African Solutions to African Problems: Reframing Science Innovation
Through collaboration we can build on the foundations of our knowledge to bring forward innovative ways to address health challenges that benefit all of humanity. Credit: WHOBy Quarraisha Abdool KarimDURBAN, South Africa, Jun 8 2022 (IPS) Africa is plagued by many epidemics — from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to malaria and wild polio — but the continent has also worked for decades to fight these threats. The key to beating these deadly diseases is turning inward to existing expertise and finding locally driven solutions.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has placed public health back in the global spotlight and has also serve...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Quarraisha Abdool Karim Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Eritrea: Public Notice
[Shabait] The Ministry of health, further to its strong acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance, has identified laboratory-confirmed cases of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (CVDPV) in Eritrea. The Ministry declares this one unusual public health event as an outbreak according to the International Health Regulation (IHR) 2005. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 4, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: Health Ministry Preparing Further Polio Vaccination
[AIM] The Mozambican Ministry of Health has announced that it is currently mobilising resources for the third round of vaccination against poliomyelitis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 31, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: African Health Ministers Seek Ways to Bolster Polio Outbreak Response
[WHO-AFRO] African health ministers gathered today to seek ways of ramping up measures to halt the outbreak of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in southern Africa, where the virus has been detected in two countries and a large-scale multi-country vaccination campaign is underway. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 30, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: Here's How Malawi Responded to Wild Poliovirus 30 Years After Eradication
[Nigeria Health Watch] Her priest's announcement was enough reason for Cecelia Yohane, a resident of Nchalo Chikwawa, to have her 2-year-old grandchild vaccinated against polio. "All my children are not educated, not many people in my village are educated either. But I want to change our story through my grandchildren. I want this particular one to become a teacher hence my interest to have her protected from any life-threatening diseases," she said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 24, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: Round 2 of Polio Vaccines Well Received in Tanzania
[Daily News] THE second round of polio vaccine exercise that ended on Saturday was reported to have been well received in many parts of the country, according to a report from the national coordination centre for the campaign in Dodoma. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tanzania: Tanzania Rolls Out Polio Jab Campaign
[Daily News] THE Ministry of Health yesterday launched the second round of wild polio vaccinations with the goal of reaching 10,576,805 children under the age of five. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 20, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Progress Toward Polio Eradication - Worldwide, January 2020-April 2022
This report describes a decline in poliovirus cases Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 12, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Polio (poliomyelitis) Polio Vaccination Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Specific Vaccines Source Type: news
Pakistan ’s Campaign to Contain Polio in Face of Vaccine Hesitancy
Authorities in North Waziristan district in Pakistan, vaccinate children against polio. With one case reported, intensified efforts to eradicate the disease are underway. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 12 2022 (IPS) Pakistan’s North Waziristan district authorities have launched an aggressive vaccination drive after a polio case surfaced after 15 polio-free months in the country.
The disease was detected in a 15-month-old toddler about 15 kilometers away from the Afghanistan border. This area was considered a Taliban militant’s hub until 2014.
The Taliban were against polio vacc...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ashfaq Yusufzai Tags: Asia-Pacific Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Religion TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Polio vaccine hesitancy Source Type: news
Tanzania: Rukwa to Administer Door-to-Door Polio Vaccination
[Daily News] RUKWA Region is set to officially launch a polio vaccination campaign that will be administered door-to- door for five days, starting from this Thursday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 26, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Don ’t call them anti-vaxxers – that just further erodes people’s trust | Gary Finnegan
There ’s been a worrying decline in diphtheria, polio and measles jabs. We should heed the lessons of Covid-19We forgot about measles. And tetanus and diphtheria. And polio. In the race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19, the global drive to suppress some of the biggest killers in history has fallen back.Almost12n doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in less than 18 months – a stunning achievement, even if the global distribution has been uneven. Yet more than30 million children have missed out on other basic vaccinations during the pandemic, with south-east Asia and the eastern Mediterranean region be...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 25, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Gary Finnegan Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus Infectious diseases World news Health Society Science Immunology Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Counts Success of Polio Vaccination Drive After Detecting First Case in 30 Years
[IPS] Blantyre, Malawi -- One polio case is one too many, global health experts say. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi Counts Success of Polio Vaccination Drive after Detecting First Case in 30 Years
A child is vaccinated against the poliovirus. Malawi detected a single case and embarked on a mass vaccination programme against the disease which causes paralysis. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPSBy Charles MpakaBlantyre, Malawi, Apr 18 2022 (IPS) One polio case is one too many, global health experts say.
And when Malawi announced in February this year that it had detected a polio case in the country’s capital Lilongwe, the alarm was significant, and the response from both the government and global health partners was swift, if not frantic.
Detected on a 3-year-old child, the poliovirus is described by experts as a significan...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charles Mpaka Tags: Africa Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Malawi Polio WHO Source Type: news
As COVID-Era Restrictions End, Disabled Americans Want to Avoid a ‘Return to Normal’
President Joe Biden hired Kim Knackstedt in early 2021 to make sure that Americans with disabilities were not forgotten as the country returned to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, that seems to be precisely what has happened—and it’s unfortunate, Knackstedt says.
“What was considered ‘normal’ was actually not a great way to live, often,” says Knackstedt, who served as the first White House director of disability policy, before leaving the administration on March 11. “It wasn’t accessible. It actually didn’t provide all of the things that we needed to ge...
Source: TIME: Health - April 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication - Worldwide, 2020-2021
This report describes an analysis of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance data with high risk for poliovirus transmission. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 14, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Diseases & Conditions Global Health MMWR Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report Polio (poliomyelitis) Polio Vaccination Surveillance Source Type: news
