New research: High risk of malaria transmission after blood transfusions in sub-Saharan Africa
(Burness) A new study suggests that in high transmission areas of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly one in four blood bank supplies contain the parasites that cause malaria. Additional research, focusing on the blood supply of Equatorial Guinea's capital, Malabo, found slightly higher levels of latent malaria infection, most of it -- more than 89 percent -- at a level that commonly used diagnostic technology cannot detect. Both studies were presented at the 7th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan African Malaria Conference in Dakar, Senegal. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 16, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Methanol from African Plants Kills Mesothelioma Cells
This study provides evidences of the cytotoxicity of the tested plant extract and highlights the good activity of Elephantopus mollis and Kalanchoe crenata,” Kuete wrote. “They deserve more exploration to develop novel cytotoxic drugs.”
The post Methanol from African Plants Kills Mesothelioma Cells appeared first on Mesothelioma Center - Vital Services for Cancer Patients & Families. (Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News)
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - June 2, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Tags: African medicinal plants African whitewood apoptosis mesothelioma BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine breast cancer Cameroon cancer chemotherapy colon cancer cytotoxicity against mesothelioma cells doxorubicin Dr. Victor Kuete Source Type: news
Niger: Energy Firm Renews Resolve to Eliminate Malaria
[CAJ News] Lagos -EXXON Mobil, the international oil and gas company, has renewed its support for local and global organisations working to end malaria around the world. The company works with partners across Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and Tanzania to raise awareness and advocate for solutions to fight the disease. Planned activities and public events include voluntary testing and counseling sessions, mosquito net distribution, community clean-up campaigns, school engagements, and p (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Anti-Malaria Drug Resistant Parasite Invades Continent
[Financial Gazette] A MALARIA strain that is partially resistant to the anti-malaria drug, artemisinin has been detected in a Chinese patient, who had travelled from Equatorial Guinea to China. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 16, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Bushmeat Trade Tests Ebola Prevention
[Al Jazeera] Ebolowa -The market in Ambam, a colonial town with brick-red cottages and rusty roofs, near the southern borders with Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, is a cluster of booth-sized shops and stalls. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Bobby: the gorilla on the wrong side of the law
The western lowland gorilla was smuggled from Africa to Italy in the 1980s. As taxidermy, he is part of a new exhibition at the National Museum of ScotlandName: BobbySpecies: Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)Dates: 1983-2008Claim to fame: Much-loved zoo animalWhere now:National Museum of ScotlandIn 1994, magistrates from the Italian province of Ancona found the manager of a local circus guilty of importing a gorilla into the country. Bobby (variously also known as Bongo, Bongo III and Bongo Junior) had been captured as a baby in Equatorial Guinea more than a decade earlier and is thought to have been brough...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 28, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Henry Nicholls Tags: Science Zoology Biology Natural History Museum Museums Culture Conservation Environment Wildlife Evolution Source Type: news
Cameroon: Poultry Ban Hurting Farmers
[Deutsche Welle] Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have imposed ban on table birds from Cameroon due to the resurgence of the avian influenza virus. Poultry farmers say the ban has hugely affected their business. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 2, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Equatorial Guinea: Building the Capacities for Guinea's SRs Will Be Challenging
[GFO] The lack of capacity of sub-recipients is a long-standing problem in Guinea. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - October 28, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Where commerce and conservation clash: Bushmeat trade grows with economy in 13-year study
(Drexel University) Comprehensive results of 13 years of one of the longest continuously running studies of commercial hunting activity have been published in the journal PLOS ONE. The researchers recorded more than 197,000 animal carcasses for sale and analyzed market patterns in relation to political, economic and legal factors in the country of Equatorial Guinea in central Africa. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 3, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Africa: Kaleidoscope of the International Conference On Africa's Fight Against Ebola, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
[Sierra Leone Government] The recently concluded International Conference on Africa's fight against Ebola held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea focuses on Africa helping Africans in the Ebola Recovery and Reconstruction and attracted AU Foreign Affairs Ministers, Ministers of Health, Heads of States. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 31, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: President Mugabe Returns
[The Herald] President Mugabe returned home early this morning from Equatorial Guinea where he chaired an International Conference on Africa's fight against Ebola. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 22, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Western Sahara: Health Minister Meets African Counterparts At Malabo Ebola Conference
[SPS] Malabo -The Minister of Public Health Mr. Mohamed Lamine Daddi, who represented the President of the Republic Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz at the International Conference on Africa's Fight Against Ebola held in Equatorial Guinea on July 20-21, has meet with various African counterparts, heads of delegations and prestigious personalities attending the event. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 22, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Ebola Countries Attend Confab On Africa's Fight Against Ebola
[New Dawn] Ministers and high level officials from countries most affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), including Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone have attended the International Conference on Africa's Fight Against Ebola held from July 20-21, 2015 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 22, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Egypt: Health Minister - Ebola Conference to Discuss Assisting Plagued Countries
[Egypt Online] Health Minister Adel Adawy said on Monday 20/7/2015 the international conference on Ebola in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, will discuss means to assist countries plagued with the Ebola virus to prevent its spread. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 21, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Egypt: Mahlab Attends Ebola Conference in Equatorial Guinea
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab arrived on Monday 20/7/2015 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to take part in an international conference on Ebola, which will open on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 21, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
