Africa: WHO Urges Investments for the Scale Up of Tuberculosis Screening and Preventive Treatment
[WHO] Ahead of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which is marked on 24 March, WHO has released an investment case for TB screening and preventive treatment. A modelling study developed with Governments of four countries - Brazil, Georgia, Kenya and South Africa - highlights the impact to be achieved from expanding TB screening and preventive treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news

Binance just got hit with court order to release user data as Nigerian crisis worsens
Binance’s crisis in NIgeria just got worse. A court ordered the crypto exchange on Monday to produce data on thousands of users in the African nation, according to a lawyer who attended the hearing and local media reports. Binance, which has been embroiled in a high-stakes standoff with Nigeria’s…#nigeria #african #efcc #binance #naira #dlnews #tigrangambaryan #nadeemanjarwalla #kenya #richardteng (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya: Rights Group Condemns Mandatory HIV Testing
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya National Commission of Human Rights (KNCHR) has condemned the discrimatory action by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) of dismissing 133 candidates after being subjected to mandatory HIV and pregnancy testing in a recruiting process. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - March 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs East Africa Health and Medicine Human Rights Kenya Source Type: news

Why Conspiracies Theories —From Kate Middleton to the Moon Landings—Are So Seductive
If you’re like millions of people worldwide, Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, is very much on your mind this week. That’s because of a royal kerfuffle that erupted recently, when Middleton—who had not been seen in public since January when she underwent abdominal surgery—released a cheery Mother’s Day photo of herself and her children. The next day, the Associated Press pulled down the photo because it turned out to have been digitally altered. Other news agencies followed suit, and Kensington Palace issued an apology signed by Kate. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Predi...
Source: TIME: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Africans Can Solve the Disease that Haunts Us — Here’s How
It is critical that African scientists tackle African problems, and the reasons extend beyond access. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Khisi MdluliBOSTON, US, Mar 15 2024 (IPS) I was born in Brakpan, Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in eSwatini (known then as Swaziland). People in these two countries share one predominant fear: unemployment. Other worries in these countries and others in the region include unwanted pregnancies, low income and food safety. The diseases that are dreaded the most are cancer and diabetes. Feared infectious diseases include HIV-AIDS, COVID and cholera. Even though South Africa and eSwatini a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Khisi Mdluli Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news

‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes
In the districts surrounding Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, most people have little idea their villages were at the centre of a multimillion-dollar carbon boom. Punctuated by straw-thatched mud houses, the Miombo woodlands on the edge of the enormous artificial lake are mostly home to smallholder…#lakekariba #zimbabwe #hurungwe #kariba #puertorico #verra #kenya #rogerskavura #chikova #southpole (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The role of education and income as protective factors against intimate partner violence and HIV exposure among Kenyan women - Small E, Nikolova SP, Childress S, Logie C.
INTRODUCTION: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem that impacts approximately one in three women worldwide in their life-time. The purpose of the study was to explore the lived experiences of women teachers and violence in Kenya. It a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

Kenyan doctors strike nationwide. Patients left unattended or turned away at public hospitals
Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Kenya: Patients Stranded As Nationwide Doctors' Strike Kicks Off
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Patients have been stranded in various hospitals across the country as the doctors' strike by Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) kicked off Thursday despite a court order declaring it illegal. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Labour Source Type: news

Worldcoin attracts millions of eyeballs and regulatory heat
In the last seven months, more than four million people from Berlin to Nairobi have queued up to have their eyes scanned by a metallic orb. In return, Worldcoin, the startup co-founded by OpenAi’s Sam Altman, has given the volunteers cryptocurrency tokens called WLD. In the past month, the token’s…#berlin #nairobi #worldcoin #openai #samaltman #wld #kenya #hongkong #worldapp #cambridge (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Haiti leader agrees to exit amid growing chaos
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced late Monday he will resign after a new interim governing council is inaugurated. Caribbean leaders revealed the transition plan earlier Monday after an emergency meeting in Jamaica that Secretary of State Antony Blinken attended. Henry has been unable…#haitian #arielhenry #jamaica #antonyblinken #haiti #kenya #nationalpalace #irfaanali #guyana #caribbeancommunity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Binance financial crime head held in a ‘guest house’ in Nigeria for two weeks
Binance’s head of financial crime compliance is one of the two executives detained by Nigerian authorities since late February. Tigran Gambaryan, a former special agent in the US Internal Revenue Service and a top financial crimes executive at Binance since 2021, is being held at a “guest house”…#nigerian #binance #nadeemanjarwalla #kenya #dlnews #african #naira #nigeria #abujahighcourt #centralbankofnigeria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya: Kenya Vows to Tackle Foodborne Illness With Hygiene, Standard Push
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has pledged to strengthen its food safety regulations and advance hygiene practices to combat food-related illnesses in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 12, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news

Nigeria Invited, Then Detained Binance ’s Compliance Head and Africa Manager for Two Weeks: Reports
None Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla have been held against their will for the past two weeks by Nigerian authorities. • None The Nigerian government had invited the executives to discuss the current dispute with Binance, and the duo had landed in Abuja on February 25. • None…#nadeemanjarwalla #nigerian #abuja #nonenigerias #binance #nigeria #african #kenya #africa #irsci (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya: Kenyans Living in Rural Areas Urged to Embrace New Health Fund
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Savannah Medical Hospital has urged people living in the rural areas to embrace the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) to improve maternal health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news