Climate Change Behind Africa Cholera Surge, Top Health Officials Say
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the continent’s chief health advisory body, has tied the worst outbreak of cholera in three years to climate change, saying adverse weather is raising the risk of this disease faster than in the rest of the world.
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That’s as floods in Democratic Republic of Congo — and across much of southern Africa — stretch already fragile health systems, limit access to safe water and sanitation and force people from their homes.
“Cholera in Africa is a climate change issue,” said Jean Kaseya...
Source: TIME: Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Godfrey Marawanyika / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire climate change healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
A cross-sectional study exploring the characteristics of female survivors of sexual violence living with HIV/AIDS in the eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo - Nyakio O, Kibukila F, Mukwege D, Bwani J, Tambwe A, Bhattacharjee P, Bandyopadhyay S, Akilimali A, Kakudji P, Kakoma JB.
BACKGROUND: Sexual violence remains a persistent and devastating issue in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). AIM: To elucidate the sociodemographic, sexual, and obstetrical characteristics associated with the experiences of victims of sexu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Prince Harry charity launches rape and torture investigation
African Parks—which counts Prince Harry as a director—has launched an investigation into allegations its guards raped and tortured tribespeople in a Congolese jungle. Survival International, which represents Indigenous people around the world, contacted African Parks and Harry and Meghan Markle…#africanparks #congolese #meghanmarkle #baka #odzala #mail #ellaene #meghan #archewellfoundation #duke (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Both parties agree to maintain current shareholding structure as Chinese partners will pay 1.2% of royalties annually to Congo
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chinese Partners to Invest Up to $7 Billion in Infrastructure Projects in Congo: Statement
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Democratic Republic of Congo and Chinese Partners Agree to Review Sicomines Joint Venture
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Drivers of men's use of intimate partner violence in conflict-affected settings: learnings from the Democratic Republic of Congo - Bourey C, Musci RJ, Bass JK, Glass N, Matabaro A, Kelly JTD.
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is prevalent in conflict-affected settings. Yet, there is limited knowledge about the risk factors that influence men's use of IPVAW in conflict-affected settings. This paper adopts a transdiscipl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
An Inside Look at the Embryo Transplant That May Help Save the Northern White Rhino
The two loneliest rhinos in the world are the female known as Najin and her daughter, known as Fatu. They live in the Ol Pejeta conservancy, a 360 sq km (140 sq mi.) sanctuary in central Kenya. A lot of different animals representing a lot of different species call Ol Pejeta home, but Najin and Fatu are special: they are the world’s last remaining northern white rhinos, a species that once numbered 25,000 and ranged across what is now South Sudan, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic. The near-death of the species is mostly due to poaching—with humans hunting down the rhino...
Source: TIME: Science - January 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger and Photos by Ami Vitale Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Bitcoin Mining Around the World with Seb Gouspillou (SLP543) by Stephan Livera Podcast
Sébastien Gouspillou is a French Bitcoin miner, entrepreneur, and speaker. He is the CEO of BBGS (Big Block Green Services) and he joins me to talk about Bitcoin mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oman and elsewhere around the world: Bitcoin mining in the DRC Bitcoin mining in Oman…#sébastiengouspillou #bitcoin #bbgs #oman #livera #coinkitecom #nomadcapitalistlive #subscribe #timestampschapters #background (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UN Peacekeepers to Leave Congo by End of 2024 After 25 Years
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Historic Floods in Congo Republic Prompt WHO Warning of Disease
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Intelligence: Emmanuel override
Gabriel Attal, France’s youthful new prime minister, represents President Emmanuel Macron’s renewed push to pass policy reforms and to counter a resurgent far-right. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a landslide re-election of President Félix Tshisekedi has raised eyebrows—and tempers…#gabrielattal #emmanuelmacron #félixtshisekedi #wickerman #economistpodcasts (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congo ’s Constitutional Court Confirms Felix Tshisekedi’s Election Win
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Joseph Lelyveld Dies: Former New York Times Executive Editor, Pulitzer Prize Winner Was 86
Joseph Lelyveld, who won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book, Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White, and was a former executive editor and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, died on Friday at his Manhattan home. He was 86 and succumbed to complications of…#josephlelyveld #1986pulitzerprize #moveyourshadow #southafrica #blackandwhite #manhattan #jannyscott #times #congo #hongkong (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Screening and risk factors for cervical cancer among survivors of sexual violence in conflict settings, in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Kimoni GB, Martin R, Mukengere DM, de Kerchove C, Ntamwenge SN, Ngeleza ON.
This study assesses the risk that rape survivors have of developing cervical cancer in the context of conflict. A cross-sectional and descriptive study conducted in Bunyakiri and Kavumu, a conflict region in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
