Increasing Export Restrictions on Critical Minerals Threaten Energy Transition, Says OECD
Rising export restrictions on lithium, cobalt and other raw materials critical to the energy transition threaten to slow the move to a greener economy, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In a new report, the OECD said that over the last decade, export…#oecd #congo #vietnam #argentina #kazakhstan #parisagreement #criticalrawmaterials (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Midwives Use New Groundbreaking Birthing Model With Survivors of Sexual Violence
[UNFPA] When 16-year-old Esther* arrived at Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, doctors confirmed her worst fear: she was pregnant. Esther had been raped seven months earlier. Ostracized by her friends and family, she felt betrayed and alone. She said her pregnancy made her "feel dirty." (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 7, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence
BUKAVU, The Democratic Republic of the Congo– When 16-year-old Esther* arrived at the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, doctors confirmed her worst fear: She was preg (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Central Africa: Urgent Response Needed for Humanitarian Disaster in North Kivu
[MSF] A humanitarian disaster is underway in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where around one million people have fled their homes in the past 12 months to escape fighting linked to the resurgence of the M23 armed group. This major crisis is exacerbating an already critical humanitarian situation in the province. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 5, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Fight Over Corruption and Congo ’s Mining Riches Takes a Turn in Washington
Dan Gertler, an Israeli diamond dealer, has found a surprising ally in his quest to have his name removed from a U.S. sanctions list: the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dan Gertler, an Israeli billionaire, is pressing President Biden to remove sanctions that were imposed on him for…#dangertler #israeli #african #felixtshisekedi #treasurydepartment #congo #congolese #antonyjblinken #treasury #janetlyellen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 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

Congo-Kinshasa: Why Ebola Sex Abuse Victims May Never Find Justice
[The New Humanitarian] London -- 'The UN has essentially created a two-tier system for survivors of sexual abuse.' (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 30, 2023 Category: African Health 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

UN rights chief calls Uganda anti-gay bill'deeply troubling '
The United Nations rights chief on Wednesday urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment. “The passing of this discriminatory bill — probably among the worst of its kind in…#unitednations #ugandan #yowerimuseveni #volkerturk #johnkirby #uganda #congo #eastafrican #museveni #karinejeanpierre (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News 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

Congo-Kinshasa: Key Component of Traditional Medicine in Short Supply
[Global Press Journal] Lubero -- In DRC, where health care facilities are scarce and often inaccessible, many residents rely on traditional medicine -- but one essential ingredient is getting harder to find. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Outbreak of Polio Linked to Newer Oral Vaccine Detected in Africa
(MedPage Today) -- For the first time, cases of paralytic polio have been linked to the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), with multiple cases detected in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Global Polio Eradication Initiative... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 17, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Prevention, cessation, or harm reduction: heterogeneous effects of an intimate partner violence prevention program in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo - Gurbuz Cuneo A, Vaillant J, Koussoub é E, Pierotti RS, Falb K, Kabeya R.
INTRODUCTION: The Engaging Men through Accountable Practice (EMAP) program is a series of facilitated group discussions for men in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that sought to reduce intimate-partner violence and transform gender relations. While a ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news

Improving family functioning and reducing violence in the home in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial of Safe at Home - Falb KL, Asghar K, Blackwell A, Baseme S, Nyanguba M, Roth D, Hategekimana JD.
OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of the Safe at Home programme which was developed to improve family well-being and prevent multiple forms of violence in the home. DESIGN: Waitlisted pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING: North Kiv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news

Next Ebola Outbreak ‘Not a Matter of If, but When’
Uganda used public health measures like screening, testing of temperatures, and isolation of suspected cases to contain the Ebola outbreak. While those measures were successful, scientists warn that another outbreak could occur. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPSBy Wambi MichaelKAMPALA & MUBENDE, Mar 10 2023 (IPS) It is two months since the World Health Organization declared Uganda free of the most recent Sudan ebolavirus, which killed 55 people. Uganda employed public health measures to end the outbreak. In the absence of vaccines and therapeutics, the threat of the next outbreak looms. Scientists are yet to find answers to quest...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wambi Michael Tags: Africa Editors' Choice Environment Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Uganda Source Type: news