Guinea Bissau: UNFPA Donates Motorcycle Ambulances to Save Lives of Women, Children in Rural Areas
[UNFPA]In order to ensure women and under 5 children can reach in time local health services, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is donating motorcycle ambulances to rural areas. By the end of this year, 7 regions will receive those helpful vehicles (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 26, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Despite New Pledges, Aid to Fight Ebola Lagging
Sierra Leone and Liberia alone could have a total of more than 20,000 new cases of Ebola within six weeks and as many as 1.4 million by Jan. 20, 2015, if the virus continues spreading at its current rate. Credit: European Commission DG ECHO/CC-BY-ND-2.0By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Sep 26 2014 (IPS)Despite mounting pledges of assistance, the continuing spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa is outpacing regional and international efforts to stop it, according to world leaders and global health experts.“We are not moving fast enough. We are not doing enough,” declared U.S. President Barack Obama at a special meeting o...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jim Lobe Tags: Africa Aid Civil Society Democracy Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Europe Featured Global Geopolitics Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse North Source Type: news
Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update
The objective of the meeting is to analyse the situation, identify gaps, develop operational response plans, and to ensure increased political commitment and enhanced cross-border collaboration for EVD response activities among the countries in the sub-region. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - July 1, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola viru Source Type: news
West African nations should be prepared for Ebola: WHO expert
GENEVA (Reuters) - West African nations neighboring those hit by the Ebola epidemic - Mali, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Guinea Bissau - should prepare for the possible arrival of travelers carrying the deadly virus, the World Health Organization said on Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Africa: Guinea-Bissau Begins Distribution of 1 Million Anti-Malaria Bed Nets
[UNDP]Bissau, Guinea -Bissau - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today will begin to deliver one million life-saving bed nets across the national territory, having kicked off a vast awareness campaign to help communities combat the deadly mosquito-borne disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - June 12, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Guinea Bissau: European Union and World Food Programme Sign Agreement to Enhance Food and Nutrition in Guinea-Bissau
[WFP]On 28 February 2014, in Bissau, Ambassador Joaquín González-Ducay, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and Mr. Ussama Osman, Country Director and Representative of the World Food Programme (WFP), participated in a signing ceremony to recognize a contribution agreement for the amount of 5 million Euro (about USD 6.8 million) in the framework of the implementation of the programme "Integrated Actions in Nutrition and Agricultural Development" (UE-AINDA (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 3, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Aggressive new HIV strain leads to AIDS more quickly
New research from Lund University in Sweden suggests that a new aggressive strain of HIV develops more rapidly into AIDS than other current strains.From first infection with HIV to developing AIDS can be as short as 5 years - the shortest known for HIV-1 types - say the researchers.The new strain is a "recombinant" virus - a cross of two viruses that meet in an infected person.The two viruses, known as 02AG and A3, are the two most common strains in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. The recombinant strain is called A3/02 and so far has only been seen in the region. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Collective trauma processing: Dissociation as a way of processing postwar traumatic stress in Guinea Bissau - de Jong J, Reis R.
Guidelines on psychosocial interventions in postconflict areas commonly mention that interventions should be based on local needs and be built on culture-specific expertise. This paper is based on a dissociative cult, the Kiyang-yang (KYY), in Guinea Bissa... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Guinea Bissau: Global Fund Board Decides Not to Approve Funding for Phase 2 of Guinea-Bissau Hss Grant
[GFO]Little impact, poor value for money among the reasons cited (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - June 5, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Guinea Bissau: Hunger Projects Stalled in Guinea-Bissau
[IRIN]Bissau/Dakar -The World Food Programme (WFP) has not received the money it needs to run basic nutrition and food security schemes in Guinea-Bissau, leaving projects in jeopardy or at a standstill. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 9, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
