Africa: Continent Sees Surge in Cholera Amid Vaccine Shortage
[DW] Kenya is the latest nation to report cholera as Africa sees a spike in cases, especially in flood-hit Nigeria and Cameroon. This comes as WHO cut vaccine doses because of a supply shortage. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Authorities Say Cholera Hits Minawao, a Nigerian Refugee Camp
[VOA] Yaounde -- Authorities in Cameroon say they are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in an overcrowded refugee camp on its northern border with Nigeria. In the past week, three people have died in the Minawao refugee camp and at least 81 have been infected from the bacteria, which spreads through dirty water and food. The camp was designed to hold fewer than 15,000 refugees but currently has more than five times that number. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Health Officials Battle Cholera Outbreak As Floods Ravage Border Areas
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon says a fresh wave of cholera outbreak provoked by ongoing floods in its northern border with Chad and Nigeria has killed at least 17 people and many more are feared dead in difficult-to-access villages within a week. An emergency meeting by government officials and relief agencies on Wednesday ordered the deployment of humanitarian workers to overcrowded hospitals, especially on the border with Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Armed Separatists Prevent Health Workers From Assisting Monkeypox Patients
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- A monkeypox outbreak has been confirmed in the town of Mbonge, health authorities in Cameroon say, but armed separatists are preventing workers from investigating suspected cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Cameroon Sees 100% Increase in Mental Health Care Seekers
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Officials in Cameroon say the number of mental health patients in the country has more than doubled in the past year, as the country deals with a separatist crisis in its western regions and Boko Haram clashes in the north. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Controversial cough syrup maker Maiden Pharmaceuticals has global presence
Maiden Pharmaceuticals' global presence has a strong concentration in Africa, including countries such as Algeria, Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya and Tanzania. In South East Asia also it has presence in countries such as Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, among others. The company's footprints in South America include Ecuador, Chile, Venezuela, Surinam and Paraguay, besides others. It is also present in Russia, Poland and Belarus. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - October 6, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Assessment of domestic violence and its associated factors among ever-married reproductive-age women in Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey - Mulat B, Tsegaw M, Chilot D, Shitu K.
BACKGROUND: Domestic violence (DV) against women is a global issue that affects women in all countries and is a significant contributor to their poor health. Women who have experienced DV, in particular, suffer from the gynecological, nervous system, and s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Cameroon: Anglophone Hospital Workers Say They're Victims of Both Military and Separatist Brutality
[VOA] Yaounde -- Separatists in Cameroon have abducted five hospital staffers in the western town of Kumbo. The rebels say they were retaliating after Cameroon's military entered the hospital and arrested or killed some of their fighters. Hospital workers tell VOA both military troops and rebels abused them. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 27, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Asbestos Found in Talc-Based Tiger Brands Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson isn’t the only market leader struggling with the issue of asbestos-contaminated talc in its baby powder.
Tiger Brands, the largest food producer in South Africa, has recalled its Purity Essentials Baby Powder as a “precautionary measure,” after trace amounts of asbestos were detected in test samples.
The recall was announced Sept. 8, less than a month after Johnson & Johnson informed company shareholders that it was ending the worldwide sale of its talc-based product in 2023.
Tiger Brands, one of the largest packaged goods companies on the continent, is expected to continue selling ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 14, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Source Type: news
Nigeria: Rotavirus Vaccine Integrated Into National Vaccine Programme Amid Shortfalls
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigeria this week added a rotavirus vaccine to its national program that is expected to prevent 50,000 deaths of children per year from the diarrheal disease. But the launch comes amid shortages of the vaccine in countries such as Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal and Tanzania. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Cameroon's Health Minister Says He Was Threatened After Banning Skin Whitening Products
[RFI] Cameroon's Minister of Public Health said in an interview this week with a local television channel that he had received threats after banning skin bleaching products. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
54gene ’ s CEO Abasi Ene-Obong Wants to Fix the Racial Imbalance in Health Data
Born and raised in the Nigerian port city of Calabar, Abasi Ene-Obong remembers the exact moment that changed his life’s direction. Sitting in an introductory genetics class at medical school, in 2003, he heard the professor say that African genetic samples comprised less than 3% of health data bases in the world, creating a stunning vacuum in its ability to detect diseases and develop effective treatments for hundreds of millions of people.
Ene-Obong ditched his plan to become a doctor, and instead left for London, and later Los Angeles, to study genetics, finally earning a Master’s degree in business focusing...
Source: TIME: Health - August 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Vivienne Walt Tags: Uncategorized biztech2030 Innovation Leadership The Leadership Brief TIME 2030 Source Type: news
Atmosphere of accidents along the Douala-Yaounde National Road in Cameroon: hoofmarks, drivers, challenges and proactive options - Padison N, Tiafack O.
Road transport and safety is a thorny problem in the world today following the occurrence, recrudescence and outcomes of accidents in our society. These accidents are a public health hazard and vector of underdevelopment in developing countries amongst whi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
An injury profile of maxillofacial trauma in Yaound é: an observational study in Cameroon - Marie Elvire NA.
INTRODUCTION: Maxillofacial Trauma (MFT) is an important condition because of its frequency, facial involvement and severity of injury. The aim of the study was to determine the lesion profile of patients suffering from maxillofacial trauma in three hospit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
U.K. Monkeypox Cases Rise To More Than 1,700, With Most Cases In London
LONDON — British health officials say there have now been 1,735 confirmed cases of monkeypox and that three-quarters of those cases are in London, according to data released on Tuesday.
In a review of the outbreak published last week, Britain’s Health Security Agency said there were “no signs of a decline” in the monkeypox epidemic and that the virus “continues to be transmitted primarily in interconnected sexual networks of gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men.” The agency said 97% of cases fell in that category and that there was no evidence of sustained transmission beyond that...
Source: TIME: Health - July 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Public Health wire Source Type: news
