Israel wants security buffer zone in Gaza & complexities of civil war in Sudan
In this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva gives us the latest from Israel with reports of a buffer ...#battlelines #nataliyavasilyeva #israel (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan
The U.N. food agency says it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Cholera and Dengue Fever Rates Increase in North Kordofan
[Dabanga] El-Obeid -- The North Kordofan Health Ministry yesterday reported an increase in cholera and dengue fever patients. At least 47 cholera cases and 817 dengue fever cases have been recorded this month. The supply of medicines in the state is sufficient for one month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 1, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
South Sudan: MSF Launches Mass Vaccination Campaign Amid Deadly Hepatitis E Outbreak
[MSF] Juba - In response to a deadly hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan, MSF has launched a vaccination campaign in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to provide protection to women and girls of reproductive age, who are at greatest risk of death from the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa Health and Medicine NGOs and Civil Society South Sudan Source Type: news
Implementation of healthy men healthy communities: a health promotion and gender-based violence prevention program for male South Sudanese refugees in Uganda - Zielinski R, Ajak DK, Drummond N, Lee HE.
Men living in refugee settings are often exposed to violence, poverty, and social instability, which impacts physical and mental health and increases the risk of perpetrating sexual and gender-based violence. Healthy Men Healthy Communities was developed a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news
An Inside Look at the Embryo Transplant That May Help Save the Northern White Rhino
The two loneliest rhinos in the world are the female known as Najin and her daughter, known as Fatu. They live in the Ol Pejeta conservancy, a 360 sq km (140 sq mi.) sanctuary in central Kenya. A lot of different animals representing a lot of different species call Ol Pejeta home, but Najin and Fatu are special: they are the world’s last remaining northern white rhinos, a species that once numbered 25,000 and ranged across what is now South Sudan, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic. The near-death of the species is mostly due to poaching—with humans hunting down the rhino...
Source: TIME: Science - January 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger and Photos by Ami Vitale Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Just two northern white rhinos remain. The species ’ first IVF pregnancy could save them from extinction
The first successful embryo transfer in a southern white rhino paves way for using technique to save rarer northern cousinsThe critically endangered northern white rhino could be saved from the brink of extinction after scientists performed the first successful embryo transfer in white rhinos.After the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018, the disappearance of the species looked imminent. Just twoinfertile female northern white rhinos– Fatu and Najin – remain, and are under 24-hour armed protection at a conservation reservation in Kenya. But a new scientific advancement means the mother and daughter may ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Patrick Greenfield Tags: Endangered species Conservation Africa Animals Environment World news Science Biodiversity Mammals Biology Source Type: news
A glimmer of hope for women and girls as a sexual and reproductive health clinic reopens in Sudan ’s West Darfur State
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Source: UNFPA News - January 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Gold Riches Fuel Sudan Militia ’s War to Rule Nation, UN Says
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
War Pushes Sudan to Brink of First Famine in Decades, WFP Says
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Sudan's Sennar Reports Increase in Cholera Cases
[Dabanga] Singa -- At least five people died from cholera in Sennar last week, the state Ministry of Health reported yesterday. Of the 140 patients being treated in January, 129 fully recovered, six are still being treated in isolation centres. Last year, more than 8,000 suspected cholera cases, including 224 deaths, were recorded. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news
Mental health consequences among Sudanese due to the armed conflicts and civil unrest of 2023: a cross-sectional study - Mohammed Bilal M, Moawia Balla Elnour S, Mohamed Elmahdi ZZ, Mustafa Mudawi Ahmed E.
AIM: To investigate depression, anxiety, PTSD, and insomnia levels among Sudanese citizens during the 2023 Armed Forces conflict in Sudan. METHODS: An online survey was distributed. It is composed of five parts, covering the following areas: (a) so... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Sudan: MSF Survey Sheds New Light On Scale and Intensity of Ethnic Violence in West Darfur
[MSF] A retrospective mortality survey carried out among Sudanese refugees in Chad by Epicentre, Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) medical research and epidemiology centre, documents the appalling scale of the wave of violence that swept through Sudan last June. Atrocities have continued in recent months in the region of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, Sudan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Sudan Source Type: news
These Were The Top News Stories Of 2023 Based On Google Search Trends
In an age of rapid-fire social media updates, memes, and never-ending cat videos, what’s the world still collectively paying attention to? Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu and Pallavi Rao visualize the the top 10 news stories of…#topnewsstories #visualcapitalist #marcuslu #pallavirao #googlesearch #amidstdisasters #turkey #syria #turkish #sudan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nations with the Highest Civilian Casualties in the 20th Century
Genocide was recognized as a crime in 1946 under international law by the United Nations General Assembly. The intention of outlawing genocide was to prohibit atrocities, like the Holocaust and Nanking, from ever happening again, However, this has not halted the brutalities of genocide, and it has…#holocaust #darfur #chechnya #srilanka #genocidewatch #yemen #myanmar #syria #sudan #rudolphrummel (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
