Category: Healthcare
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60% of Mpox Cases in DR Congo are Children Under 15′
The watchdog for public health on the continent, the Africa Center for Disease Control, has alarmed at the increasing number of cases of the Mpox disease in the region. The center’s Director General, Dr. Jean Kaseya, said during an online briefing that sharing bodily fluid is a reason for the spike in some areas, including…
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Central African Republic latest to declare mpox outbreak
The Central African Republic has become the latest country in the region to declare an outbreak of the mpox virus. Infections have spread to the capital, Bangui, after being restricted to rural areas, health minister Pierre Somse said. He also told a local radio station that some families were hiding infected relatives due to…
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Scientists: a deadly gas cloud may form in Africa over Lake Kivu
Lake Kivu, one of the Great African Lakes, located between DR Congo and Rwanda, is saturated with carbon dioxide and methane at depth. This poses the risk of an explosion and the formation of a toxic gas cloud, similar to what happened with lakes Nyos and Monoun in Cameroon, killing almost 1,800 people. The researchers…
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Uganda’s U-Signup app: promoting inclusive communication in deaf education
The National Association of the Deaf in Uganda focuses on education by partnering with the government to establish specialized schools for deaf children and train teachers in sign language, Robert Nkwangu, executive director of the National Association of the Deaf of Uganda, told Sputnik Africa through interpreter Wycliff Bukenya. They also offer vocational skills training…
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Mexican president calls Donald Trump ‘a friend’ and says he’ll warn him against closing border
Mexico’s president called Donald Trump “a friend” Friday and said he would write to the former U.S. president to warn him against pledging to close the border or blaming migrants for bringing drugs into the United States. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called Trump “a man of intelligence and vision,” despite Trump’s repeated calls to…
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Chad Urgently Seeks International Aid During Humanitarian Crisis
Abdelmadjid Abderahim, the public health minister, has appealed to international partners for help amid the humanitarian crisis impacting over two million of the 18 million population. Abderahim said flooding, an influx of refugees, increasing numbers of displaced persons, and armed conflicts between communities are inflicting suffering on civilians that Chad’s government cannot handle alone. He…
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Ivory Coast rolls out malaria vaccine drive targeting children
Health workers in Ivory Coast began vaccinations on Monday against malaria, the leading cause of death of children in the country, as the government added the malaria vaccine to the list of routine vaccinations for children. The West African country became the first to start rolling out the newest shot targeting malaria in an effort…
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Intensifying Congo conflict puts 1 mln children at risk of acute malnutrition
More than one million children are at risk from acute malnutrition in Democratic Republic of Congo as rising violence drives up needs among millions of displaced people, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The impact on civilians of the more than two-year conflict between Congolese forces and the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in eastern areas…
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The head of Burundi’s National Institute of Public Health on the arrival of a Russian mobile laboratory
🇧🇮 “Very important for our country”: the head of Burundi’s National Institute of Public Health on the arrival of a Russian mobile laboratory In an interview with Sputnik Africa, Dr. Joseph Nyandwi explained the “modern equipment” provided by Russia: “It is a laboratory that strengthens the capacity of the National Reference Laboratory and the Institute.…
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Plants from Ethiopia could help combat cancer, a study shows
“There are many medicinal plants that have been used by the traditional healers for centuries,” said Paulos Yohannes, a chemistry professor and serves as associate dean for STEM/research at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. “At this moment, preliminary studies have shown that we are working with plant extracts that exhibit anticancer activities.” The research is…
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