Dr Denis Mukwege: “The Time Has Come To Mobilize Real Political Will To Address CRSV In The DRC”
The use of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not a crime of the past. In 2020, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) documented 1,053 cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), affecting 675 women,…#drc #sexualviolence #crsv #mukwege #violence #stabilizationmission #atrocities #sexual #congo #republic (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Misinformation hurts effort to immunize children in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Support Intelligent, In-Depth, Trustworthy Journalism. Live data on national races for Senate, House and state governors Leave your feedback Millions of children around the world did not get routine vaccines as a result of disruptions and disinformation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the…#trustworthyjournalism #intelligent #trustworthy #journalism #indepth #benedictmoran #jorgensamso #correspondentbenedict #journalistjorgen #pbsnewshour (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scientists discover a new virus lurking in bats: Similar pathogens kill up to one in three humans
Scientists have discovered a new virus, the Kiwira virus, in bats - the animal that possibly transferred Covid to humans. It has been found in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Conflict, epidemic and faith communities: church-state relations during the fight against Covid-19 in north-eastern DR Congo - Kangamina S, Falisse JB, Baba A, Grant L, Pearson N, Way Y, Wild-Wood E.
BACKGROUND: Understanding and improving access to essential services in (post)-conflict settings requires paying particular attention to the actors who occupy the space left 'empty' by weak or deficient State institutions. Religious institutions often play... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

It turns out that chimpanzees and gorillas can form lasting friendships
Two decades of research in Nouabalé-Ndoki Park in the Republic of Congo found the primates foraging alongside each other, wrestling, seeking out their pals — and occasionally making threats.(Image credit: Brent Stirton/Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - November 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Laurel Wamsley Source Type: news

Progress on Tuberculosis Can Be Achieved in Africa
In Africa only 60% of the estimated TB cases have been diagnosed. All the other infections are hidden by poverty—and so the disease continues to spread. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Morounfolu OlugbosiJOHANNESBURG, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) The news in many parts of the world is that tuberculosis (TB) is reclaiming the title of the world’s most deadly infection, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to kill an estimated 1,450 people daily around the world. But this is not news to African countries, which are home to one third of the people globally who die from TB, even though they have less than one fifth of the world’s po...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Morounfolu Olugbosi Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations tuberculosis Source Type: news

UN Needs a Sea Change in its Handling of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (SEA)
An art exhibition in Juba, supported by the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), seeks to educate people about gender and sexual based violence. Credit: UNMISS/Nektarios MarkogiannisBy Anwarul K. ChowdhuryNEW YORK, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) Calling it “so disappointing and disheartening” in social media on 17 October, Dr. Rosie James, a British medical expert, announced that “I was sexually assaulted by a World Health Organization (WHO) staff tonight at the World Health Summit.” WHO, as we all know, is a part of the UN system of entities. She went to emphasize that “This was not the first time in the global health sphere ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anwarul K. Chowdhury Tags: Civil Society Editors' Choice Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: A Humanitarian Desert - Lacklustre Response Amid Horrific Violence in DRC
[MSF] In August, following an outbreak of violence in the provinces of Mai-Ndombe and Kwilu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of mission Alessandra Giudiceandrea spent several weeks in the region as part of our emergency response. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 3, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: UNAIDS Is Deeply Concerned That Rising Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo Threatens HIV Treatment and Prevention Services
[UNAIDS] Geneva/Kinshasa -- UNAIDS is alarmed that fighting between government forces and rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing serious disruption and harm to treatment, prevention and care services for people living with and affected by HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Merck locates frozen batch of undisclosed Ebola vaccine, will donate for testing in Uganda ’s outbreak
In a revelation that may help Uganda combat its outbreak of Ebola, the pharmaceutical giant Merck has acknowledged to Science— after repeated inquiries — that it has up to 100,000 doses of an experimental vaccine for the deadly viral disease in its freezers in Pennsylvania and will donate them. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ugandan government are discussing if and how these doses can be incorporated into one or more clinical trials of other candidate Ebola vaccines that could launch as soon as next month. The Merck vaccine targets Sudan ebolavirus, the pathogen currentl...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 23, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

Ebola Outbreak in Uganda Is ‘ Rapidly Evolving, ’ World Health Organization Says
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers on the ground. “The Ministry of Health of Uganda has shown remarkable resilience and effectiveness and (is) constantly fine-tuning a response to what is a challenging situation,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the U.N. health agency’s regional director for Africa, told reporters. “A better understanding of the chains of transmission is helping those...
Source: TIME: Health - October 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

Uganda Reports Worrisome Increase in Ebola Cases in Capital
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan officials have reported 11 more cases of Ebola in the capital since Friday, a worrisome increase in infections just over a month after an outbreak was declared in a remote part of the East African country. Nine more people in the Kampala metropolitan area tested positive for Ebola on Sunday, in addition to two others on Friday, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said Monday. A top World Health Organization official in Africa said last week that Uganda’s Ebola outbreak was “rapidly evolving,” describing a challenging situation for health workers. Ugandan health authorities have...
Source: TIME: Health - October 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rodney Muhumuza/AP Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

Trees Help Protect the Planet From Climate Change. But The World Isn ’t Doing Enough to Protect Forests
This article is part of a series on key topics in the climate crisis for time.com and CO2.com, a division of TIME that helps companies reduce their impact on the planet. For more information, go to co2.com (Source: TIME: Science)
Source: TIME: Science - October 18, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jennifer Fergesen Tags: Uncategorized climate change Evergreen Explainer healthscienceclimate Nature & Science Source Type: news

Monkeypox treatment trial begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NIH partnering with INRB to evaluate tecovirimat (TPOXX). (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 12, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Building back better, and finding ways to pay: how countries in the Region are innovating for health
11 October 2022 – A new approach to risk communication and community engagement in Iraq served to expand emergency response capabilities at a time when COVID-19, cholera and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever were all in circulation. WHO and the Iraqi Ministry of Health developed a multifaceted programme to expand risk awareness and refine messaging, leveraging celebrities, community influences, and faith and tribal leaders to extend outreach. In a new departure for Jordan, social inclusion activities for children with disabilities are being integrated into wider services for children in an innovative scheme. WHO, th...
Source: WHO EMRO News - October 11, 2022 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news