Update on Zika (FAQ & New Findings)
This article is to offer answers (where possible) to some common FAQs (frequently asked questions) and also express some of our uncertainties. I will try and provide references to answers offered so that individuals can read the data for themselves
Is Zika Transmission Happening in Malaysia?
We know that Zika was first identified in Uganda in 1947 and then spread to Asia. It was detected in an Aedes mosquito in Peninsular Malaysia in 1969. In September 2014 a tourist was found to be infected with Zika after travelling in Sabah. (Source: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/5/14-1960_article). So Zika has been around, possib...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - September 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Education - Guest - Nation Aedes Zika Source Type: blogs
Update on Zika (FAQ & New Findings)
This article is to offer answers (where possible) to some common FAQs (frequently asked questions) and also express some of our uncertainties. I will try and provide references to answers offered so that individuals can read the data for themselves
Is Zika Transmission Happening in Malaysia?
We know that Zika was first identified in Uganda in 1947 and then spread to Asia. It was detected in an Aedes mosquito in Peninsular Malaysia in 1969. In September 2014 a tourist was found to be infected with Zika after travelling in Sabah. (Source: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/5/14-1960_article). So Zika has been around, possib...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - September 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Education - Guest - Nation Aedes Zika Source Type: blogs
In Africa, Institutions Matter More than Infrastructure
A Washington Post article recently highlighted the impressive but uneven progress that Africa has made in its struggle against poverty. The article looked at questions pertaining to material wellbeing, including “the number of times that an average family had to go without basic necessities.” On that measure, Cape Verde saw the most rapid improvement. And so the article asks, “What did Cape Verde do right?”
Cape Verde’s superior infrastructure, the Washington Post explains, is partly responsible for that country’s economic progress. Surely that cannot be the full answer. The United States did not have a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 10, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Chelsea German, Marian L. Tupy Source Type: blogs
Where Do K-1 Visa Holders Come From?
Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were killed last week in a gun battle with police after they committed a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Malik entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa, known as the fiancé visa, accompanied by Farook. Their attack is the first perpetrated by somebody on the K-1 visa - igniting a debate over increasing visa security.
The government issued approximately 262,162 K-1 visas from 2005 to 2013 – 3177 or 1.21 percent of the total to Pakistani citizens.
Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) SECURE Act identifies 34 countries as particularly terror-prone. There were 32,363 K-1 visa, 12.34 pe...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Canada Should Fulfill Its International Commitment to the WHO and Develop a Real National Autism Strategy
Canada is on record as being a member state of the World Health Organization an organization which has just recently passed a resolution on Autism Spectrum Disorders by its member states which, among other things, requests the Director General to work with member states to strengthen national capacities to address autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disorders, as part of a well-balanced approach, which strengthens systems. All member states including Canada (and the United States) supported the resolution. In doing so Canada has made an international commitment, to the World Heal...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - May 25, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: H L Doherty Source Type: blogs
