Uganda: Relief As Govt Makes U-Turn On Meat Ban in Kampala
[Nile Post] The government has reversed the ban on sale of meat and movement of livestock within Kampala city following last month's foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 12, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Uganda Source Type: news
Nigeria: Neglected Humanitarian Crisis Escalates in Northwest Nigeria
[MSF] The level of humanitarian support available to respond to people's critical needs in northern Nigeria is in dramatic decline. In the northwest, a humanitarian crisis persists, with catastrophic levels of malnutrition and recurrent outbreaks of preventable diseases, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Yet, the situation is largely being ignored by donors and aid organisations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 12, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Huge push to get 900,000 young adults in 'Wakefield Generation' vaccinated against MMR amid worst measles outbreak in a decade
Part of the so-called 'Wakefield Generation', many born in the late 1990s and early 2000s missed out on the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine when they were children. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biden's border is leaving America open to drug-resistant outbreaks, experts warn - as second measles case is confirmed in Chicago migrant shelter
A second measles case has been confirmed in a migrant shelter in Chicago, highlighting the public health risk overcrowded migrant housing poses. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 Shows Why the World Needs a Pandemic Agreement
Today marks four years since I said the global outbreak of COVID-19 could be characterized as a pandemic.
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My decision to use the “p-word” was not one I took lightly. Pandemic is a powerful word, evoking fear linked to plagues and pandemics throughout history that have claimed millions of lives and caused severe disruption to societies and economies—as COVID-19 did.
Many of WHO’s critics have pointed to my use of “pandemic” on March 11, 2020 as evidence that WHO was “late” in taking the threat of COVID-19 seriously. By that s...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Nigeria: Over 500 Recover From Meningitis Outbreak in Yobe
[Premium Times] The first suspected case was reported on 24 December 2023 and confirmed on 26 January. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Sudan to respond to new emergence of variant poliovirus in Red Sea State
A child is given the oral polio vaccine during a polio vaccination campaign, Sudan, November 2020. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Sudan11 March 2024, Port Sudan, Sudan – Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) will launch a polio vaccination campaign in April 2024 in response to a new emergence of variant poliovirus type 2 reported in January 2024. It was detected in six wastewater samples collected from September 2023 to January 2024 in the Port Sudan locality, Red Sea State.
The FMOH, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), has completed field investigations and a risk assessment to determine the extent of t...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 11, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
The prevalence and determinants of PTSD, anxiety, and depression in Ukrainian civilian physicians and paramedics in wartime-an observational cross-sectional study six months after outbreak - Rzo ńca P, Podgórski M, Łazarewicz M, Gałązkowski R, Rzońca E, Detsyk O, Włodarczyk D.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the largest European land offensive since World War II. Individuals affected by conflicts such as war are at an increased risk of mental disorders, which result from frequent exposure to traumatic events and the breakdown of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Head of China Disease Control and Prevention on Disease X: Predicting Outbreak Timing and Location is Challenging
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
15-state listeria recall spreads to popular cheese brand
A popular cheese brand has recalled its products in 15 states due to a possible listeria outbreak. Sargento, a food company best known for its cheese, is recalling shredded and grated products sold to food service groups in 15 states amid concerns the food could be contaminated with listeria. The…#sargento #arizona #florida #georgia #illinois #indiana #maryland #northcarolina #newjersey #nevada (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry
With cholera on the rise around the world, the global vaccine stockpile is running dry. New doses go right to active outbreaks, with none left for prevention campaigns. Can vaccine makers catch up? (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gabrielle Emanuel Source Type: news
Cheese recalled in 15 states over listeria concerns
Cheese products from a California-based manufacturer are destined for the trash as federal public health officials continue to investigate a decade-old listeria outbreak that remains ongoing. Wisconsin-based Sargento cheese, the latest company affected by the outbreak, announced Thursday it had…#wisconsin #sargento #rizolopezfoodsinc #italian #mexican #arizona #florida #georgia #illinois #indiana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Why 'One Health' Needs More Social Sciences - Pandemic Prevention Depends On Behaviour As Well As Biology
[The Conversation Africa] On March 11, 2024, it will be four years since the World Health Organization characterized the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak as a pandemic. And while COVID-19 continues to impact people globally, it is only the most recent in a long history of pandemics with likely origins in animals. Examples include plague, which usually spreads from rodents to humans via infected fleas, and the 2009 H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu due to its origins in pigs. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 8, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Sargento recalls 22 types of cheese amid nationwide listeria outbreak that has hospitalized nearly two dozen people in 11 states
Cheese manufacturer Sargento is recalling some of its shredded and grated cheeses due to listeria contamination. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dengue Outbreaks on Rise in Brazil as Vaccine Rollout Lags Dengue Outbreaks on Rise in Brazil as Vaccine Rollout Lags
Drones fly high above Sao Paulo in search of mosquito-ridden puddles in an effort to tackle the spike in dengue cases around Brazil, as experts say current vaccine supplies...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
