Guinea: After Guinea's Last Ebola Case, Portraits of a Country in Recovery
[Ebola Deeply] Guinea's last Ebola case, one-month-old baby Nubia, was discharged from an MSF Ebola treatment unit on Saturday. If there are no more cases, Guinea will be declared Ebola-free on December 29. As Guineans celebrated baby Nubia's release, photojournalist Ricci Shryock captured images of a country in recovery from Ebola. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 2, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Post-mortem as preventative medicine in Papua New Guinea: a case in point - Haslam NR.
CONTEXT: Sorcery-related killing and violence has increased in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in recent years. The international community has condemned the violence and a number of non-government organisations have called for action; however, effective and approp... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Scientists Unearth Fossils Of Rats The Size Of Small Dogs
Musophobes, quit reading now. Archaeologists with the Australian National University have discovered the fossils of seven different species of giant rats, one of which could grow to be up to 10 times the size of the critters that scurry through New York City subways. "The biggest one is about five kilos, the size of a small dog," Dr. Julien Louys of the ANU School of Culture, History and Language said Friday in a press release. Archaeologists found the fossils in East Timor while working on a project examining early human movement in Southeast Asia. These fossils are around 44,000 years old, according to The Wash...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 7, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham’s Fund helps children in Papua New Guinea
International football icon and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham met children receiving treatment for malnutrition at a UNICEF-supported hospital in Papua New Guinea. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - November 6, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
One thousand different words for water
Researcher puts New Guinea’s numerous languages online (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - October 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Papua New Guinea: Treating TB in a “Land Without Land Cruisers”
Field newsPapua New Guinea: Treating TB in a “Land Without Land Cruisers”
October 21, 2015
Traversing the seas off the coast of Papua New Guinea’s Gulf Province can be treacherous. For around five months a year, the South East trade winds—known locally as laura bada—regularly howl at around 30 knots per hour, whipping up huge waves and ensuring many of the small open boats used in these parts remain moored. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - October 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Elias Primoff Source Type: news
An Expedition Through PNG Jungles to Reach TB Patients
VideoAn Expedition Through PNG Jungles to Reach TB Patients
October 21, 2015
An MSF team undertook an outreach expedition in late August, traversing the seas off the coast of Papua New Guinea’s Gulf Province and hiking for three days through mountainous terrain. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - October 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Melissa Pracht Source Type: news
Scientific Collections: Threats to Species Survival or an Easy Scapegoat?
Over the past few years, there has been a troubling rise in the number of individuals claiming that scientific collections contribute to species loss. These accusations are often filled with hyperbole, characterizing the practice of field collecting as indiscriminate, unnecessary, and barbaric -- sometimes going so far as to describe it as "slaughter." In a recent piece, the scientific collection of a single bird -- a mustached kingfisher in the Solomon Islands -- was portrayed as the "totally unnecessary killing of this remarkable sentient being."
While debate in science is vital, these criticisms erroneously conflate t...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 15, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Africa: Development of Chinese Anti-Malaria Medicine Beneficial to Developing Countries - Guinean Expert
[Focac] Conakry -Guinea's Deputy Coordinator for the National Anti-Malaria Program Dr. Timothee Guilavogui on Monday expressed confidence that "the development of traditional Chinese medicine will contribute to helping developing countries to resolve their public health problems." (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 8, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Polio resurfaces in Mali from Ebola-hit Guinea: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Cases of a crippling vaccine-derived polio virus could spread in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and in Mali after a Guinean toddler traveled to Mali and became the country's first polio case in more than four years, the World Health Organization said on Monday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Liberia: DEA Arrests Truck Bound for Guinea With Medical Drugs
[LINA] The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has disclosed the arrest of a Guinean truck loaded with essential medical drugs and other assorted items from the National Drug Service (NDS) intended for smuggling to Guinea. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 7, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'This Could Be The Rarest Animal In The World'
Truly a mystery of the deep, this living fossil hasn't been seen by scientists in more than three decades. Until now.
Peter Ward, a biologist at the University of Washington, first spotted the Allonautilus scrobiculatus in 1984 alongside his colleague Bruce Saunders. The hairy animal looked fairly similar to the better known Nautilus pompilius, but proved to be an entirely new, and elusive, genus of nautilus. But the creature vanished, and Ward didn't spot another for more than 30 years.
But earlier this month, Ward ventured to Papua New Guinea to hunt for the cephalopod again. Aside fr...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
'This Could Be The Rarest Animal In The World'
Truly a mystery of the deep, this living fossil hasn't been seen by scientists in more than three decades. Until now. Peter Ward, a biologist at the University of Washington, first spotted the Allonautilus scrobiculatus in 1984 alongside his colleague Bruce Saunders. The hairy animal looked fairly similar to the better known Nautilus pompilius, but proved to be an entirely new, and elusive, genus of nautilus. But the creature vanished, and Ward didn't spot another for more than 30 years. But earlier this month, Ward ventured to Papua New Guinea to hunt for the cephalopod again. Aside fr...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Allonautilus scrobiculatus: World's 'rarest' creature spotted for only the third time ever
One of the “rarest creatures in the world” has been spotted for only the third time ever off the coast of Papua New Guinea by a US biologist. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 28, 2015 Category: Science Tags: World Source Type: news
Allonautilus scrobiculatus: World's 'rarest' sea creature spotted for the first time in 30 years
One of the “rarest creatures in the world” has been spotted for only the third time ever off the coast of Papua New Guinea by a US biologist. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 28, 2015 Category: Science Tags: World Source Type: news
