East Africa: Climate Crisis in the Greater Horn of Africa is Biggest Health Threat Causing Disease Outbreaks #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] The link between the climate crisis and global health has become clearer with every extreme weather event, with the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies reaching their highest-ever level this century. The World Health Organization (WHO)'s analysis of the seven countries in the greater Horn of Africa - Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda - found that there have been 39 reported outbreaks, as well as flooding, and other acute public health (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 2, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Analysis-Ghana overhaul a test for $1 billion World Bank-backed debt By Reuters
By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) - Ghana's debt restructuring plans are set to test a $400 million World Bank guarantee which was designed to provide extra security if the West African country failed to pay. Like other smaller, riskier emerging market countries including Sri Lanka and…#ceemea #polinakurdyavko #westafrican #luiscosta #somalia #worldbank #theworldbank #theinternationalmonetaryfund #ministryoffinance #jpmorgans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
' Alien' Minerals Found On 15-Ton Meteorite That Crashed In Africa
'Alien' Minerals Found On 15-Ton Meteorite That Crashed In Africa A team of researchers from the University of Alberta discovered at least two new minerals never before seen on Earth in a 15-ton meteorite that landed in east Africa. Unearthed in Somalia in 2020, the meteorite is the ninth largest…#eastafrica #africa #minerals #meteorite #alien #crashed #albertameteorite #mineral #rock #meteoritecollection (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
REUTERS NEXT-U.N. aid chief to ask for 25% more aid money globally in 2023 By Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations will ask for 25% more money to fund humanitarian aid operations globally in 2023, U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths told a Reuters NEXT event on Wednesday. He also said that he understands that a famine will not yet be declared in Somalia, but he warned: "We…#martingriffiths #humanitarianaid #aidoperations #operationsglobally #aid #martin #griffiths #somalia #saeedazhar #lananhnguyen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers discover two new minerals on meteorite grounded in Somalia
Canadian scientists name ‘phenomenal’ finds from iron-based meteorite elaliite and elkinstantoniteA team of researchers in Canada say they have discovered two new minerals – and potentially a third – after analysing a slice of a 15-tonne meteorite which landed in east Africa.The meteorite, the ninth largest ever recorded at over 2 metres wide, was unearthed in Somalia in 2020, although local camel herders say it was well known to them for generations and named Nightfall in their songs and poems.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 29, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Holmes Tags: Chemistry Science World news Canada Space Meteorology Meteors Source Type: news
Somalia: Thousands Flee Drought and Hunger in Somalia for Kenya
[VOA] Dadaab Refugee Camp -- Raho Ali has just arrived from Somalia with four of her children at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit area in Kenya's northern border town of Dadaab. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 29, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
East Africa: Thousands Flee Drought and Hunger in Somalia, Arrive in Kenya
[VOA] Dadaab Refugee Camp -- Raho Ali has just arrived from Somalia with four of her children at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit area in Kenya's northern border town of Dadaab. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 29, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ethiopia: First Cohort of WHO-Trained Emergency Medical Teams Deployed in Somali Region
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A 17-member Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) that were trained by the EMT center and were deployed in June 2022 to Gode town, in the Somali Regional State, have provided critical support to the drought emergency response in the region, which is experiencing severe impacts of the current drought in Ethiopia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Number of People Killed By Latest Cholera Outbreak in Bale
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- UN says 20 people have died and number of reported cases reached 491 as cholera outbreak spread to 41 kebeles of 4 woredas of Bale Zone of Oromia and 2 woredas of Liban zone of Somali region as of 23 November 2022. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 24, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Endoscopic endonasal removal of stray bullets in the fossa pterygopalatine in innocent young bystanders of conflicts in Somalia in a period of six months - Tekin AM, Elsamanody AN, Ali IM, Topsakal V.
In Somalia, which is located in the horn of Africa, a fragile and insecure state structure allowed the strengthening of terrorist groups provoking armed conflicts. Stray bullet injuries can be defined as an accidental bullet wound caused by an anonymous at... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Somalia: Children Are Dying of Hunger Amid a Severe Drought
[Shabelle] Baidoa, Somalia -- Almost half of the 16 million people who live in Somalia are facing extreme hunger. More than a third of the east African nation's 5 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished. Hunger and the health complications it causes are putting one Somali child in a healthcare facility every minute. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Reclaiming hope and justice for survivors of sexual violence during drought and hunger crisis in Somalia
PUNTLAND, Somalia– “I felt powerless… I looked around but it was too dark to see who had done this to me. I ran back home very scared – my family was still fast asleep.” (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 9, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Somalia: Somali PM Receives Doctors From Djibouti
[Shabelle] The Prime Minister of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre received at his office doctors from Djibouti who came to Mogadishu to help the Oct 29 attack victims. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 6, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Cholera Outbreak Kills Nine As Cases Spike
[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- A new report by the UN said that at least nine people have died following the latest cholera outbreak across five districts in Oromia and Somali regional state, with over 330 cases reported as of 31 October. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
A penetrating gravitational bullets (stray bullets, falling bullets) injury to the clitoris: A case report - Barut A, Hirsi ZA, Çelik C, Hassan HA.
INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Vulvar penetrating trauma is a rather uncommon occurrence (1). Firearm injuries caused by low-velocity gravitational bullets are a common cause of injuries in war-torn countries such as Somalia [2] (Campbell and Wilbert, 2022).... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
