Australia's rare pink-diamond mine formed from the clashing and stretching of continents, a new study found. The discovery could lead to more colorful diamonds
None Pink diamonds are made under extreme pressure when two continents collide. • None The scientists hope that understanding this will help them find new hotspots for colorful diamonds. The world's largest source of natural pink diamonds, Australia's Argyle mine, closed in 2020. However,…#naturecommunications #universityofcurtin #hugoolierook #university #nuna #annacisecki #australian #angola #livescience (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Angola's interest payments to creditors double as Chinese debt freeze ends
Angola's interest payments to external creditors, mostly Chinese, doubled from US$775 million in the first quarter of this year to US$1.57 billion in the second quarter as the three-year debt moratorium with Chinese creditors ended. The rise was the highest since at least the first quarter of…#angola #african #africa #beijing #africadatabase #bostonuniversity #chinadevelopmentbank #cdb #centralafrican #markbohlund (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Angola: Meeting On Health Resilience Project
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan minister of Health Sílvia Lutucuta said Tuesday in Luanda that the current needs of the health sector include the recovery of coverage in the areas of maternal and child health, nutrition and the fight against major endemic diseases . (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Angola: Lourenço Guarantees Resources for Health Works
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan president João Lourenço assured Saturday in Luanda that the Executive continues committed to investment in the health sector, with a view to expanding the country's health network. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 10, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Economy, Business and Finance Central Africa Governance Health and Medicine Labour Southern Africa Source Type: news
Angola: Angolan President Announces Inauguration of Caxito General Hospital
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan head of State João Lourenço has announced the construction of Caxito General Hospital in Bucula, northern Bengo province, adding that the infrastructure will be inaugurated in December. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 9, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Angola: Increase in Vaccination Coverage Prevents Polio Circulation - Official
[ANGOP] Cacuaco -- Angola will increase polio vaccination to counter the circulation of the virus through the launch of two preventative campaigns, the Secretary of State for Public Health Carlos Alberto de Sousa said on Thursday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Source Type: news
‘We’re changing the clouds.’ An unintended test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth
The Atlantic Ocean is
running a fever
. Waters off Florida have become a hot tub, bleaching the third-largest barrier reef in the world. Off the coast of Ireland, extreme heat was implicated in the mass death of seabirds. For years, the north Atlantic was warming more slowly than other parts of the world. But now it has caught up, and then some. Last month, the sea surface there surged to a record 25°C—nearly 1°C warmer than the previous high, set in 2020—and temperatures haven’t even peaked yet. “This year it’s been crazy,” says Tianle Yuan, an atmospheric physicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Angola: Government Prioritises Health and Education
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The sectors of Health and Education are among the highlights in relation to the implementation of the Integrated Municipal Intervention Plan (PIIM), said Monday in the Province of Luanda the secretary of State for Local Elections, Márcio Daniel. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 1, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Education Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Angola: Angola Has More Than 30 Hepatitis B Treatment Units
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Thirty-five reference units for the treatment and monitoring of hepatitis B have been created since 2019 in Angola, the Secretary of State for Public Health, Pinto de Sousa, said Friday in Luanda. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Angola: Angola Reports 1,300 Cases of Cancer Annually
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's Cancer Control Institute (IACC) reported an average of 1,300 cases of malignant tumors (Cancer) during seven years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases Southern Africa Source Type: news
TB Preventive Treatment: the Need for Choice
The progress made in HIV prevention is nothing short of a global success story. It is time that TB caught up to HIV. Medicine is simply too advanced for us to tolerate how one disease can be beaten back yet another continues to flourish. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Violet ChihotaJOHANNESBURG, Jul 26 2023 (IPS) Before COVID-19 came along, the two most lethal infectious diseases were HIV and tuberculosis (TB). Even though HIV still lingers, with 1.5 million people contracting the infection every year, epidemiologists point to the availability of many HIV prevention options as a primary reason for the decreasing caseload.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Violet Chihota Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs tuberculosis (TB) Source Type: news
Morgan Stanley Sours on Kenyan Debt as Angola Offers Opportunity
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Source: Reuters: Health - July 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Angola: Angolan, Congolese Physicians Share Experiences
[ANGOP] Luanda -- A delegation of doctors from the Republic of the Congo on Friday visited several public and private health facilities in northern Cabinda province to exchange experiences with their Angolan counterparts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Congo-Kinshasa Health and Medicine Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
India ’s Rice Export Ban May Drive Global Food Prices Even Higher
India—the world’s largest exporter of rice—banned all exports of “non-basmati white rice” late Thursday in an effort to keep domestic prices in check, raising fears it could further threaten global food security, which has already been impacted by Russia’s scrapping a key UN-brokered deal that…#blacksea #nepal #african #benin #angola #cameroon #djibouti #guinea #ivorycoast #kenya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Angola: Angola Needs More Than 1,000 New Health Facilities
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, on Monday in Luanda Province pointed out that the country is in need of 1,800 new units nationwide, of which 600 in Luanda, mainly in the primary network, to strengthen the National Health System. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 19, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
