Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People
Credit: Collectif Arc-en-Ciel/FacebookBy Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 27 2023 (IPS) In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued two landmark judgments striking down the criminalisation of consensual sex between adult men as unconstitutional. Its reasoning turned upside down the argument used by anti-rights forces to attack LGBTQI+ activists in many African countries: it acknowledged that criminalisation is the foreign import rather than gay sex, and a relic of colonialism it’s high time to shake off.
A damning colonial legacy
As in so many other Commonwealth...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ines M Pousadela Tags: Africa Civil Society Featured Headlines Health Human Rights LGBTQ TerraViva United Nations CIVICUS 2023 IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Ghana: Sanitation Minister Launches 'Hand Hygiene for All' Strategy
[GhanaToday] The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Dr Freda Akosua Prempeh, has launched a 'Hand Hygiene for All Strategy and Roadmap' to mark Global Handwashing Day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Ghana Health and Medicine Water and Sanitation West Africa Source Type: news
Ghana: Invest in Health Promotion Interventions - Dr Ani-Amponsah
[Ghanaian Times] A Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Dr Mary Ani-Amponsah, has urged government to invest in preventive health care as a cost-effective measure to address budget constraints on health expenditure. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Ghana: First Lady Appeals to Merck for Training More Radiologists for Ghana
[Ghanaian Times] The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has made a passionate appeal to Merck Foundation, to help train more radiologists in Ghana to effectively and efficiently take care of the health needs of Ghanaians. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine NGOs and Civil Society West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Begins Mass Hpv Vaccinations to Fight Cervical Cancer
[Ghanaian Times] Nigeria has begun a mass vaccination campaign against human papillomavirus (HPV) in a bid to drastically reduce cervical cancer rates. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Ghana: 5th CAMHA Games Held to Create Awareness On Mental Health
[Ghanaian Times] Care and Action for Mental Health in Africa (CAMHA), Ghanaian based healthcare non-governmental organization, held the fifth edition of its annual games atthe Madina Astro Turf in Accra last week. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine Sport West Africa Source Type: news
Ghana: October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Stepping up the Campaign Against Breast Cancer
[Ghanaian Times] The website contains very useful information about breast cancer. I have used a lot of information from the website for this piece. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Ghana: 493,400 Visually-Impaired Persons Lack White Cane
[Ghanaian Times] About 493,000 (40 per cent) of Ghana's visually-impaired population do not own a white cane thereby inhibiting their mobility and social inclusion. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Ghana: Health Facility Managers Urged to Validate Lab Equipment
[Ghanaian Times] Managers of health facilities in the country have been urged to adopt systems to constantly validate equipment used in their laboratories. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Ghana: Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Delta, BCI Walk for a Cure
[Ghanaian Times] In solidarity with the fight against the breast cancer canker this October, Breast Care International (BCI) in partnership with Delta Air Lines held its annual health initiative, "Walk for the Cure" on the theme, 'Breaking the Myth, Fighting for the Cure' over the weekend. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
First malaria vaccine slashes early childhood deaths
In a major analysis in Africa, the first vaccine approved to fight malaria cut deaths among young children by 13% over nearly 4 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported last week. The huge evaluation of a pilot rollout of the vaccine, called RTS,S or Mosquirix and made by GlaxoSmithKline, also showed a 22% reduction in severe malaria in kids young enough to receive a three-shot series. Hundreds of thousands of children are born annually in the parts of Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi included in the analysis, for which WHO revealed the final data on 20 October at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical M...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Halloween chocolate is pricier this year as El Ni ño hits cacao bean crop
Halloween candy is for sale at a CVS store on October 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Cocoa, a vital ingredient for chocolate, is more expensive than its been in decades, as hotter and drier weather patterns stunt the cacao bean crop's growth. Cocoa futures surged to $3,786 per metric ton on Monday,…#cvs #washingtondc #cacao #cacaobean #westafrica #davidbranch #wellsfargo #agrifoodinstitute #ivorycoast #ghana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Perceptions and conceptualizations of gender-based violence: the case of Northern Ghana - Alo SA, Sedegah DD, Tuffour M, Akolaa RA.
The study assessed gender-based violence (GBV) in Northern Ghana with a focus on intimate partner violence (IPV), other forms of violence against women, and the general perception held on gendered-based violence in the regions. The causal factors militatin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Is World War III Bullish for Bitcoin?
If Bitcoin really is a safe-haven asset, is it behaving like one? The title of today’s post is not intended to be a serious question as much as it is “gallows humour”, as they say. Since the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in early 2022, it’s been speculated that future historians may look back on…#russian #ukraine #cfa #niger #ghana #burkinafaso #warbyothermeans #5thgenerationwarfare #middleeast #patrickbyrnes (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI Tool Peers Into Eyes To Detect Early Heart Attack, Glaucoma And Parkinson's Risk Factors Before Patients Show Symptoms
Researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model called RETFound that can predict heart attack risks by examining a patient's eyes. The UCL Institute of Ophthalmology is part of the Faculty of Brain Sciences of…#retfound #ucl #irish #ghana #tanzania #eastafrican #nhs #clinicians #starpaxbiopharma #airbnb (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
