Measles – WHO European Region
Between 1 January 2014 and 1 March 2015, WHO received notification of over 23 000 cases of measles in the WHO European Region. The most affected country is Kyrgyzstan with over 7 000 cases reported in just the first seven weeks of 2015. Significant numbers of measles cases have also been reported in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Serbia.
Measles virus D8 has been the most commonly identified circulating genotype. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - March 6, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: measles [subject], measles [subject], rubella [subject], german measles, congenital rubella syndrome, rubella virus, Disease outbreak news [doctype], European Region [region], Kazakhstan [country] Source Type: news
Anti-Vaccination Activists To Blame For Bosnia's Measles Outbreak, Say Experts
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Medical experts warned Friday the anti-vaccination lobby is growing in Bosnia, using scientifically discredited arguments to stoke parental fears in the worst-affected country in Europe's measles outbreak.
This trend — combined with a generation that could not be immunized because of lack of vaccines during Bosnia's 1992-95 war — has led to 5,340 measles cases in Bosnia, according to the World Health Organization. "I am increasingly hearing from parents about their fears due to the stuff they read on the Internet," Dr. Gordana Banduka, a pediatrician from Pale, near Sarajevo, told...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Aid Under Fire - a Timeline of MSF's Withdrawal
[IRIN]Nairobi -Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been among the highest risk-taking NGOs since it was founded in 1971, with its staff routinely putting their lives on the line in the midst of hostilities. In 1995, MSF ran the only hospital in Srebrenica, only being forced to withdraw once the Bosnian Serb Army entered the enclave. Yet sometimes they have to withdraw - either to protect their independence or security. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 2, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
38 Things I've Learned to Let Go of in 38 Years
Last year, to celebrate another trip around the sun, I wrote a birthday blog called "37 Life Lessons in 37 Years." It was reminiscent of my life's biggest successes, "failures," learning experiences, and opportunities for growth condensed into little life-lesson nuggets. To my humble surprise, it went on to be my most popular blog ever, read by hundreds of thousands all over the world. (It was even translated into several other languages including German, Romanian, Spanish, Bosnian, and Russian.) Emails poured in from readers who felt a deep connection and resonance to those words. It spoke to the ability to connect deepl...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Microcredit doesn't live up to promise of transforming lives of the poor, 6 studies show
(Innovations for Poverty Action) Six studies, conducted independently in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Mongolia, and Morocco, and released in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, followed over 37,000 individuals in total. The studies conclude that while microloans can increase small business ownership and investment, the small, short-term loans generally do not lead to increased income, investments in children's schooling, or substantial gains in women's empowerment for poor borrowers. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Groups Push Obama to Clarify U.S. Abortion Funding for Wartime Rape
Survivors at a workshop in Pader, northern Uganda. Thousands of women were raped during Uganda’s civil war but there have been few government efforts to assist them. Credit: Rosebell Kagumire/IPSBy Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, Dec 10 2014 (IPS)Nearly two dozen health, advocacy and faith groups are calling on President Barack Obama to take executive action clarifying that U.S. assistance can be used to fund abortion services for women and girls raped in the context of war and conflict.The groups gathered Tuesday outside of the White House to draw attention to what they say is an ongoing misreading by politicians as well as h...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Carey L. Biron Tags: Active Citizens Aid Armed Conflicts Civil Society Crime & Justice Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies North America Population TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Abortio Source Type: news
Mark Mosely
VP of Global Essential Medicines, Supplies and Services For two decades, Mark has worked to bring health and hope to those in need in +50 countries; from sustainable health development to disaster relief; from armed conflicts including Rwanda and Bosnia to 12 UN defined complex humanitarian emergencies such as Indonesia’s tsunami and Sudan’s Hunger Triangle. Serving 10 of those years at MAP in senior management positions, Mosely manages provision of donated and purchased medicines, logistics services, and supply chain / public health consulting to MAP and its partners ranging from UN World Health Organization to nation...
Source: PHRMA - October 30, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Swedish, Bosnian Doctors Providing Cardiac Surgery in Addis
[ERTA]The parents of 4 year old Bethlehem Sisay knew about their daughter's heart complications when she was less than one. They were told by doctors that their daughter needed cardiac surgery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 10, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Grandmother claims she can cure ailments by LICKING people's eyeballs
Grandmother Hava Cebic, from Crnjevo in Bosnia, claims she can cure dry eyes, allergies, conjunctivitis, high eye pressure and even cataracts, by quickly licking a person's eye. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
It’s Still Raining in the Balkans, But Families Move Forward
This blog post was written by Wendy Brightman, a Red Cross volunteer who deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina to assist with cash distribution to families recovering from heavy flooding that occurred last spring. When she arrived a few weeks ago, it was still raining. September rains have continued to bring flooding to the same areas along the swollen rivers.
Mirad Fsakovic and his family live in Brcko District—in a two-story home that has been in their family for three generations. As we entered the gate to their garden, the smell of sweet peppers came to us. Mirad was roasting several pounds of them on a grill made from...
Source: Red Cross Chat - September 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jenelle Eli Tags: Disaster Response International Volunteers bosnia and herzegovina emergency flood Source Type: news
Construction of motorways through Bosnia and Herzegovina, possible consequences on the environment and traffic safety - Lindov O, Pejic I, Dzaferovic S.
Having in mind war destruction and political situation in the country, Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing a significant problem of the construction of modern road infrastructure. The disproportionate increase of the number of motor vehicles compared to the d... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 3, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
The laws have changed, but what about the police? Policing domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Muftic LR, Cruze JR.
Despite having received gender sensitivity and domestic violence (DV) education in the post-war reformation era, anecdotal evidence from across Bosnia and Herzegovina indicates that most police officers view DV as a private family affair and continue to ho... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
UNFPA assists Balkan flood survivors - 06 June 2014
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina / BELGRADE, Serbia – Millions of people across the Balkans are facing the aftermath of the worst natural disaster to hit the region in more than a century. As the waters retreat, exposing a vast scale of destruction, UNFPA is working on the ground to address the needs of those most affected. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 3, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
