Intimate partner violence as a determinant of pregnancy termination among women in unions: evidence from the 2016-2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey - Agyemang-Duah W, Asare BYA, Adu C, Agyekum AK, Peprah P.
There is a demonstrated link between intimate partner violence (IPV) and pregnancy termination, and this association has received much attention in developed settings. Despite the high prevalence of IPV in Papua New Guinea (PNG), little is known about the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Jimmy Carter, 3 months into hospice, is aware of tributes, enjoying ice cream
Ex-president Jimmy Carter, now 98, has been in hospice care since February. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Jimmy Carter is still alive — and even enjoying ice cream — three months after entering hospice. The 98-year-old former president is receiving care at his home in Plains, Georgia,…#jimmycarter #paulhennessy #plains #georgia #rosalynncarter #norcross #cartercenter #jasoncarter #guinea #andrewyoung (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Modi extends'Global South' outreach to Pacific islands after G-7
HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended a forum in Papua New Guinea with numerous Pacific island leaders, as he positions New Delhi as a top advocate for the so-called Global South. The trip came straight after a Group of Seven summit where Modi "forcefully"…#hiroshima #narendramodi #papuanewguinea #pacificisland #newdelhi #globalsouth #modi #ukraine #volodymyrzelenskyy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

US-Papua New Guinea Pact Won ’t Militarize Indo-Pacific, New Zealand Leader Says
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

India-Pacific summit, Russian PM to China, Future of Asia event
Welcome to Your Week in Asia. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with Pacific island leaders at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Monday. U.S. President Joe Biden had planned to join and become the first sitting American president to visit the island country, but he canceled the trip last…#narendramodi #pacificisland #papuanewguinea #singapore #vietnam #thailand #turkey #portmoresby #png #jamesmarape (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biden's gift to China as he ditches meet with regional allies
Joe Biden's decision to cut short planned visits next week to Papua New Guinea and Australia is likely to become a propaganda boon to China despite what is a no-win scenario for the U.S. president. Biden, who arrived in Japan on Thursday for a summit of the Group of Seven advanced economies, will…#papuanewguinea #pacific #treasury #janetyellen #beijing #indopacificregion #pacificisland #png #portmoresby #jamesmarape (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biden to cut short Asia trip and scrap Australia and Papua New Guinea stops
President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s curtailing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in Papua New Guinea as well as a visit to Australia for a gathering with fellow leaders of the so-called Quad partnership so he can focus on debt limit talks in…#indopacific #papuanewguinea #quad #pacific #hiroshima #jewish #australian #anthonyalbanese #jamesmarape #karinejeanpierre (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 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

An Extraordinary Mission to Find an American WWII Bomber Crew at the Bottom of the Pacific
SINGAPORE—In the spring of 1944, Second Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr.’s mother received a one-page letter at her home in Livermore, Calif., informing her that her son was killed in action. His plane was hit by antiaircraft fire and disintegrated midair during a mission in New Guinea, his commander…#singapore #thomasvkellyjr #livermore #newguinea (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Africa: African Scientists Are Working to Pool Data That Decodes Diseases - a Giant Step
[The Conversation Africa] Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; Marburg virus in Guinea or Equatorial Guinea; cholera in Malawi; malaria and tuberculosis are among them. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 11, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Grimes Invites Fans To Deepfake Drake Her, Wants To Collab With AI
In the wake of the AI-generated hit Heart on My Sleeve going viral with deepfakes of Drake and The Weeknd, pop star Grimes has invited her fans to create music with her voice. On Sunday night she tweeted, “I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal…#drake #guinea #universalmusicgroup #spotify #tidal #applemusic #umg #variety #missanthropocene #elonmusk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Musician Grimes willing to “split 50% royalties” with AI-generated music
The swift rise of artificial intelligence (AI)- generated art has shaken creatives across various industries. While many have highlighted copyright infringement issues involving AI-generated art, not all artists are against the fusion of AI and their intellectual property. According to a tweet…#ip #guinea #drake #universalmusicgroup #grimes #formulaone #michaelschumacher #google #garygensler (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Small acts of kindness are frequent and universal, study finds
Key takeawaysA study by researchers from UCLA, Australia, Ecuador, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. found that people around the world signal others for assistance every couple of minutes.The research, which examined behaviors in towns and rural areas in several different countries, revealed that  people comply with these small requests for help far more often than they decline them.The findings suggest that  people from all cultures have more similar cooperative behaviors than prior research has established.A new study by UCLA sociologist Giovanni Rossi and an international team of collaborators finds that people r...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 21, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Guinea: Junta Takes a Hard Line Against Illicit Medicine
[ISS] But are these relative successes in curtailing trafficking sustainable, including after the return to civilian government? (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 12, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

CDC says US doctors should be on lookout for Marburg virus
US health officials warned that the country should brace for the potential for cases to be imported from abroad. Marburg virus has already reached a port city in Equatorial Guinea. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news