State Opens Main Military Hospital/Higher Institute
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, inaugurated Thursday, in Luanda, the first phase of the Main Military Hospital, which also comprises a Higher Institute, equipped with modern technology to provide specialized assistance to personnel and their families. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Kenya: Health Crisis Persists in Kenya As Doctors Reject Govt Offer
[Capital FM] Nairiobi -- The health crisis will persist in Kenya after doctors rejected a government offer aimed at ending two-week-long strike that has severely disrupted health services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news
South Africa: One in Four People With HIV Not On Treatment, According to New Estimates
[spotlight] Despite South Africa's impressive HIV testing figures, a subset of people start taking antiretroviral therapy far later than is ideal for their health, shows new data from the leading mathematical model of HIV in the country. These new estimates present a synthesis of the best sources of data of HIV in the country as it factors in numbers from multiple sources. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Trajectories of intimate partner violence and their relationship to stress among young women in South Africa: an HPTN 068 study - Kelly NK, Bhushan NL, Gottfredson O'Shea N, G ómez-Olivé FX, Aiello AE, Wagner LD, Mall S, Kahn K, Pettifor AE, Stoner MC.
BACKGROUND: One in four South African women will experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, potentially increasing their biological stress. In South Africa, limited IPV and stress research has utilized multiple timepoints or examined mod... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
UN agencies launch joint programme to support Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon in climate change response
4 April 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) today launched a joint programme to support the health system responses of the governments of Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon to climate change adaptation and risk reduction over the coming two years.
The programme, operating under the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund, aims to strengthen the resilience of health systems and migrant populations to climate change and disaster risks by incorporating an inclusive human mobility lens into natio...
Source: WHO EMRO News - April 4, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Liberia: MoH & WHO Kick Off Voluntary Blood Donation
[New Dawn] The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) through its National Blood Safety Program, kicked off a voluntary blood donation initiative on Wednesday, 3 April 2024. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Liberia West Africa Source Type: news
Why health fact-checking is still important
This commentary was published in commemoration of International Fact-Checking Day 2024, held April 2 each year to recognize the work of fact-checkers worldwide. Jisha Krishnan is chief editor at First Check, an India-based fact-checking organization that specializes in health care. Earlier this…#jishakrishnan #firstcheck #hpv #africa #nigeria #cdc #peterhotez #supremecourtofindia #patanjaliayurved #alberteinstein (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
