HIV Prevention: New Injection Could Boost the Fight, But Some Hurdles Remain
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs #HIV/Aids Source Type: news
Malawi: Persons With Albinism Decry Unavailability of Sunscreen Lotion in Hospitals
[Nyasa Times] Persons with albinism in Ntcheu district have decried unavailability of sunscreen lotion in public hospitals, saying this is putting its membership at risk of developing skin cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: 'I Did It All On a Phone' - the Hotline Changing Health Outcomes in Malawi
[African Arguments] Health care in Malawi faces many challenges. A free national hotline is helping address one of them. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 24, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Govt to Roll Out Malaria Vaccine
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Malaria Control Programme has disclosed that it will officially roll out malaria vaccine to the remaining areas of the targeted districts on November 29 in Mchinji district. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 24, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: The Nation Faces Sharp Rise in Cholera Cases
[VOA] Blantyre -- Health officials in Malawi are struggling to contain one of the worst cholera outbreaks in years. The outbreak has spread to nearly all of the country's 28 districts, killing more than 250 people and infecting more than 8,000. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Progress on Tuberculosis Can Be Achieved in Africa
In Africa only 60% of the estimated TB cases have been diagnosed. All the other infections are hidden by poverty—and so the disease continues to spread. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Morounfolu OlugbosiJOHANNESBURG, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) The news in many parts of the world is that tuberculosis (TB) is reclaiming the title of the world’s most deadly infection, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to kill an estimated 1,450 people daily around the world. But this is not news to African countries, which are home to one third of the people globally who die from TB, even though they have less than one fifth of the world’s po...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Morounfolu Olugbosi Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations tuberculosis Source Type: news
Malawi: How Young Mothers Are Getting a Fresh Start in Life in Rural Malawi
[UNFPA] MCHINJI, Malawi - Cecilia Zimba dropped out of school when she was 17 because her parents couldn't afford to support her education - but she had high hopes they would find the money to send her back to school. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 5, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Anti-Microbial Resistance Strategies Need Urgent Attention to Prevent Unnecessary Deaths in Africa
Africa’s laboratories need to step up testing to aid in fighting Anti-Microbial Resistance. This photo is a 3D computer-generated image of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the pathogen responsible for causing the disease tuberculosis (TB). Credit: CDC/UnsplashBy Francis KokutseACCRA, Nov 3 2022 (IPS) African countries must find a way of fighting Anti-Microbial Resistance in the healthcare system to avoid unnecessary deaths.
A few months ago, the President of the Ghana Public Health Association, Amofah George, narrated how he saw a patient die after failing to respond to all the available antibiotics used for managing...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Francis Kokutse Tags: Africa Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news
Malawi: Cholera Outbreak Worsens in Malawi
[Scrolla] An outbreak of cholera in Malawi got dramatically worse during October, rising from 110 cases at the beginning of the month to 183 at the start of November. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Engaging communities in Malawi to end child marriage and help girls finish school
MACHINGA, Malawi– “I had to go against some deeply-held traditions to persuade my people that girls need access to education, just like boys,” said village head Patete, watching as a group of girls w (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - October 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Malawi: No Dialysis Machine in North Malawi, Chakwera Directs to Let the Region Have One
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has directed Ministry of Health to establish dialysis centre in North Malawi for the first time in over 58 years of independence and failing acute kidney disease patients who either died without help or travel to Lilongwe for treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 31, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Opportunities for Malawi to Manufacture Medicines
[Nyasa Times] Malawi stands a chance to start manufacturing medicines from traditional herbs and shrubs using modern technology with encouragement and guidance from African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
14 Actually Good Books To Teach Kids About Climate Change
Climate change is not a pleasant thing to think about. It’s complicated and contentious. It can feel overwhelming and frightening. It can even seem hopeless at times. Which is why talking about it with children can be daunting.
But children today are being introduced to climate change concepts much earlier than their older family members. Unlike their parents and grandparents, they are growing up in a world that is both experiencing the impacts of climate change and actively adapting to it. They are part of a broad generational movement of young activists who want to address climate change. A third of all U.S. stude...
Source: TIME: Science - October 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Emily Barone and Kyla Mandel Tags: Uncategorized Books climate change healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Announces Rollout of Children's Malaria Vaccine
[VOA] Malawi's health ministry says it will soon roll out Africa's first malaria vaccine for children under age five. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 11, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Featured review: House modifications for preventing malaria
Installing mosquito screening over house windows and closing the gaps in house eaves can help reduce infection with Plasmodium parasites and the number of people with anaemia in the household, according to an updated Cochrane Review published this week. Householders can implement many of these house modifications themselves, providing a simple malaria prevention tool to complement existing vector control strategies.The review author team, from the UK, Spain, South Africa, and Malawi, included one randomized controlled trial (RCT) and six cluster-RCTs, and noted an additional six ongoing trials. Trials assessed screening of...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - October 7, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
