Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update
WHO continues to monitor the evolution of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. The Ebola epidemic trend remains precarious, with community and health-facility transmissions of infection still taking place. Between 21 and 23 July 2014, 96 new cases and 7 deaths were reported from Liberia and Sierra Leone. In Guinea, 12 new cases and 5 deaths were reported during the same period. These include suspect, probable, and laboratory-confirmed cases. The surge in the number of new EVD cases in Guinea after weeks of low viral activity demonstrates that undetected chains of transmission existed...
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - July 27, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola viru Source Type: news
Intimate partner sexual and physical violence among women in Togo, West Africa: prevalence, associated factors, and the specific role of HIV infection - Burgos-Soto J, Orne-Gliemann J, Encrenaz G, Patassi A, Woronowski A, Kariyiare B, Lawson-Evi AK, Leroy V, Dabis F, Ekouevi DK, Becquet R.
This study... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 2, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news
West Africa: Ecowas Launches War Against Malaria
[Independent]Abuja -Personnel of the Armed Forces of Ghana and Togo have carried out an environmental sanitation exercise at the border town of Aflao marking the official launch by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of the preparatory phase of the application of the anti-mosquito biolarvicide product to intensify the regional war against malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - June 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Togo: New Financing Agreement to Strengthen Small Rural Businesses in Togo
[IFAD]Rome -The government of the Togolese Republic and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a loan and grant agreement today for a US$39.6 million project that will provide needed financial and technical supports and job-creation opportunities for small businesses in rural communities throughout the West African nation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 23, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Togo: World Bank to Help Protect Women and Children From Malaria and Malnutrition
[World Bank]Washington -The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved support to Togo that will help the country offer lifesaving health and nutrition services to over 1.3 million people, nearly 60 percent of whom are women and girl children under the age of five. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - February 20, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: Plague Sweeps U/W Family
[Ghanaian Chronicle]An Accra-based Togolese International football star, Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor, has gone to the rescue of three Ghanaian children who have been attacked by a strange skin disease, which doctors at Jirapa, in the Upper West region, have failed to treat. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 14, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Togo: Seven Interim Applicants Receive Funding for HIV and TB
[GFO]The Board of the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved funding in the amount of up to $30.8 million for seven interim applicants in the transition phase of the new funding model (NFM).The Board's decision was announced on XNovember. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - December 2, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Togo: Christian Values Inspire Compassion in Addressing HIV
[WCC]Churches in Togo have taken on a compelling fight against HIV and AIDS. Sexual minorities, highly vulnerable to the pandemic, remain in dire need of pastoral care that encourages access to HIV prevention facilities, if their lives are to be saved. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - September 23, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Diurnal 24-hour rhythm in ambulatory heart rate variability during the day shift in rotating shift workers - Yoshizaki T, Kawano Y, Tada Y, Hida A, Midorikawa T, Hasegawa K, Mitani T, Komatsu T, Togo F.
This study examined diurnal 24-h variation in heart rate variability (HRV), sleep-wake cycle, physical act... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
The Challenge and The Opportunity
Sometimes the answer is asking for help.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - June 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chris Guillebeau Tags: Relationships Resilience Stress Work 50 states attitude canadian provinces country of togo few days hospital ship ing institutions land rover nbsp return trip single university six hours team member team members three Source Type: news
Climate change: how a warming world is a threat to our food supplies
Global warming is exacerbating political instability as tensions brought on by food insecurity rise. With research suggesting the issue can only get worse we examine the risks around the worldInfographic: the impact of climate on foodWhen the Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, it was in protest at heavy-handed treatment and harassment in the province where he lived. But a host of new studies suggest that a major factor in the subsequent uprisings, which became known as the Arab spring, was food insecurity.Drought, rocketing bread prices, food and water shortages have all blig...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 13, 2013 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Food security World news Society Drought Water Features Climate change The Observer Poverty Global development Environment Africa Source Type: news
Video: The floating hospital of hope
When Africa Mercy, the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, arrives in Togo, thousands line up for free screenings, dental and eye surgery and other procedures for deformities--all in hope to stop living in isolation. Scott Pelley reports. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Yo-Vo Song
When you visit the West African nation of Togo, you're likely to hear a song chanted by many Togolese youth when you arrive —"White person, white person good day"—it’s the Yo Vo song. (Source: AARP.org News)
Source: AARP.org News - February 1, 2011 Category: American Health Source Type: news
