Cameroon: Reports of Polio Outbreak After Largest Vaccination Programme Since 2020
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon officials say a fifth case of polio was reported in the capital, Yaounde, this week, despite the launching of a new polio vaccination campaign in the central African country and its neighbors. Health officials are increasing surveillance and encouraging parents, many of whom still resist vaccination programs, to have their children inoculated. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Cameroon Central Africa Health and Medicine Polio West Africa Source Type: news
Chronic Kidney Disease Is Poised To Become The Black Lung of Climate Change
It’s official. July was the world’s hottest month on record, scientists from the European climate monitoring agency confirmed on Aug. 8, a full 1.5°C (2.7°F) warmer than pre-industrial averages, offering a potent taste of what is to come in a world made hotter by climate change. The wildfires and heat waves that wreathed much of the northern hemisphere in smoke this summer? Expect more of the same. The surge in deaths and hospitalization from heat stress and stroke? Ditto. An increase in chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin? Yup. Wait, what?
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Source: TIME: Health - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
International declarations and laws to mitigate gender base violence for women and men with highlights on Cameroon situation - Tihnje AM, Godwill A, Ernestine BF.
Laws and legislation significantly influence actions in societies to control rates of gender-based violence (GBV). Most domestic laws are developed from international declarations and conventions. This paper reviews declarations, policies, and laws enacted... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The ramification of Cameroon's Anglophone crisis: conceptual analysis of a looming "Complex Disaster Emergency" - Bang HN, Balgah RA.
One of Africa's newest struggles for liberation: Cameroon's Anglophone crisis, which emerged from legal and education grievances in 2016, rapidly escalated into a secessionist political conflict that is threatening the unity of the country, with potential ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Kordofan giraffes face local extinction if poaching continues
Poaching of two Critically Endangered Kordofan giraffes per year could result in extinction in just 15 years within Cameroon ’ s B é nou é National Park without intervention. These are the alarming new findings of a University of Bristol and Bristol Zoological Society-led study published in the African Journal of Ecology. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - August 4, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research, International, Postgraduate; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Veterinary School; Press Release Source Type: news
India finds lapses at cough syrup maker linked to Cameroon deaths
India has found violations related to manufacturing and laboratory practices at drugmaker Riemann Labs, whose cough syrup was linked to child deaths in Cameroon, a government health official told Reuters on Wednesday. Riemann Labs is the fourth Indian cough syrup maker to stop production after regulators found lapses. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
India orders Riemann Labs, linked to cough syrup deaths in Cameroon, to stop manufacturing
Last month, the World Health Organization said a batch of cough and cold syrup sold in Cameroon under the brand name Naturcold contained extremely high levels of a toxic ingredient, the latest in a series of recent warnings about contaminated cough syrups. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What Represents A Successful Transfer Window For Manchester United?
As football clubs around Europe enter the final month of the transfer window, many will be gearing up for a major push to secure targets ahead of the new season. On the contrary to how business is usually conducted, Manchester United have worked themselves into a very healthy position. Three…#manchesterunited #andreonana #rasmushojlund #erikten #daviddegea #onana #intermilan #realmadrid #reddevils #cameroon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
' God willing, we will meet again in Libya.' A migrant family's tale shows chaos at Tunisian border
When Mbengue Nyimbilo Crepin regained consciousness after collapsing in the desert, the sun had already set. Tunisian authorities had violently forced him, his wife and their 6-year-old daughter across the border to Libya by foot without water, in the blazing heat, he said. Nyimbilo crumpled to…#tunisian #libya #nyimbilo #matyladosso #matyla #libyan #northafrican #cameroon #ivorycoast #mediterraneansea (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TB Preventive Treatment: the Need for Choice
The progress made in HIV prevention is nothing short of a global success story. It is time that TB caught up to HIV. Medicine is simply too advanced for us to tolerate how one disease can be beaten back yet another continues to flourish. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Violet ChihotaJOHANNESBURG, Jul 26 2023 (IPS) Before COVID-19 came along, the two most lethal infectious diseases were HIV and tuberculosis (TB). Even though HIV still lingers, with 1.5 million people contracting the infection every year, epidemiologists point to the availability of many HIV prevention options as a primary reason for the decreasing caseload.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Violet Chihota Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs tuberculosis (TB) Source Type: news
India ’s Rice Export Ban May Drive Global Food Prices Even Higher
India—the world’s largest exporter of rice—banned all exports of “non-basmati white rice” late Thursday in an effort to keep domestic prices in check, raising fears it could further threaten global food security, which has already been impacted by Russia’s scrapping a key UN-brokered deal that…#blacksea #nepal #african #benin #angola #cameroon #djibouti #guinea #ivorycoast #kenya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rwanda: New Research Launched to Tackle Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
[New Times] Adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights remain a pressing and critical topic in today's world. As young individuals navigate the complexities of adolescence, it is crucial to understand and address their distinct sexual and reproductive health requirements. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 21, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Asia, Australia, and Africa Cameroon Central Africa Children and Youth East Africa External Relations Ghana Health and Medicine Human Rights Malawi Rwanda Southern Africa West Africa Source Type: news
Cameroon: Medical Product Alert N°5/2023 - Substandard (Contaminated) Syrup Medicines
[WHO] Alert Summary (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Cameroon Central Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa West Africa Source Type: news
Cameroon: WHO Issues Cough Syrup Alert in Cameroon
[DW] The World Health Organisation has flagged a batch of "Naturcold" cough and cold syrup sold in Cameroon as toxic for containing unacceptable amounts of contaminants. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Cameroon Central Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa West Africa Source Type: news
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of violence in hospitals: the case of users of the reception and emergency service of the Ebolowa Regional Hospital - Bita AIG, Omgba ETB, Essi HNM, Mbom RP, Nyenty AA.
This study examines the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of violence by users in the reception and emergency departments of the Ebolo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
