Adolescents Left Behind Global AIDS Response – Experts
Elisha Arunga Odoyo, a clinical officer within the PMTCT program at the Homabay County Referral Hospital. There is increasing fear that adolescents will be left behind in the efforts to reduce HIV infections. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPSBy Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Kenya, Jan 18 2022 (IPS) The ominous warning came in 2019 through an anonymous message on her mobile phone to stay away from a man she met on social media.
At 18 years and freshly out of high school, *Nicole Kisi was in a relationship with a 45-year-old businessman.
“The message was clear. It said to be careful because of a rumour that the man’s wife died of HIV/Aids...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa Development & Aid Featured Gender Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity TerraViva United Nations #Health #HIV/Aids adolescent girls IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Impact of the DREAMS Program on New HIV Diagnoses in Adolescent Girls and Young Women Attending Antenatal Care - Lesotho, 2015-2020
This report describes HIV prevalence among young women in Lesotho. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 13, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Adolescent Health HIV Prevention HIV/AIDS MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Women's Health Source Type: news
Poland registers first omicron case, in visitor from Africa
Poland’s health ministry has confirmed the country’s first case of the omicron coronavirus variant, detected in a visitor from Lesotho (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Quarantine arrangements for exempt nurses arriving from overseas, DHSC (updated 28th November 2021)
What NHS trusts must do to provide managed quarantine accommodation for nurses arriving in England to work for the NHS if they ' ve passed through red-list countries.
28 November 2021Added content about changes to restrictions as a result of the SARS-COV-2 OMCIRON variant. Four more countries have been added to the red list.
26 November 2021Added content explaining that South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe moved onto the red list at midday on Friday 26 November. A temporary flight ban is now in place and all travellers who have been in these countries must quarantine and take tests. (Source...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biden to restrict travel from South Africa and 7 other countries
Acting on advice from Dr. Anthony Fauci and the CDC, the Biden administration will restrict travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biden administration restricting travel from southern Africa over COVID variant
The Biden administration is restricting travel from eight countries in southern Africa over concerns about a new COVID-19 variant circulating in the region, according to senior administration... #thebiden #administrationofficials #lesotho #southafrica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid super-mutant fears spread across Europe: Belgium has two confirmed cases
Restrictions will apply to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, European Commission spokesperson Eric Mamer said. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What We Know So Far About the New Variant of COVID-19 Raising Alarms Globally
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported in South Africa is raising alarms for health officials around the world, leading to fresh travel restrictions amid fears it could be resistant to existing vaccines.
Researchers in South Africa conducting genetic analysis of COVID-19 virus cases determined that a new variant, B.1.1.529, had been found in cases in South Africa, Botswana, and a traveler who had traveled from South Africa to Hong Kong, the country’s health minister announced on Nov. 25. The following day, Belgian health officials reported the first case of the new variant discovered in Europe. That same day, the...
Source: TIME: Health - November 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Passengers on last flights from South Africa before ban say there were 'no additional precautions'
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that flights from South Africa - as well as Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini and Zimbabwe - will be suspended from midday today. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Israel labels 7 African countries ‘red’ as new variant stokes worry
South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, and Eswatini added to list of countries from which foreigners are barred entry #southafrica #eswatini #lesotho #foreigners #variantstokes (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lesotho: Early and Unintended Pregnancies Rife in Lesotho - 13-Year-Olds Among Those Bearing Children
[UNFPA] QUTHING, Lesotho--More teenage girls are admitted to the maternity ward of Quthing government hospital than women of childbearing age. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 5, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Lesotho: Bring On the Covid-19 Passports - Vox Pop
[Lesotho Times] Lesotho has comfortably surpassed the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s target for countries to have jabbed at least 10 percent of their people against Covid-19 by the end of September 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 5, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lesotho: Vodacom, Mondia in Maternal Health Partnership
[Lesotho Times] Vodacom Lesotho has partnered with international mobile commerce company, Mondia to roll out the mobile communications giant's Vodacom's Mum& Baby initiative countrywide. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lesotho: Raising Faith in Covid-19 Vaccines in Lesotho
[WHO-AFRO] Maseru -- Myths and misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines are rife in Lesotho, where over 85% of nearly 500 health workers surveyed recently report widespread misconceptions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lesotho: Covid-19 Vaccines Are Safe - - Sekatle
[Lesotho Times] THE five people who died in Leribe last month after taking the Johnson&Johnson Covid-19 vaccine were not killed by the jab, Health Minister Semano Sekatle said yesterday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
