Sexual victimisation, peer victimisation, and mental health outcomes among adolescents in Burkina Faso: a prospective cohort study - Lee KS, Wolke D, B ärnighausen T, Ouermi L, Bountogo M, Harling G.
BACKGROUND: Sexual victimisation and peer victimisation are pervasive and increase risk for mental illness. Longitudinal studies that compare their unique and cumulative effects are scarce and have been done predominantly in high-income countries. The aims... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Azithromycin at Routine Visits Fails to Prevent Infant Deaths in Africa
(MedPage Today) -- Azithromycin did not prevent infant deaths when provided at routine healthcare visits in the West African country of Burkina Faso, a randomized controlled trial demonstrated.
Among infants who received a single oral dose of... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 17, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Out of control: the trafficking of improvised explosive device components and commercial explosives in West Africa - Lochhead D, Diakit é T, Sollazzo R., Sow S, Tayo RS, Tettey L.
The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in West Africa expanded dramatically between 2014 and 2022. As of 2022, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria were heavily affected by these weapons, while Benin, C ôte d'Ivoire, and Togo suffered fr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Rise of the Global South Highlights Minamata Convention on Mercury COP5
In 2013, a new treaty, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, was adopted by a global community under the auspices of UNEP. The Convention is named after Minamata Bay in Japan to remember the lessons of the tragic health damage by industrial mercury pollution in the 1950s and 1960s. The aim of the treaty is to protect the environment and the human health from anthropogenic emissions and releases of the toxic heavy metal. It regulates the entire life cycle of mercury – its supply, trade, use, emissions, releases, storage, and the management of waste and contaminated sites.By Charlie BrownWASHINGTON, Dec 12 2023 (IPS) As it s...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlie Brown Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific Environment Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Burkina Faso: Insecurity Pushes More Than 1 in 10 Children Into Acute Malnutrition - Unicef
[Unicef] Ouagadougou -- New nutrition data shows that insecurity is leaving children exposed to alarming levels of malnutrition and the absence of basic services, warns UNICEF (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Burkina Faso Children and Youth Conflict, Peace and Security External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Nutrition West Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Shipments to Africa Mark Progress Toward Broader Rollout
[WHO] More than 330 000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon - a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children Malaria burden is the highest on the African continent, which accounted for approximately 95% of global malaria cases and 96% of related deaths in 2021 With several African countries now finalizing roll-out plans, an additional 1.7 million doses are set for delivery to Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger and Sierra (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malaria Source Type: news
Sahel terrorist crisis and development priorities: case of financial allocations for the control of non-communicable diseases in Burkina Faso - Ouedraogo M, Sanou D, Kere IWZ, Sankara S, Thiombiano-Coulibaly N, Ouedraogo O, Zoungrana B, Hama-Ba F, Savadogo A.
The objective o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Effects of education and age on the experience of youth violence in a very low-resource setting: a fixed-effects analysis in rural Burkina Faso - Kuunibe N, Bountogo M, Ouermi L, Si é A, Bärnighausen T, Harling G.
OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to investigate the effects of education and age on the experience of youth violence in low-income and middle-income country settings. DESIGN: Using a standardised questionnaire, our study collected two waves of longitudin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Spy vs. spy: How Israelis tried to stop Russia ’s information war in Africa
In the two years since an Israelis company first tried to thwart a Russian disinformation campaign in Burkina Faso, coups or rebels have removed the governments of five former French colonies, replacing them with pro-Russia leaders.#israelis #russian #burkinafaso (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Seize Opportunity to End Last Major Mercury Device
Credit: UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-5) will take place from Monday, 30 October to Friday, 3 November 2023 at the International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland. More than eight hundred participants – including Parties’ representatives, non-parties governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN bodies and NGOs – are already confirmed to attend the meeting., according to UNEP.By Charlie BrownWASHINGTON DC, Oct 13 2023 (IPS) As the Minamata Convention on Mercury’s fifth Conference of the Parties (C...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlie Brown Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific Environment Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Burkina Faso Junta Reasserts Control After Thwarted Coup Attempt
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Source: Reuters: Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
West Africa: Sahel - Gold, Resources and Threats
[Centre 4s] Introduction by Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, president centre4s.org (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Asia, Australia, and Africa Burkina Faso Economy, Business and Finance Central Africa Chad Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Malaria Mauritania Mining Niger Sudan West Africa Source Type: news
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact
Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta, looks on while he stands behind Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou during a photo opportunity after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File…#assimigoita #malian #niger #mahamadouissoufou #accra #ghana #burkinafaso #westafrican #islamic #alqaeda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Understanding the Baby Boom
In 1800, the average British woman had 4.97 children over the course of her life, about the same amount as the average woman living in Burkina Faso today. A century later, Britain’s fertility rate had slipped to 3.9 children per woman. And thirty years later, in 1935, it had plummeted to 1.79,…#burkinafaso #europeans #sweden #czechrepublic #alliance #emilezola #jacquesbertillon #germans #battleforbirths #contemporary (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UNFPA embraces femtech to boost period awareness in Burkina Faso and the Republic of Moldova
CHI ȘINĂU, Republic of Moldova/OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso— “I used an app before but forgot to enter the dates, but with this watch you can easily see every day of your menstrual cycle. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
