A travelling theatre in Guinea-Bissau sparks conversations and changes minds about gender-based violence
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Source: UNFPA News - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Failed Coup Spurs Guinea-Bissau to Name Second Premier in a Week
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guinea-Bissau Leader Dissolves Parliament After Coup Attempt
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guinea-Bissau President Embalo says a coup was foiled on Friday
[1/2] Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin following the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 29, 2023. Sergei Bobylyov/TASS Host Photo Agency via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights BISSAU, Dec 2…#umarosissocoembalo #vladimirputin #africa #saintpetersburg #reutersfile #westafrican #dubai #bissaud #portugal #guineabissau (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned
World faces ‘malaria emergency’ from resistance to insecticides, waning efficacy of drugs, funding shortfalls and climate changeAfrican leaders have warned that the world is facing the “biggest malaria emergency” of the past two decades.Heads of state and experts came together in a show of unity to call for urgent action on malaria at the UN general assembly on Friday, saying progress on eradicating the disease faced serious setbacks from mosquitoes ’ growingresistance to insecticides, and the decreased effectiveness of antimalarial drugs and diagnostic tests.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi Tags: Global development Malaria Global health World Health Organization United Nations Africa Infectious diseases Science Society World news Guinea-Bissau Medical research Climate crisis Environment Source Type: news
Women in Guinea-Bissau speak out against female genital mutilation: “I’m lucky to be alive”
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Source: UNFPA News - September 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“My life completely changed”: Treating bodies, minds and lives affected by obstetric fistula in Guinea-Bissau
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau– “I didn't know what obstetric fistula was, let alone that it could be treated,” says 33-year-old mother-of-two Maria. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - June 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau -- Bissau-Guineans voted Sunday in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau's national legislature, more than a year after the West African nation's president dissolved parliament. Nearly 1 million voters were registered to elect more than 100 lawmakers from six…#guineabissau #westafrican #african #portugal #umarosissocoembalo #ak47s #luciabird #justino #santosleguissimo #guineans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament
Bissau-Guineans are voting in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau’s national legislature.#bissauguineans #guineabissaus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guinea Bissau: Courtesy Visit of Africa CDC Director General of Africa to President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
[Africa CDC] Bissau -- 12 Mai 2023 - Coming from Comoros and landing in Guinea Bissau on May 12, 2023, H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa CDC, paid a courtesy visit the same day to H.E. Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the President of ECOWAS and Republic of Guinea-Bissau. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 15, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel
IN THE SHADE
of a mango tree, Mamadou Ngulo Konaré recounted the legendary event of his childhood. In 1987, well diggers had come to his village of Bourakébougou, Mali, to drill for water, but had given up on one dry borehole at a depth of 108 meters. “Meanwhile, wind was coming out of the hole,” Konaré told Denis Brière, a petrophysicist and vice president at Chapman Petroleum Engineering, in 2012. When one driller peered into the hole while smoking a cigarette, the wind exploded in his face.
“He didn’t die, but he was burned,” Konaré continued. “And now we had a huge fire. The color of the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 16, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau and WFP Renew Partnership to Achieve Zero Hunger and Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals
[WFP] The Government of Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a new five-year Country Strategic Plan to achieve food security and improved nutrition. WFP's new Strategic Plan focuses on helping rural communities to build resilience to climate change and strengthen livelihoods, while supporting the government's effort to establish the building blocks of a social protection system that is inclusive, nutrition-sensitive, and climate shocks-responsive. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 1, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sexual and reproductive health service needs associated with underage initiation of selling sex among adult female sex workers in Guinea-Bissau - Grosso A, Berg L, Rucinski K, Rao A, Djal ó MA, Diouf D, Baral S.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and predictors of underage initiation of selling sex among female sex workers (FSW) in Guinea-Bissau. METHODS: 505 adult FSW recruited using respondent-driven sampling were surveyed in 2017. Multivariable logisti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Guinea-Bissau: Many dead after coup attempt, president says
President Embaló says he and his cabinet survived five hours under fire from heavy weaponry. #coupattempt #embaló #guineabissau (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heavy gunfire heard near Guinea-Bissau presidential meeting, casualties possible
Heavy gunfire was heard in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday near a compound where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was presiding over a cabinet meeting, with early reports indicating possible... #cabinetmeeting #guineabissau #umarosissocoembalo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
