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Africa: Five Things to Remember a Decade After the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
[MSF] Ten years ago, on 23 March 2014, Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola. Beforehand, Ebola outbreaks were known to be dangerous, but small. Not this time, though: it would take two years and more than 11,000 deaths, before the epidemic was over. Dr Michel Van Herp, a renown Ebola expert even before 2014, looks back at the biggest Ebola outbreak ever, and answers five key questions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Aid and Assistance Ebola External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society West Africa Source Type: news

Africa: Do You Have 7,513 Unread Emails in Your Inbox? Research Suggests That's Unwise
[The Conversation Africa] How do you manage your emails? Are you an "inbox zero" kind of person, or do you just leave thousands of them unread? (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 20, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news

Gambia: Gambia Postpones Vote to Repeal FGM Ban
[DW] Women's rights remain under threat in Gambia after parliament decided to postpone a vote on upholding the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 20, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation and Nigeria's National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development Partner to Address Country's Pharmaceutical and Vaccine Gap
[African Development Bank (AfDB)] WHAT: High-Level Meeting on addressing technology gaps in Nigeria's pharmaceutical and vaccine sector (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine ICT and Telecom Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: UNAIDS to Reduce Aids-Related Deaths to 250,000 By 2025 - Report
[Premium Times] UNAIDS noted that to achieve the Global AIDs Strategy 2021-2026 there must be a change in public health approach for drug users. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Gambia: Lawmakers Move Forward On Bill to Reverse FGM Ban
[DW] Gambian lawmakers voted 42 in favor and four against to send the FGM ban reversal bill to a parliamentary committee. Activists warn that the bill will harm Gambia's human rights record and roll back years of progress. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Gambia: Gambia Lawmakers Move Forward On Bill to Reverse FGM Ban
[DW] Gambian lawmakers voted 42 in favor and four against to send the FGM ban reversal bill to a parliamentary committee. Activists warn that the bill will harm Gambia's human rights record and roll back years of progress. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Gambia: Gambian Lawmakers to Vote On Bill to Repeal FGM Ban
[VOA] A Monday vote could make Gambia the first country to repeal its ban on female genital cutting. Also referred to as female genital mutilation, or FGM, the procedure includes the partial or full removal of external genitalia. The practice has been on the rise worldwide in recent years despite moves to outlaw it. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Africa: Tuberculosis - MSF Launches Unprecedented Project to Tackle Underdiagnosis Among Children
[MSF] Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a silent scourge: one child dies of TB every three minutes and more than half of all children with TB are never diagnosed. Taking the opportunity of a set of new recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a worldwide project aiming to increase the number of children diagnosed with TB as well as improve their treatment experience and prevent new cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Aid and Assistance External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Tuberculosis Source Type: news

Nigeria: Why Nigeria's 'Baby Factories' Continue to Thrive
[DW] Child traffickers often abduct girls and young women, take them to isolated locations and impregnate them. When they give birth, their babies are sold to childless couples. The practice has existed for years in Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

Africa: How Distrust in Western Vaccines Was Born During Colonialism
[DW] In the early days of colonialism, many unsafe vaccinations were tested on African subjects without their knowledge or consent. This unaddressed trauma may explain vaccine hesitancy to this day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news

Nigeria: Discrimination Against Albinos On the Rise - Napa
[Vanguard] The National Association of Persons with Albinism (NAPA) has raised the alarm over the alleged rise in cases of discrimination and injustice against persons with albinism. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Human Rights Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

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

Eswatini: Eswatini Moves to Revise Century-Old Colonial Law to Legalize Medical Cannabis
[VOA] Manzini -- Eswatini is joining many of its African neighbors in legalizing cannabis for medical purposes, revising a colonial drug law dating back a century. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Eswatini Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Southern Africa Source Type: news

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks at the Ninth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
[WHO] Our co-chairs, Precious and Roland, (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news