Zambia's New Debt Restructuring Plan Vetoed by China-headed Committee
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Source: Reuters: Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Youth who have lived in alternative care in Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe: mental health and violence outcomes in nationally representative data - Neville SE, Okunoren O, Crea TM.
OBJECTIVE: We explore whether having previously lived in alternative care (foster, kinship, and/or residential care) is linked to sexual risk-taking, mental health, and experiencing violence in Nigerian, Zambian, and Zimbabwean youth ages 13-17 living in h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Zambian Deadlock Shows It's China's Debt World
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Source: Reuters: Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zambia ’s bondholders are ‘very disappointed’ and ‘deeply concerned’
CoT strikes back#cot (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zambia ’s Official Creditors Reject Revised Bond-Restructure Deal
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Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dollar Scarcity is Pushing More African Countries to Crisis
African governments are scrambling for dollars, and that’s creating a new dividing line for investors. • None Silicon Valley Boardroom Coup Leads to Ouster of an AI Champion Amid a deepening shortage of hard currency on the continent, governments are turning to bartering, currency devaluations,…#african #aichampion #middleeast #benedictcraven #egypt #nigeria #angola #kenya #zambia #ustreasury (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zambia Says IMF Questions $3 Billion Bond Revamp Deal
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Source: Reuters: Health - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: The African Population Experts Committee Meeting Kicks Off
[UNFPA] The Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of the African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is organizing the African Population Experts Committee (APEC) and Ministers in Charge of Population Meetings on the 10-year Review of the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development (AADPD) in Lusaka, Zambia from 7-10 November 2023. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 10, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Cheetahs Are Shifting Their Hunting to Night to Avoid Hotter Weather
Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds.
Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs, that sets them up for more potential conflicts with mostly nocturnal competing predators such as lions and leopards, say the authors of research published Wednesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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“Changing temperatures can impact the behavior patterns of large carnivore species and also the dynamics among species,” said University of Washington bio...
Source: TIME: Science - November 8, 2023 Category: Science Authors: CHRISTINA LARSON / AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
The impacts of stigma against sexual minority men within and between various socioecological levels: breaking the vicious cycle in Zambia - Qiao S, Garrett CM, Addo PNO, Adeagbo O, Moore DM, Muttau N, Sharma A, Lwatula C, Ngosa L, Kabwe ML, Manasyan A, Menon JA, Weissman S, Li X, Harper GW.
Sexual minority men (SMM) face persistent stigma in Zambia. From a holistic perspective, we aim to explore its impacts within and between multiple socioecological levels, demonstrating how their interactions create a vicious cycle of barriers to the well-b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
What ’s the Point of Traveling With Kids If They’ll Just Forget Everything?
MY SON Wilder’s passport rivals that of even the most seasoned travelers, with stamps from 23 countries on five continents—and he’s only five. Rather than leaving him at home, I often take him with me on the adventures my work as a travel writer requires. We’ve gone on safari in Zambia and swum…#zambia #hawaii (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Cervical Cancer Survivors Demand Equity and Unity
[allAfrica] Gaborone -- When Karen Nakawala-Mayond experienced a nagging backache she put it down to her love for high heels. And then when she started bleeding in between her monthly periods, she thought it was the onset of menopause. That was until her gynaecologist insisted that she be screened for cervical cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Botswana Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases Southern Africa Sustainable Development Zambia Source Type: news
Using community conversations to integrate violence screening and referrals into HIV care for young women living with HIV in Lusaka, Zambia - Laurenzi CA, Mutambo C, Mwamba C, Mupakile E, Busakhwe C, Ronan A, Toska E.
Young women living with HIV (YWHIV) commonly experience overlapping vulnerabilities, especially in low-resource, HIV-endemic settings. They are likelier to experience violence, and have poorer antiretroviral adherence, HIV care disengagement and low viral ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Seize Opportunity to End Last Major Mercury Device
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The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-5) will take place from Monday, 30 October to Friday, 3 November 2023 at the International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland. More than eight hundred participants – including Parties’ representatives, non-parties governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN bodies and NGOs – are already confirmed to attend the meeting., according to UNEP.By Charlie BrownWASHINGTON DC, Oct 13 2023 (IPS) As the Minamata Convention on Mercury’s fifth Conference of the Parties (C...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlie Brown Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific Environment Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
To End Child Marriage in Southern & East Africa, Governments Need to Strengthen Laws & Implementation
Nafissa, 17 from Niger, was married at 16. Three months after marrying she became pregnant. She gave birth to a still born baby. Credit: UNICEF/Marieke van der Velden
The UN commemorates International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 -- an annual and internationally recognized observance that empowers girls and amplifies their voices.By Divya SrinivasanGENEVA, Switzerland, Oct 10 2023 (IPS) Almost one third (32%) of women aged 20 to 24 in Eastern and Southern Africa – around 50 million – were married before 18 years old. To address this pervasive problem, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Divya Srinivasan Tags: Africa Education Featured Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
