Management of a road traffic accident poly-trauma patient in a limited regional resource hospital setting in Tanzania: review of literature and case report - Massaga F, Washington LA, Ngayomela IH, Mwami AS, Shabhay A.
INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Poly-trauma is among the top ten leading causes of mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Road traffic injuries are the major cause of mortality in the overall burden of deaths related to injuries. The aim of this pub... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Intrapartum violence during facility-based childbirth and its determinants: a cross-sectional study among postnatal women in Tanzania - Sanga NE, Joho AA.
BACKGROUND: Violence during childbirth indirectly contributes to maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. It also causes intrapartum health consequences such as prolonged labor, postpartum hemorrhage, and postpartum psychological problems, including ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Kenya: Kenya the Focus of Campaign for 100% Hike in Bean Consumption
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- A campaign in Africa to make beans the answer to food insecurity in areas affected by climate change will begin next week, with a focus on Kenya. A coalition of proponents will present its roadmap for increased production and consumption of beans and similar foods like lentils and peas at the Africa Food Systems Forum, to be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 1, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Nutrition Source Type: news
Tanzania: Govt Recognises WHO Support in Curbing Marburg Virus
[Daily News] THE Tanzanian government has appreciated the World Health Organisation (WHO) for showing deliberate cooperation to the country which led to timely curbing of the Marburg Virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 31, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Tanzania Source Type: news
Tanzania: What Amref's Safe Delivery Campaign Means for Zanzibar
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR : ALTHOUGH statistics for maternal and child mortality in Zanzibar are still disturbing, AMREF Africa- Tanzania in collaboration with development partners are optimistic that their ongoing fundraising campaign to collect 1bn/- will make a difference. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 30, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Women and Gender Source Type: news
Tanzania: Authorities On Awareness Campaign for Safe Use of Sodium Cyanide
[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM : THE Government Chemist Laboratory Authority (GCLA) will begin an intensive public education to prevent health and environmental effects as result of improper handling of the poisonous sodium cyanide chemical. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Health and Medicine Manufacturing Mining Sustainable Development Tanzania Source Type: news
Digging Africa Deeper into HungerAnnual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture
Women share nutritious diverse local crop varieties at 2022 Djimini seed fair in Senegal. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is helping rewrite African laws and policies to favor conversion to hybrid and GMO maize seeds. Credit: AFSA or Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)By Timothy A. WiseCAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 29 2023 (IPS) As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green Revolution Forum, convening September 5-8 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, they are instead handing out new s...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Timothy A. Wise Tags: Africa Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Development & Aid Food and Agriculture Food Sustainability Green Economy Headlines TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Tanzania: Concerted Efforts Needed to Curb Maternal Deaths, Mwinyi Says
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Mwinyi on Saturday called for concerted efforts to curb maternal and infant mortality in the country, saying the rate of deaths among expectant mothers and infants remain disturbingly high. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 28, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Source Type: news
A leading corporate strategy for battling climate change is ‘hot air,’ study finds
A popular method for reducing carbon emissions may be little more than “hot air,” a new study has found. In past years, financial markets have done increasingly brisk business in “voluntary carbon offsets,” projects that ostensibly capture greenhouse gas emissions — or prevent them from being…#andreaskontoleon #cambridgeuniversity #tanzania #peru #colombia #cambodia #kontoleon #delta #verra #science (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Iconic Cardiothoracic Mahalu to Be Laid to Rest on August 25
[Daily News] THE country's renowned Cardiothoracic Surgeon Professor, William Mahalu (79), who passed away on Sunday in Dar es Salaam, will be laid to rest on Friday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
More single moms are taking long trips abroad with the kids
Two and a half years after Roni Dagan's husband died, she and her seven-year-old son, Gal, found solace in places far from home. They didn't confine themselves to a single location. The act of traveling itself is what has brought Dagan and her child joy — something they started after that first…#ronidagan #ibiza #cnbctravel #telaviv #israel #egypt #redsea #tanzania #bulgaria #greek (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The tau hypothesis of nodding syndrome in Africa - Pollanen MS, Onzivua S.
Nodding syndrome (NS) was first described in the Mahenge mountains in Tanzania, where it exists in an endemic form of epilepsy [1]. In her pioneering work in Tanzania, Louise Jilak-Aall described NS as a pediatric seizure disorder and later observed parkin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People
PREVENT project in Tanzania/Iringa, 2021, Helena Kindole. Credit: Colin Dames/CEVABy Enrique Hernández PandoEl Castellar, Spain, Aug 22 2023 (IPS) El Castellar – For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of the main barriers to growing her chicken business is a lack of access to health services. But not for herself or her family – for her animals.
With smallholder poultry farming often a lifeline for millions of low-income and rural families – accounting for 80% of poultry production in the region – access to medicines and vaccines is just as importan...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Enrique Hernandez Pando Tags: Africa Development & Aid Economy & Trade Food and Agriculture Health Inequality Sustainability TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Why marry early? Parental influence, agency and gendered conflict in Tanzanian marriages - Baraka J, Lawson DW, Schaffnit SB, Wamoyi J, Urassa M.
Global health interventions increasingly target the abolishment of 'child marriage' (marriage under 18 years, hereafter referred to as 'early marriage'). Guided by human behavioural ecology theory, and drawing on focus groups and in-depth interviews in an ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Losing to win: the paradox of industrial development
South Korea, 1962. The armistice to end the Korean war, a war which killed an estimated 3 million people and saw Soeul invaded and occupied four times in a year, is a mere nine year past. Adjusting for inflation, it’s about as poor as Tanzania, South Sudan or Zimbabwe is today. It’s from this…#koreanwar #tanzania #southsudan #zimbabwe #shinjin #usarmy #robertwade #hyundai #kia #asiamotors (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
