Prevalence and levels of disability post road traffic orthopaedic injuries in Rwanda - Allen Ingabire JC, Stewart A, Sagahutu JB, Urimubenshi G, Bucyibaruta G, Pilusa S, Uwakunda C, Mugisha D, Ingabire L, Tumusiime D.
BACKGROUND: Prolonged disability resulting from road traffic injuries (RTIs) contributes significantly to morbidity and disease burden. A good understanding of the prevalence and the level of disability of orthopaedic injuries in developing countries is cr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Proven Vector Control Interventions Needed to Stem Malaria Infections in Africa
Rwanda is using drone technology as an effective and innovative way of eradicating malaria in breeding sites. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPSBy Aimable TwahirwaKIGALI, Feb 8 2024 (IPS) Experts recommend that the current prevention of malaria in highly endemic countries in Africa should integrate “locally appropriate” control measures to cope with the highest burden of mosquito-borne disease on the continent.
The latest 2023 World Malaria Report shows that the life-threatening disease remains a significant public health challenge, with both malaria incidence and mortality higher now than they were before the start...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aimable Twahirwa Tags: Africa Climate Action Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Malaria Source Type: news
Piers Morgan Bets Rishi Sunak £1,000 That Rwanda Deportations Won’t Go Ahead During Interview
TalkTV host Piers Morgan bet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak £1,000 that Rwanda migrant deportation flights will go ahead. The high-stakes bet, aimed to benefit a refugee charity, was struck during a riveting TalkTV interview where Morgan challenged Sunak, putting down a wager that the Tory leader “get…#piersmorgan #rwanda #morgan #tory #ons #albania #houseofcommons #houseoflords #mediaite (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Countries Where Pollution Reduction Would Increase Life Expectancy the Most
The World Health Organization explains that air pollution is caused by any chemical, physical, or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of outdoor or indoor atmospheres. About 99.82% of the global land area is exposed to levels of particulate matter, according to a global…#africa #bhutan #elsalvador #rwanda #vietnam #uganda #laosgains #equatorialguinea #qatar #bhutangains (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colin Murray Parkes obituary
Psychiatrist whose insights into bereavement were shaped by events such as the Aberfan disaster, the Rwanda genocide and 9/11The much-quoted phrase “Grief is the price we pay for love” reached a global audience in 2001 whenQueen Elizabeth II used it in hermessage of condolence to those affected by the 9/11 attacks in the US.But it was the psychiatrist Colin Murray Parkes, who has died aged 95, who first came up with the words that have given solace to so many. In his 1972 book Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life, he wrote: “The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is, perhaps, t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Joanna Lyall Tags: Psychology People in science Psychiatry Society Bereavement Life and style Source Type: news
Factors affecting social integration after road traffic orthopaedic injuries in Rwanda - Allen Ingabire JC, Stewart A, Uwakunda C, Mugisha D, Sagahutu JB, Urimubenshi G, Tumusiime DK, Bucyibaruta G.
BACKGROUND: Road traffic injuries (RTIs) leading to long-term disability present a significant public health challenge, causing immense personal and societal consequences. Every year, 50 million people are hurt, 1.2 million die, 30% are permanently disable... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Rwanda: Western Province - Authorities Re-Examine High Fertility Rate
[New Times] Local authorities in Western Province are looking into new measures to tackle the high fertility rate, which is seen as a hindrance to families' development. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 1, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news
Rwanda: Teenage Pregnancy - Time to Openly Discuss Alternative Solutions
[New Times] An intense debate ensued in Rwanda recently on social media on whether contraceptives should be made available to adolescents without necessarily requiring parental consent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa Children and Youth East Africa Health and Medicine Human Rights Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Rwanda Source Type: news
Rwanda: NTDs Reduction is a Long Journey But Progress is Almost 60% - RBC
[New Times] During the World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on Tuesday, January 30, at DP World Kigali, Masaka sector in Kicukiro District, Dr Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, Division Manager of Malaria and NTDs at Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), said the reduction in NTDs is a long journey but current figures indicate that there is a progress of almost 60 per cent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news
Rwanda: From Hygiene Education to Snakebite Awareness - Rwanda's Fight Against NTDs
[New Times] Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), its Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) partners, journalists, and social media influencers have completed a campaign dubbed 'End Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDS)'. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news
Rwanda: World NTDs Day - a Look At Common Diseases in Rwanda
[New Times] Rwanda will join the rest of the world to observe World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on Tuesday, January 30 at DP World Kigali, Masaka sector in Kicukiro District. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news
Rwanda: Will the Next Pandemic Come From NTDs?
[New Times] On January 30 every year, people everywhere come together to observe World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Rwanda: Understanding Palliative Care - Why a Mindset Change Is Needed to Address Gaps
[New Times] What do you do when you are told that your loved one has a serious illness or condition that cannot be cured or leaves them with serious complications until death? For many families in Rwanda and the patients themselves, it is a huge dilemma. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 29, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases Rwanda Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Rwanda: Be Aware of Chronic Gastritis
[New Times] Pain in the stomach, particularly the upper part, is one of the most common problems affecting people, from all walks of life, irrespective of age and gender. Commonly, pain occurs in the upper part of stomach, but can also occur in the middle or right side and is mostly burning in nature. At times, the pain is radiated to the middle or left side of the chest, mimicking ischemic heart disease. If there is perforation of a peptic ulcer, the pain is severe, excruciating and spreads to flanks or even all (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 29, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Remembering all those killed by the Nazis
Every year UNISON marks Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes place on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and death camp.
We remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution, including Roma and Sinti people, disabled people, LGBT+ people, Black people, trade unionists and political opponents of the Nazis.
We also remember and commemorate the victims of more recent genocides. This year is the 30thanniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Each year, Holocaust Memorial Day...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - January 26, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News holocaust memorial day Source Type: news
