This woman went from living without electricity and running water to owning real estate worth $2 million. Here ’s how she did it
Yamundow Camara grew up in Gambia, West Africa, in a house without electricity and running water. Now she runs a bustling rental-real-estate business in the U.S., where she owns more than $2 million in property, including a “dream house” for her growing family in an Atlanta suburb. In less than…#gambia #westafrica #atlanta #camara #section8 #illinois #amazon #marketwatch #universityofillinois #malaria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India in diplomatic effort to protect drug exports after Gambia, Uzbekistan deaths
India's drug industry is one of the biggest in the world but its reputation has been shaken after tests conducted by the World Health Organization and other agencies showed toxins in the cough syrups. The tainted products were linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia and 19 in Uzbekistan last year. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Gambia: Minister Gomez Quizzed On Over D1 Million COVID Fund
[The Point] Hon Musa Badjie, member for Tallinding Kunjang Constituency questioned Hon Pierre Gomez, Minister of Higher Education and Research Science about One Million One Hundred and Thirty-Four Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty Dalasis which was received, as revealed by the 2022 Auditor's report, by the Gambian Embassy in Algeria in respect of relief package on government's Covid-19 response. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 20, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
From small beginnings to selling overseas: how SMEs are driving UK exports
British business has long been a powerhouse across the globe – in fact, the UK ranks seventh in the world for export activity. But while multinational operations from Land Rover to Burberry may dominate the headlines with their sizeable exports, British SMEs make their mark worldwide too. In fact,…#landrover #lucymonks #lesleybatchelorcbe #fsb #aspunagroup #mariayassinjah #mba #gambia #nigeria #tanzania (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gambian child deaths fuel alarm over rules in ‘world’s biggest pharmacy’ India
Scandal spurs questions about quality control at Indian companies and regulatory oversight in poorer countries (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - March 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Acute kidney injury among children likely associated with diethylene glycol-contaminated medications - The Gambia, June-September 2022 - Bastani P, Jammeh A, Lamar F, Malenfant JH, Adewuyi P, Cavanaugh AM, Calloway K, Crisp C, Fofana N, Hallett TC, Jallow A, Muoneke U, Nyassi M, Thomas J, Troeschel A, Yard E, Yeh M, Bittaye M.
On July 26, 2022, a pediatric nephrologist alerted The Gambia's Ministry of Health (MoH) to a cluster of cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) among young children at the country's sole teaching hospital, and on August 23, 2022, MoH requested assistance from ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Medication-associated diethylene glycol mass poisoning - a preventable cause of illness and death - Schier J, Chang A, Kapil V.
Gambia recently faced a medication-associated diethylene glycol mass poisoning -- the latest of numerous such events over the past 80 years. Why do such tragedies continue to happen, and what can be done to prevent them?
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Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Oral Azithromycin During Labor Fails to Stop Neonatal Sepsis, Death
(MedPage Today) -- Giving azithromycin to mothers during labor did not reduce the incidence of neonatal sepsis or mortality, a randomized trial conducted in Gambia and Burkina Faso found.
Of nearly 12,000 live births in the two West African nations... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 7, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries highlights impact of ...
UNOSSC, IBSA and India-UN Fund outreach for development of least developed countries
5 March 2023, Doha – On the sidelines of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, the catalytic power of South-South cooperation to enable transformational development in least developed countries was celebrated. Eminent personalities from India, Brazil, The Gambia, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, Timor-Leste and officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), U...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 5, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
India may issue alert on Marion cough syrup exports after toxins found
Police on Friday arrested three Marion employees and are looking for two directors after tests in a government laboratory found 22 of 36 syrup samples "adulterated and spurious". New Delhi is pursuing the issue even as the government has pushed back against allegations that cough syrup made by another Indian company, Maiden Pharmaceuticals, led to the deaths of children in Gambia last year. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - March 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
India-made cough syrups caused disease in Gambia kids: US CDC
Indian cough syrups exported to Gambia contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol (EG) led to acute kidney injury (AKI) cluster among children, according to an investigation led by the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Gambian scientists. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - March 3, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Cough Syrup Likely Culprit in Dozens of Child Deaths in Gambia, Says CDC
(MedPage Today) -- Syrup-based medications contaminated with a chemical often used in antifreeze were the likely cause of the acute kidney injuries (AKIs) and deaths of 66 young children in the West African country of Gambia in 2022, CDC researchers... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 3, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Acute Kidney Injury Among Children Likely Associated with Diethylene Glycol-Contaminated Medications - The Gambia, June-September 2022
This report describes acute kidney injury linked to imported pediatric medications among children in Gambia. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 2, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Diseases & Conditions Medication Safety MMWR Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Research Uncovers Cheaper Diagnostic Tools For Chronic Hepatitis B in Africa
This study adds guidance as to when such earlier diagnosis may be attained.
“However, research is one thing, health systems strengthening another. Studies like this one add to the impetus and arm the policymakers to make the right decisions,” he says.
But he urges communities to take charge of these findings instead of leaving action in the hands of “sometimes incapacitated policymakers’ hands.”
“The question should be, what is the community saying about findings such as these? If we wait for policymakers to decide when they are going to invest in hepatitis B interventions, we will wait for the rest of our ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charles Mpaka Tags: Africa Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Malawi Source Type: news
Court orders jail for two Maiden Pharma execs for exporting substandard drugs to Vietnam
India suspended production at Maiden Pharmaceuticals in October last year for violations of manufacturing standards after the World Health Organization said four of its cough syrups may have killed dozens of children in Gambia. The company has denied its drugs were at fault for the deaths in Gambia and tests by an Indian government laboratory found there were no toxins in them. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
