Gambia: U.S Extends Anti-Malaria Support to Gambia
[The Point] To mark World Malaria Day, U.S. President Joseph Biden announced that the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) will form a partnership with The Gambia as part of the effort to eliminate malaria around the world. This announcement, which also included Burundi and Togo, will increase the number of PMI partner countries to 30, with 27 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and three in Southeast Asia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Hidden details of world ’s most famous sled dog revealed in massive genomics project
In 1925, a sled dog named Balto made headlines around the world when he braved fierce winds, a raging blizzard, and splintering river ice to bring lifesaving serum to an isolated Alaskan town struck with diphtheria. (Although another sled dog,
Togo, may deserve most of the credit
.) Now, researchers have pieced together a fuller picture of the celebrated canine from DNA taken from the underbelly of his stuffed, faded carcass. Aided by hundreds of newly sequenced genomes and an extensive database of dog DNA, they were able to glean details about Balto’s size, appearance, and stamina not captured in historical ph...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mercury Project Puts Great UNEP Treaty at Risk
The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry delegates at Minamata COP-4, on 23 March, 2022, Bali, Indonesia. Credit: Kiara Worth, IISD/ENB (Earth Negotiation Bulletin)
By Charlie BrownLOME, Togo, Apr 26 2023 (IPS) The Minamata Convention on Mercury, a stellar success story to date, has been favorably compared to the prototype success story for a treaty on toxins: the Montreal Protocol. Both had a single focused mission; both gained universal support across the globe; both matched technological innovation with environmental science to discard old polluting methods.
But emerging after hidden negotiations with the mercury...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlie Brown Tags: Environment Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Health Inequity IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Togo: Leprosy, Scabies and Yaws - Togo's Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases Need Attention
[The Conversation Africa] Neglected tropical diseases are a group of 20 diseases found mostly in tropical regions that are strongly associated with poverty. Among them are skin diseases like scabies, leprosy and yaws. They are caused by some bacteria, viruses, mosquitoes or mites and, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), they affect more than one billion people worldwide, mainly in lower-income settings. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Head injuries caused by contact with teeth during sports and exercise activities in Japanese schools during the period 2012-2018 - Kanemitsu A, Nakajima K, Arata T, Sakaue T, Togo S, Takeda T, Fukuda K.
This study aimed to cl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
“ I Was Blind, But Now I See ” – Celebrating Malawi’s Progress on World NTD Day
Vainesi, a former trachoma trichiasis patient, cheers in celebration knowing that trachoma has been eliminated in Malawi. Vainesi had suffered with the pain caused by trachoma for 10 years before a local disability mobiliser encouraged her to go to the hospital for treatment. By Lazarus McCarthy ChakweraLILONGWE, Jan 30 2023 (IPS) “I was blind, but now I see.” This is what Vainesi, from Salima District in Central Malawi, said after surgery to treat trachoma. A mother of three, Vainesi had been unable to work or provide for her family once the disease began to affect her eyesight.
Vainesi is one of millions of Malawians...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Africa: Eliminating Neglected Diseases in Africa - There Are Good Reasons for Hope
[The Conversation Africa] Togo had reason to celebrate in 2022 when it became the first country in the world to eliminate four neglected tropical diseases. The west African nation stamped out Guinea worm disease in 2011, lymphatic filariasis in 2017, sleeping sickness in 2020, and trachoma last year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 27, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Digital Politics: “Disconnected Citizens Are Kept Away from Opportunities”
An activist during COP27 in Egypt. Credit: Oliver Kornblihtt / Mídia NINJABy Bibbi AbruzziniBRUSSELS, Jan 25 2023 (IPS) In 2022, Saudi Arabia “quietly” sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, marking the longest Saudi sentence ever for a peaceful activist. Fast forward and award-winning Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was charged with two counts of “offensive communication” after making unflattering remarks about the president and his son on Twitter. The message is clear: your well-crafted 280 characters can land you in jail.
But what if, not only your online expr...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bibbi Abruzzini Tags: Africa Civil Society Crime & Justice Economy & Trade Education Global Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Togolese human rights activist explains French economic colonialism and how Bitcoin is liberating Africa, " With bitcoin, the young Frenchman pays the same as …
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Effect of wealth inequality on child and infant mortality in Togo - Pelenguei E, Pilo M.
At birth, individual has a health capital that depends on family, environmental and personal characteristics which depreciates over time requiring investment. It's in this sense that this article aims to analyze the effect of wealth inequality on infant an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Validation of the Japan Coma Scale for the prediction of mortality in children: analysis of a nationwide trauma database - Enomoto Y, Tsutsumi Y, Tsuchiya A, Kido T, Ishigami K, Togo M, Yasuda S, Inoue Y.
OBJECTIVE: The Japan Coma Scale (JCS) is widely used in clinical practice to evaluate levels of consciousness in Japan. There have been several studies on the usefulness of JCS in adults. However, its usefulness in evaluating children has not been reported... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Liberia: African Union and WHO Urge Swift Action Against Childhood Tuberculosis
[New Dawn] Lom é, 24 August 2022 - The African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called for immediate and comprehensive measures to end the significant toll of tuberculosis among children in Africa. The appeal was made jointly with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the S top TB Partnership on the sidelines of the Seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Lomé, Togo. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - August 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Africa's Top Health Forum Opens to Tackle Major Challenges
[WHO-AFRO] Lom é -- The President of the Republic of Togo, H.E President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé opened the Seventy-second session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa with African health ministers and government representatives in attendance. The region's foremost public healt h gathering held annually will discuss and agree on measures to lower the burden of diseases, seek ways to curb the drivers of ill health and endorse strategies to promote access to health services and people's (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Minister Joe Phaahla - 72nd Session of the Who Regional Committee for Africa
[Govt of SA] Speaking notes by Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla during the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, in Togo from Monday, 22 - Friday, 26 August 2022. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Analysis of abortion cases data at the referral hospital of Haho Health District, Nots è - Togo, 2012 - 2017 - Abalo AMET, Akara EM, Assane H, Komi D, Kpeglo E, Sawadogo B, Antara S.
BACKGROUND: More than 95 percent of unsafe abortions occur in developing countries and contribute to 4.70 percent to 13.20 percent of maternal deaths. Abortions' magnitude and characteristics are unknown at Nots è hospital yet these parameters are critical... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
