Lassa Fever – Benin
On 25 January 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Benin notified WHO of an outbreak of Lassa fever. The outbreak was initially detected on 21 January following reports of unexplained fever within a cluster of health workers from the district of Tchaourou, Borgou department. On 3 January, these health workers provided care to a patient suffering from haemorrhagic fever. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - February 19, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: management [subject], leadership, risk assessment [subject], viral haemorrhagic fever [subject], haemorrhagic, crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever, ebola haemorrhagic fever, marburg haemorrhagic fever, African Region [region], Benin [country], Disease outbre Source Type: news
Benin: Govt, UN Take Emergency Steps Over Lassa Fever
[UN News] Following the outbreak of Lassa fever in Benin, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) officials in the country are scaling up an emergency response to help prevent further spread of the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 12, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Transactional sex and sexual harassment between professors and students at an urban university in Benin - Eller A.
This paper adds to discussion of transactional sex relationships in Africa by examining the distinction between transactional sex and sexual harassment in the context of professor-student relationships and their inherent power dynamics. By exploring the wa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
UN agencies boost efforts to prevent further spread of Lassa fever in Benin
Following the outbreak of Lassa fever in Benin, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) officials in the country are scaling up an emergency response to help prevent further spread of the disease. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - February 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Designing to Succeed
The finalists for this year’s Most Valuable Patient Initiative or Service at the 2016 eyeforpharma Barcelona Awards showcase the potential for impact when patients become collaborators in design.
Understanding the human aspects of living with a condition is in many ways less straightforward than drug development. Everyone experiences their health challenges differently, and it’s clear this can’t be designed for in a lab.
That’s why collaborating with the patient brings benefits. Here are three lessons we learned from this year’s crop of patient innovators:
1. Ongoing engagement with the patient makes iterative ...
Source: EyeForPharma - February 10, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Thomas Disley Source Type: news
UN agencies mobilize to support Government response after Benin confirms cases of Lassa fever
After the identification of four cases of Lassa fever in Benin, the Government, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has immediately launched started a response against the epidemic, the agencies announced today. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - February 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Benin: Benin and IFAD Work Together to Boost Food and Nutrition Security While Creating Jobs for Young People
[IFAD] Rome -The Republic of Benin and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed an agreement today to finance the Market Gardening Development Support Project (PADMAR), an initiative that will create some 3,000 new jobs, particularly for young women and men, and improve food and nutrition security in 27 municipalities of seven departments in southern Benin (Atlantic, Couffo, Littoral, Mono, Ouémé, Plateau and Zou). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 2, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
National politics shape the impacts of park law enforcement
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Evidence from West African countries Benin and Niger suggests that more responsive governance can blunt the negative effects of law enforcement in national parks. Benin saw positive conservation outcomes while local livelihoods were not as negatively affected as Niger, where the national government has been unstable and decentralization reforms have stalled. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Has Killed Nine Since November, Irrua Specialist Hospital Reveals
[This Day] Benin City -The outbreak of Lassa fever has reportedly killed nine persons since November last year, according to authorities of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 14, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Burkina Faso: Benin to Host the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership
[AMA] The international conference, which will be held in Cotonou from December 09-11, 2015 aims to celebrate the significant strides made in facilitating access to family planning methods in the nine countries composing the Ouagadougou Partnership, namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Benin: Actor Djimon Hounsou Speaks Out For GBV, AIDS, and Entrepreneurship
[U.S. Embassy Cotonou] On December 3, 2015, before a crowd of nearly 1,000 students, Mission's Public Affairs Officer, Paco Perez, award-winning actor, Djimon Hounsou, USAID/BENIN HIV-AIDS specialist Tom Van Boven, and Vice Prime Minister of Benin, Professor Francois Abiola all provided passionate remarks commemorating world AIDS day. Students from seven private universities who participated in a "campus without AIDS" competition received awards for successfully informing peers about safe sex, and how to prevent HIV/AIDS on educ (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 9, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
In Benin, Unmet Need for Modern Contraception Remains High Despite Having Been Identified as a National Priority
Many Beninese women who want to avoid pregnancy are not using a modern contraceptive method, according to a new study released today by the Guttmacher Institute and the Association Béninoise pour le Marketing Social et la Communication pour la Santé, a network member of Population Services International. The researchers found that, as of 2012, one-third of married women and half of all sexually active unmarried women have an unmet need for contraception. These levels represent a substantial increase since 2006, when 27% of married women and 35% of unmarried sexually active women experienced unmet need. (Source: The Guttmacher Institute)
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - December 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
5,000 People, 5,000 Stories: Alhassane Zaharia
Voice from the Field5,000 People, 5,000 Stories: Alhassane Zaharia
October 14, 2015
Alhassane Zaharia, Benin - 17 years old
"In school in Benin we learned about the map of the world: Africa, Asia, Europe, America. But how could we know that Italy was so far away? In Libya they lied to us. They said Italy is seven hours away from the Libyan shore. We had no choice but to believe them. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - October 14, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jess Brown Source Type: news
Nigeria: Crisis Looms As Edo State Health Workers Protest Over New Pay Structure
[Guardian] Benin City -Crisis looms in the health sector of Edo State as primary healthcare assistants yesterday protested over alleged exclusion from the new Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for their contemporaries at the local government, accusing the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) and the Local Government Service Commission for the development. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 22, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Sandra Aguebor - Lady Mechanic
[Al Jazeera] Growing up in a polygamous family in Benin City, her mother actively discourage her from following her dreams, sometimes beating her when she would be out tinkering with an engine instead of doing her chores in the kitchen. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 16, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
