Lassa Fever – Togo
As of 9 March 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Togo notified WHO of the country’s first 2 cases of Lassa fever infection. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - March 23, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Meet Pharma’s Biggest Innovators
With projects submitted from Scotland to Togo, the 2016 eyeforpharma Barcelona Awards were truly a global occasion.
Although we had wide participation from pharma’s top 20 (18 out of 20 to be exact, we’ll get the full set in 2017), UCB once again stood out from the pack. 2016 marked the second consecutive year in which they have taken home two awards; this time in the ‘Most Valuable Pharma Collaboration’ and ‘Customer Innovator’ categories.
Many entrants had a strong technology component, with patient support and HCP education apps, tech-inspired hackathons, and the first social network for physicians.
We also ...
Source: EyeForPharma - March 23, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Thomas Disley Source Type: news
Designing to Succeed
The finalists for this year’s Most Valuable Patient Initiative or Service at the 2016 eyeforpharma Barcelona Awards showcase the potential for impact when patients become collaborators in design.
Understanding the human aspects of living with a condition is in many ways less straightforward than drug development. Everyone experiences their health challenges differently, and it’s clear this can’t be designed for in a lab.
That’s why collaborating with the patient brings benefits. Here are three lessons we learned from this year’s crop of patient innovators:
1. Ongoing engagement with the patient makes iterative ...
Source: EyeForPharma - February 10, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Thomas Disley Source Type: news
Americans Still Don't Know What Climate Change Is, Google Shows
World leaders took a major step forward Saturday when they reached an accord on curbing the climate change crisis facing our planet -- but if Google search data is anything to go by, Americans are barely aware that there was a problem to begin with.
A look at Google Trends data on Monday shows that the "top questions" people in the United States typed into the search engine include "Is climate change real?" and "Why is climate change important?"
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While the chart above will update as the most popular queries on...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 14, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Burkina Faso: Benin to Host the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership
[AMA] The international conference, which will be held in Cotonou from December 09-11, 2015 aims to celebrate the significant strides made in facilitating access to family planning methods in the nine countries composing the Ouagadougou Partnership, namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
The Chains of Mental Illness in West Africa
In parts of West Africa, religious retreats set up camps for people with mental illnesses, where patients are frequently shackled and prayer is often the only treatment. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: BENEDICT CAREY Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Human Rights and Human Rights Violations United Nations Alternative and Complementary Medicine Human Rights Watch Togo Source Type: news
Q&A: Photographing Mental Illness With Sensitivity
Joao Silva, a New York Times staff photographer, explains the thinking behind an image of a man in chains at a prayer camp in Togo. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: BENEDICT CAREY Tags: Photography Mental Health and Disorders Source Type: news
Togo: Togo and the Global Fund Bolster Their Partnership
[Global Fund] Lomé, Togo -Togo and the Global Fund have reaffirmed their partnership today by signing two new grant agreements totalling close to 37 million euros to combat AIDS and tuberculosis. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - September 28, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Four-Course Menu For Fueling Economies
Eight, for some, is the luckiest number, being linked in some cultures to wealth and prosperity. It is therefore fitting that the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 relates to strong, uninterrupted growth and decent jobs for all. Where do we stand today on jobs, a good eight years after the global financial and economic crisis started brewing in late 2007? The number of unemployed persons globally amounts to 201 million. The level of unemployment has not yet returned to pre-crisis levels, and youth are hard hit with 74 million young persons out of work last year. Beyond the inadequate number of available p...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Extremity injuries in soldiers during the conflict in Mali: experience of Togo Level two Hospital - Akpoto YM, Abalo A, Adam S, Sama HD, Dellanh YY, Amavi KA, Bakriga B, Walla A, Dossim A.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to analyse war-related and non-war-related extremity injuries in soldiers in the Mali conflict. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study was performed from 1 May 1 to 31 December 2014. It concerned extremity ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Brakes and hairs from a maiden: The Pteridaceae fern family diversity in Togo
A revision of the Pteridaceae fern family from Togo was performed with recent field data and herbaria specimens from Lome and Paris. The study provides the first local scientific information on Togolese ferns. It confirms the presence of the Pteris similis species and brings the family's diversity up to 17 species. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Togo: Togolese Physician Promotes Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine
[Focac] Lome -For close to 20 years, Dr. Yves Amegandji, a Togolese physician, has been providing traditional Chinese medicine treatment from his private clinic called "Orient" which is situated in the Togolese capital's populous neighbourhood of Bè. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 19, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Effects of school-based mental health literacy education for secondary school students to be delivered by school teachers: a preliminary study - Ojio Y, Yonehara H, Taneichi S, Yamasaki S, Ando S, Togo F, Nishida A, Sasaki T.
AIM: Improving knowledge and beliefs about mental health (or mental health literacy: MHL) may promote appropriate help-seeking by adolescents who are suffering from mental health problems. We develop a concise, school-staff led MHL program and examine its ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Togo: Stranger in a Strange Land - Adebayor's Silent Struggles
[Daily Maverick] Over the last few weeks, Emmanuel Adebayor has been posting some disturbing details about his family relations on Facebook. The most staggering came on Wednesday, when he spoke of how his brother threatened him with a knife and how he had considered suicide "many times". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 22, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Be Vigilant - Togolese President Lauds Liberia With Caution
[FrontPageAfrica] On the day Liberia held its official program commemorating the end of the Ebola endemic as declared by the World Health organization (WHO), the President of the Republic of Togo, Essozimna Gnassingbe, has congratulated Liberia and its partners for the level of cordial working relationship that led to the achievement against the Ebola virus disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 12, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
