Where the World Eats the Most & Least Meat
Which countries eat the most meat? According to UN Food and Agriculture Organization data reported by website Our World in data, the United States and Australia are the top of the global meat-eating league with more than 120 kg consumed per capita in 2020. Countries which top 100 kg of meat…#ourworld #mongolia #argentina #spain #serbia #africa #southasia #burundi #congo #syria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I was diagnosed with skin cancer. All I cared about was my looks
The dermatologist called with the results of my biopsy. I was not expecting her to say: "You have skin cancer." She explained that the spot under my left eye would have to be surgically removed. I was shocked and hung up the phone in tears. I continued to feel depressed and stressed for weeks.…#flawless #burundi #afghanistan #uganda #rebekahburroway #stonybrookuniversity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rwanda: Over 2 Million Children to Receive Polio Jab
[New Times] The government on Monday, July 24, launched a comprehensive vaccination campaign against Polio 2, following reported cases of the disease in neighboring African countries, including Burundi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Polio Rwanda Source Type: news
Facebook content moderators' lawsuit lifts the lid on'torture' work
They look at horrors so others don't have to. Now Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing the company over work conditions in a landmark case. On the verge of tears, Nathan Nkunzimana recalled watching a video of a child being molested and another of a woman being killed. Eight hours a day,…#kenya #nathannkunzimana #sama #nairobi #africa #african #burundi #nkuzimana #nonkenyans #meta (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
4 Money & Life Lessons I Learned from a Guy with MINUS 6.7 Billion in Net Worth
4 Money & Life Lessons I Learned from a Guy with MINUS 6.7 Billion in Net Worth Think you are poor? No, you are not. I guarantee. You have achievements worthy of celebration. • A job of sorts… with an annual income. • Some savings of sorts… with digits in a bank. • A small business of sorts… where…#networth #burundi #africa #planetearth #jeromekerviel #brittany #societegenerale #amastersinfinance #kerviel #jk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prevalence of suicidality and associated factors of suicide risk in a representative community sample of families in three East African refugee camps - Scharpf F, Masath FB, Mkinga G, Kyaruzi E, Nkuba M, Machumu M, Hecker T.
PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of suicidality and associated factors of suicide risk in a sample of Burundian refugee families living in three refugee camps in Tanzania. METHODS: Children (n = 230) and their parents (n = 460) were random... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Gambia: U.S Extends Anti-Malaria Support to Gambia
[The Point] To mark World Malaria Day, U.S. President Joseph Biden announced that the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) will form a partnership with The Gambia as part of the effort to eliminate malaria around the world. This announcement, which also included Burundi and Togo, will increase the number of PMI partner countries to 30, with 27 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and three in Southeast Asia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
27 Countries Facing the Worst Climate Change Catastrophes
Climate change continues to wreak havoc across the world. Several states are reeling from severe spring flooding, and parts of the country are still recovering from last year’s brutal hurricane season. Meanwhile, a study by Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology released this…#hdi #etr #africa #burundi #chad #congo #somalia #southsudan #uganda #yemen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Polio - Leading Virologist Offers a Beginner's Guide to the Different Viruses and Vaccines
[The Conversation Africa] On 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that health officials in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. The WHO said the Burundian government had declared the detection of the virus a national public health emergency after three cases were confirmed. The Conversation Africa's Wale Fatade spoke to virologist Oyewale Tomori, who maps out the terrain of polio viruses, and their mutations, as well as what's happening on the vacci (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Three die from mystery nosebleed-causing disease in Burundi
Cases have all been logged in north eastern Burundi in the commune of Gitobe in the Kirundo province and the Butihinda commune, in the province of Muyinga. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Q & A: Bioengineer Mireille Kamariza can ’t wait to see what’s next
When Mireille Kamariza joined theUCLA Samueli School of Engineering as an assistant professor of bioengineering in January, she brought with her an early record of innovation.Just a decade after earning her undergraduate degree at UC San Diego, Kamariza has already developed a potential point-of-care diagnostic test for tuberculosis. TB is the world ’s second-deadliest infectious disease, behind COVID-19, and still a serious burden in low-income countries.In the late 2010s, as a doctoral fellow at Stanford University, Kamariza and colleagues designed a system with a fluorescent “reporter” molecule attached to a sugar...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
News at a glance: Modernizing bed nets, IDing a Solar System visitor, and health lessons from Beethoven ’s hair
PUBLIC HEALTH
Next-gen bed nets get go-ahead
A new type of malaria-fighting bed net
received a major endorsement
from the World Health Organization (WHO) last week. The net combines two chemicals to more effectively kill the mosquitoes that transmit the parasite behind malaria, a disease that killed an estimated 619,000 people in 2022, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Insecticide-treated bed nets have helped drive malaria rates down dramatically. But in recent years, resistance to the insecticide used to treat nets, pyrethroid, has been spreading. That has contributed to ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Detected in Burundi, Congo Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Detected in Burundi, Congo
Health officials in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus, the World Health Organization and Global Polio Eradication Initiative said.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Burundi: Burundi Announces First Polio Outbreak in More Than 30 Years
[UN News] Health authorities in Burundi on Friday said that they had detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring the landlocked African nation's first outbreak in more than 30 years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Burundi: Country Announces First Polio Outbreak in More Than 30 Years
[UN News] Health authorities in Burundi on Friday said that they had detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring the landlocked African nation's first outbreak in more than 30 years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
