Africans Can Solve the Disease that Haunts Us — Here’s How
It is critical that African scientists tackle African problems, and the reasons extend beyond access. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Khisi MdluliBOSTON, US, Mar 15 2024 (IPS) I was born in Brakpan, Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in eSwatini (known then as Swaziland). People in these two countries share one predominant fear: unemployment. Other worries in these countries and others in the region include unwanted pregnancies, low income and food safety. The diseases that are dreaded the most are cancer and diabetes. Feared infectious diseases include HIV-AIDS, COVID and cholera. Even though South Africa and eSwatini a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Khisi Mdluli Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news

Republic of Congo reports its first mpox virus cases, in several regions
The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Humanitarian Response Needed to Avoid Health Catastrophe in DRC
[MSF] Two years of violent fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) and its allies in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) intensified in late January. Fighting has now reached the border with South Kivu province, causing new mass displacement. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 12, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Central Africa Congo-Kinshasa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Source Type: news

The 5 tenets of turning pain into power
A supportive community is the key to cultivating resilience and unlocking healing. Sharing the story of a transformative recovery program for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, human rights activist Christine Schuler Deschryver details how her team at City of Joy…#congo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Africa: DR Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia Join Global Push to Stop Most Preventable Cancer
[allAfrica] Every two minutes, a woman dies from cervical cancer, despite the existence of effective tools, like vaccinating against the major cause of HPV to prevent the majority of cases and eventually eliminate this disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Central Africa Congo-Kinshasa East Africa Ethiopia External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Noncommunicable Diseases Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Africa: DR Congo Civilians in Firing Line As Use of Heavy Weapons Signals New Phase
[ICRC] Goma -- A sharp uptick in the numbers of civilians wounded by heavy weapons in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is threatening to overwhelm health facilities already struggling to provide care, further worsening one of the world's largest and most complex humanitarian crises, Robert Mardini, director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), warned during a five-day visit to the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Aid and Assistance Central Africa Children and Youth Conflict, Peace and Security Congo-Kinshasa Health and Medicine Human Rights Women and Gender Source Type: news

D.C. Circuit Rejects Conflict Mineral Suit Against Apple and Other Tech Companies
Today a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by former cobalt miners against several tech companies for acquiring cobalt that may have been mined using forced labor. Judge Neomi Rao wrote for the panel, joined by Judges Pillard…#uscourtofappeals #dccircuit #neomirao #srinivasan #apple #congolese #articleiii #dccircuitrejects #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Federal appeals court throws out lawsuit against Apple, Google, Tesla and other tech giants over alleged child labor in Congo
A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit that sought to hold Apple, Google, Tesla and other major tech companies liable for their alleged use of child labor to mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals said in a unanimous ruling that while the…#apple #google #tesla #neomirao #congo #alphabet #delltechnologies #huayoucobalt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

News Block: Bitcoin Price Set to Break ATH, BlackRock ’s ETF Fastest to $10 Billion, Bitdeer Reveals New Mining Chip, Bitcoin Saving Endangered Animals in Congo?
In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered by Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR), we cover the major headlines related to Bitcoin and global finance: Bitcoin's Price Could Break ATH Before Halving BlackRock’s ETF Fastest Ever to $10 Billion AUM MicroStrategy Issues More Debt to Buy Bitcoin…#coinstoriesnewsblock #btdr #halving #blackrock #buybitcoin #bitcoinonlybeen #fidelitydominating #inflowdata #wellsfargo #merrilllynch (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Queens’ Episode Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Air?
NatGeo is unleashing female power to the fullest extent in its new docuseries “Queens.” Created by a female-led production team and narrated by Angela Bassett, “Queens” centers on the natural world’s matriarchies and female leaders, spotlighting stories of sacrifice, resilience, friendship and…#natgeo #created #angelabassett #queens #tanzania #congo #centralafrica #african #behindqueens #hulu (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: Regional Military Leaders Meet in Eastern DRC to Coordinate Strategy Against M23 Rebels
[Independent (Kampala)] Kinshasa, DRC -- Stability hangs in the balance in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where military leaders from five regional countries have been meeting for days to devise a coordinated military strategy to end hostilities that risk escalating into a regional conflict. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 4, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Arms and Military Affairs Burundi Central Africa Conflict, Peace and Security Congo-Kinshasa East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution South Africa Southern Africa Tanzania Source Type: news

The State Of Global Fertility
South Korea broke its own record when it announced this week that as of 2023, its fertility rate had fallen to just 0.72 births per woman. The rate at which a population replaces itself between generations without migration stands at around 2.1. As Statista's…#katharinabuchholz #statistain #southeastasia #westafrican #niger #worldbank #somalia #chad #congo #africa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Takeaways from AP visit to Congo as nation offers expanded oil drilling
The central African nation of Congo is looking to expand oil and gas drilling by auctioning off 30 sites around the country.#african #congo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

As Congo seeks to expand drilling, some communities worry pollution will worsen
The central African nation of Congo is known for its mineral riches.#african #congo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: Eastern DR Congo - Al Jazeera's Sanitization of Killer Militia Needs to Stop
[New Times] Over the last few days, Catherine Wambua-Soi, Al Jazeera's producer in the region, has enjoyed unfettered access to government-controlled areas in eastern DR Congo, notably the town of Sake, North Kivu Province's capital, Goma, as well as the zone right next to the Congolese border with Rwanda. She's interviewed internally displaced people in the camps surrounding Goma and had members of her camera crew join a FARDC (the DR Congo's national army) patrol in Sake, a town about 20 kilometers from Goma that's (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa Conflict, Peace and Security Congo-Kinshasa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news