Where Are They Now? Guinea's Youth Ambassadors Continue to Promote Family Planning
By Katherine Seaton,
Communications writer/editor, IntraHealth International ; Jen SnellApril 06, 2022When Abou Maimouna Diallo was a teenager, he didn’t have much information about sex. He had never talked about it with his parents or learned about it in school.After his girlfriend became pregnant, he knew he had to educate himself.“I decided to commit myself to the promotion of information on sexual and reproductive health and family planning,” he says.“To make sure I didn’t repeat the same mistakes, but also to help other young people.”So in 2016, he became a youth ambassador with I...
Source: IntraHealth International - April 6, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Family Planning & Reproductive Health Youth Source Type: news
Association between experiences of intimate partner sexual violence and cigarette smoking among women in union in Papua New Guinea: evidence from a nationally representative survey - Asare BYA, Agyemang-Duah W, Adomako EB, Puri P, Ogundare DO, Vishwakarma D, Peprah P.
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is a prevalent public health problem affecting millions of people each year globally, particularly in developing countries like Papua New Guinea (PNG). Although over two-thirds of women in PNG are estimat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Project to Improve Health and Nutrition in West Africa Expands to Guinea
April 01, 2022More women and babies in francophone West Africa will have access to integrated services as IntraHealth’sINSPiRE project expands into Guinea. In Guinea, as well as in eight otherOuagadougou Partnership countries in the region, INSPiRE works to integrate family planning, nutrition, and maternal, newborn, and child care. This means providing clients with a comprehensive package of essential health services during each visit—such as family planning and nutrition services and maternal care and infant care—to eliminate missed opportunities for care and make services more accessible for women and ...
Source: IntraHealth International - April 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Guinea INSPiRE Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health Education Performance Health workforce development Source Type: news
What the humble bowerbird can teach us about marketing
Why is Apple like the bowerbird?
The bowerbird, an inhabitant of Australia and Papua New Guinea is a great marketing metaphor that every business owner would do well to learn from. In fact, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if even the late, great Steve Jobs himself had been secretly influenced by this fascinating avian character.
In essence, this little creature has developed a marketing strategy that is as extraordinary as it is helpful to us here in the human world. It has harnessed the power of getting and keeping the attention of the audience it’s seeking. Of course, unlike its human counterparts, its purpose...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 28, 2022 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Marketing metaphor Source Type: news
Africa: Nations Pledge to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
[Carter Center] High-ranking representatives of several countries pledged this week to devote all resources needed to interrupt transmission of Guinea worm disease and certify its eradication by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Eight Nations Pledge to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
[New Dawn] The Abu Dhabi Declaration on the Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease was endorsed at Qasr al Watan to reaffirm commitment to ending Guinea worm disease by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 24, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
How COVID Has Affected the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Source Type: news
Maritime piracy, military capacity, and institutions in the Gulf of Guinea - Denton GL, Harris JR.
West African security threats have become more frequent in recent years, most notably in the Gulf of Guinea. As increasing quantities of the world's trade pass through the maritime domain, ship hijackings and other maritime criminal activities have garnere... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
The direct medical cost of trauma aetiologies and injuries in a resource limited setting of Papua New Guinea: a prospective cost of illness study - Umo I, James K, Didilemu F, Sinen B, Borchem I, Inaido D, Ikasa R.
BACKGROUND: Injuries are a significant public health concern globally. Papua New Guinea has failed to achieve all eight health millennium development goals, and in doing so has not prioritized injuries in previous health policies. Understanding costs relat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Papua New Guinea PM tests positive for COVID-19 in Beijing
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister tested positive for COVID-19 when he arrived in Beijing last week to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games and had to cut short his stay (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Africa: Eradication Push Urged As Guinea Worm Cases Fall
[SciDev.Net] The number of human cases of Guinea worm disease halved in 2021 to a record low of 14, putting the goal of global eradication in sight, the US-based Carter Center has announced. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2022 Category: African Health 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
Government urged to apologise to sacked care home staff after vaccine U-turn
Vic Rayner, head of the National Care Forum, called for the UK Government to apologise, saying carers were the 'unwitting guinea pigs' of the 'no jab, no job' policy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
“Don’t Forget Leprosy” Campaign Gathers Pace as World Leprosy Day Approaches
Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, has served as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination since 2001. He is part of Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative, which has organized the “Don’t forget leprosy” campaign.By External SourceJan 28 2022 (IPS-Partners) Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative is collaborating with 32 organizations from 13 countries to promote the message “Don’t forget leprosy” in the run-up to World Leprosy Day on January 30. The international campaign includes awareness-raising events and outreach to governments and is being publicized via newspaper...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: COVID-19 Health Humanitarian Emergencies #SasakawaLeprosyInitiative Source Type: news
