Madagascar coronavirus herbal mix draws demand from across Africa despite WHO misgivings
Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed, plant-based "cure" for COVID-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for purchase, despite warnings from the World Health Organisation that its efficacy is unproven. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Africa: South Africa Steps Up to Help Madagascar Test Herbal Cure for COVID-19
[RFI] South Africa's government will assist the authorities in Madagascar to test and analyse an unproven herbal treatment for Covid-19, according to health minister Zweli Mkhize. Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina is promoting a tea infusion based on the artemisia plant, praising its benefits in treating the coronavirus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 8, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
West Africa: Ecowas Raises Concerns About Madagascar's Claim of COVId-19 Remedy
[New Dawn] The Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its health institution - West Africa Health Organization or WAHO have dissociated from claims of endorsing use of the herbal tea, COVID-Organic from Madagascar. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 8, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Free transport helps pregnant women in Madagascar safely deliver amid COVID-19 lockdown
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar – Aina, 24, is in the last month of her pregnancy. This alone would be reason for some anxiety. “As it’s [my] first time, I’m worried,” Aina told UNFPA. But with the country’s partial lockdown, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Aina faces an unexpected challenge: the suspension of public transportation. Her local hospital, Itaosy District Hospital of Reference, is a two-hour walk away. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund Source Type: news
West Africa: Ecowas Denies Endorsing, Ordering Madagascar Tonic for COVID-19 Treatment
[This Day] The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has denied endorsing and ordering Madagascar tonic, also called Covid Organics (CVO) for the treatment of the coronavirus pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 7, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Madagascar's COVID-19 Cure Claim Gets Africa Talking
[RFI] Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina gave a long, televised address last weekend praising the benefits of artemisia, a herbal remedy increasingly promoted as a treatment for Covid-19. It's also gaining traction in other African countries. But the World Health Organization has warned it must be tested for efficacy and adverse side effects. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 5, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Madagascar: Citizens Not Wearing Masks Forced to Clean Streets
[VOA] Police in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, are enforcing new rules requiring citizens to wear coronavirus masks outside their homes by forcing violators to clean city streets. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 29, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Bizarre 66 million-year-old fossil from Madagascar provides clues on early mammals
(University of Louisville) A remarkably complete, 3-D fossil found in Madagascar has revealed clues about a group of early mammals of the Southern Hemisphere known as gondwanatherians. Guillermo Rougier, PhD, a paleontologist specializing in the study of the skull and teeth of ancient mammals, was part of an international team of scientists that has identified the bizarre creature as Adalatherium, translated as 'crazy beast,' a nod to its unusual characteristics. Their analysis was published in the journal Nature. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 29, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Millions of Women Lose Access to Birth Control Due to Coronavirus Lockdowns
(JOHANNESBURG) — The callers were in tears. One by one, women in homes across rural Zimbabwe had a pleading question: When would family planning services return?
Lockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus’ spread have put millions of women in Africa, Asia and elsewhere out of reach of birth control and other sexual and reproductive health needs. Confined to their homes with their husbands and others, they face unwanted pregnancies and little idea of when they can reach the outside world again.
In these uncertain times, women “have to lock down their uterus,” Abebe Shibru, Zimbabwe country director fo...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Cara Anna / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk wire Source Type: news
Suicide prevention in the African Region - Osafo J, Asante KO, Akotia CS.
This paper addresses national responses to suicide prevention in the African region. Eighteen countries responded, of which none had a national suicide prevention strategy in place and only three countries, namely Algeria, Congo, and Madagascar, were i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Delays to accessing healthcare and rehabilitation following trauma in Madagascar - a qualitative study - Locke HN, Randriamarotsiresy V, Chamberlain MA, O'Connor RJ.
Purpose: To explore the factors affecting access to timely trauma care and rehabilitation in Madagascar.Materials and methods: A qualitative study based in the outpatient departments of two large rehabilitation centres. Semi-structured interv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Unraveling the puzzle of Madagascar's forest cats
(University of Colorado at Boulder) Michelle Sauther has long wondered where Madagascar's mysterious wild cats came from. Now, new genetic evidence delivers an answer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Madagascar's mysterious, murderous cats identified
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Source: ScienceNOW - March 11, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Sokol, J. Tags: Animal Behavior In Depth Source Type: news
‘Don’t forget Madagascar’s children’, UN appeals for long-term help as emergency worsens
Since 2012, the plight of children in Madagascar has not improved and is in many cases getting worse, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - February 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
' Fragile' Africa Prepares for High Risk of Coronavirus Spread'Fragile' Africa Prepares for High Risk of Coronavirus Spread
An isolation ward stands ready at a hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Laboratories in Senegal and Madagascar have the testing equipment they need. Passengers arriving at airports in Gambia, Cameroon and Guinea are being screened for fever and other viral symptoms.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
