Africa: Africa CDC, Institut Pasteur De Dakar and South African Medical Research Council Act to Ramp Up Biomanufacturing Workforce.
[Africa CDC] Africa CDC, Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) are co-hosting the first Biomanufacturing Workforce Development workshop in Africa. Over 30 partner organisations will contribute to understanding the landscape of biomanufacturing training, gaps and opportunities for building a talented and skilled workforce on the continent to creategreater vaccine supply resilience for Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
This Cystic Fibrosis Drug Is a ‘Miracle’ but These Families Can’t Get It
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is not making its drug, Trikafta, available in poorer countries, where thousands of diagnosed patients stand to benefit. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen and Rebecca Robbins Tags: Cystic Fibrosis Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc Third World and Developing Countries Inventions and Patents Generic Brands and Products India South Africa Ukraine Brazil Turkey Source Type: news
Baby Formula Industry Misleads People With Its Marketing, World Health Organization Says
Makers of infant formula use misleading marketing and aggressive lobbying tactics to drive sales in a $55 billion-a-year industry, according to a three-paper series from the World Health Organization.
Manufacturers make unsubstantiated claims about their products, such as that they are very similar to actual breast milk or can ease infants’ discomfort, say the WHO papers published Tuesday in The Lancet medical journal calling for an industry crackdown. New products, such as hypoallergenic or organic formulas or those derived from the milk of sheep and goats, are sometimes marketed with the implication that they have...
Source: TIME: Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dasha Afanasieva and Tanaz Meghjani/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire healthscienceclimate Public Health Source Type: news
Social determinants of seeking and reaching injury care in South Africa: a community-based qualitative study - Owolabi EO, Ferreira K, Nyamathe S, Ignatowicz A, Odland ML, Abdul-Latif AM, Byiringiro JC, Davies JI, Chu KM.
BACKGROUND: Timely access to quality injury care saves lives and prevents disabilities. The impact of social determinants of health on the high injury prevalence in South Africa is well documented, however, evidence of their role in accessing injury care i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Pick n Pay sales grow but warns on extra costs from power cuts
said on Wednesday its four-month sales grew by 6.4%, but its like-for-like sales growth in South Africa was softer, impacted by store revamps and unprecedented power cuts in the last quarter of 2022. At market open, shares of Pick n Pay, South Africa's second biggest supermarket chain, fell 5% to…#picknpay #southafrica #southafrican (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tax Chief Urges Activism by South Africans Sick of Poor Services
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is not making its drug, Trikafta, available in poorer countries, where thousands of diagnosed patients stand to benefit. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen and Rebecca Robbins Tags: Cystic Fibrosis Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Third World and Developing Countries Inventions and Patents Generic Brands and Products Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc India South Africa Ukraine Brazil Turkey Source Type: news
Life-years lost associated with mental illness: a cohort study of beneficiaries of a South African medical insurance scheme - Ruffieux Y, Wettstein A, Maartens G, Folb N, Vieira CM, Didden C, Tlali M, Williams C, Cornell M, Schomaker M, Johnson LF, Joska JA, Egger M, Haas AD.
BACKGROUND: People with mental illness have a reduced life expectancy, but the extent of the mortality gap and the contribution of natural and unnatural causes to excess mortality among people with mental illness in South Africa are unknown. METHOD... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cross-cultural adaptation of the EAST and CASE screening tools for elder abuse in South Africa - Jacobs R, Farina N, Schneider M.
Elder abuse is globally considered a hidden problem with great variations in its conceptualization across cultures, non-uniformity in understanding, and manifestations of abuse and neglect. Currently, there are no validated or culturally adapted screening ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Soccer clubs as avenues for gender transformative socialization of adolescent boys in Cape Town and Mthatha, South Africa: a qualitative study - Sikweyiya YM, Leon N, Lurie MN, Majola M, Colvin CJ.
In this paper, we explore the gender socialization of adolescent boys in soccer clubs, and ask whether there are opportunities for integrating gender transformative elements into that socialization. This qualitative study involved 11 in-depth interviews an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Anglo American chief sounds alarm on South African infrastructure
FTSE 100 miner’s Duncan Wanblad warns country’s economy under threat from ‘scourges’ of power cuts, broken logistics and corruption#duncanwanblad (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New South African Lawmakers Sworn in Ahead of Cabinet Revamp
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The energy giant whose boss was poisoned with cyanide is looking for a new CEO
South Africa's energy giant Eskom is recruiting for a new chief executive officer. Reuters South Africa's energy giant Eskom has published a job advert for a new chief executive officer. Eskom's current CEO was poisoned with cyanide in December after submitting his resignation. The role was…#southafrica #eskom #reuterssouthafrica #andrederuyter #deruyter #gwedemantashe #beingeskom #southafrican #businesstech (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Egypt ’s Omar El Zohairy Bags Best Film at Joburg Film Festival With Social Satire ‘Feathers’
Saturday night meant another feather in the cap for Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy, whose Arab-language social satire “Feathers” took the Best Film prize on the awards night of the 5th Joburg Film Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. His story centers on a father who literally turns into a…#egyptian #omarelzohairy #arab #feathers #bestfilmprize #joburgfilmfestival #johannesburg #southafrica #cannescriticsweek #fayadayi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: ANC To Challenge Court Ruling on Cadre Deployment Records - South African News Briefs - February 3, 2023
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
