African Health 
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Ghana: Poor Insanitary Condition Catches Attention of MPs
[Ghanaian Chronicle]The spate of insanitary condition prevailing in the country has attracted the attention of Members of Parliament (MPs), with many expressing worry about the dangers associated with their various constituencies and the country at large.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'Alien' wildlife in Europe wreaks €12bn damage a year, study shows
From tiger mosquitoes to ragweed, more than 10,000 invasive species are putting increasing pressure on the natural worldAnimals and plants brought to Europe from other parts of the world are a bigger-than-expected threat to health and the environment costing at least €12bn (£10bn) a year, according to a study published on Thursday.More than 10,000 "alien" species have gained a foothold in Europe, from Asian tiger mosquitoes to North American ragweed, and at least 1,500 are known to be harmful, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said."In many areas, ecosystems are weakened by pollution, climate change and fragmentatio...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 21, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Biodiversity Biology World news guardian.co.uk Endangered species Europe Animals Plants Zoology Conservation Environment Invasive species Science Wildlife Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: Market Gardening Provides Livelihoods for Refugees
[IPS]Goma -Standing behind her market stall in Masisu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which overflows with cabbages, carrots and onions, Marceline Dusabe does not fit the traditional profile of an internally displaced person. She, unlike many others displaced by the internal conflict in North Kivu, is not in need of food aid.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Nature's Way - a Wholesome Alternative
[Namibian]ON completion of their studies at the University of the Western Cape, where they specialised in natural medicine, Dr Penehafo Shindume and Dr Petrina Auino started a natural health centre that focuses on alternative and complementary medicine. Their company, Nature's Way, caters to a range of people interested in natural healing and wellness procedures, medicine and supplements.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Vision Services Need Urgent Review In Kenya To Address Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Despite current beliefs, the degenerative eye condition age-related macular degeneration is a common cause of vision impairment and blindness in sub-Saharan Africa, requiring an urgent review of vision services, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news
Kenya: UN Kicks Off 'Year of Quinoa' With Focus On World Nutrition
[UN News]Top officials from the United Nations and the Andean community of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru today launched the 'International Year of Quinoa' to raise awareness of the nutritional, economic, environmental and cultural value of a food that has been traditionally cultivated for thousands of years.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Three New Cases of Sleeping Sickness Recorded
[ANGOP]Luanda -New cases of sleeping illness were recorded throughout January 2013, at a health centre in Luanda's Viana Municipalty, Angop has learnt.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Acute kidney injury and inflammatory immune reconstitution syndrome in mixed genotype (A/E) hepatitis B virus co-infection in HIV-associated lymphoma.
We report a first case of HIV-associated lymphoma (HAL) presenting with acute kidney injury (AKI) and inflammatory immune reconstitution syndrome (IRIS). A 39-year-old male, treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for one month prior to admission, developed AKI, left testicular tumor, and recurrent swelling of the right parotid gland. A resected testicular tumor exhibited features intermediate between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt lymphoma. Renal biopsy showed hydro-degeneration of renal tubules, interstitial inflammatory cells, and a small number of lymphoma cells in the sub-capsule, compati...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology - February 21, 2013 Category: Pathology Authors: Tajima K, Kohno K, Shiono Y, Suzuki I, Kato Y, Hiroshima Y, Yamamoto M, Ohtake H, Iwaba A, Yamakawa M, Kato T Tags: Int J Clin Exp Pathol Source Type: research
Zimbabwe: 'More People Now Aware of Cancer'
[The Herald]Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating the World Cancer Day on February 4 this month. The celebrations come at a time there is a reported surge in the number of people who are being diagnosed with the disease. This also comes
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Polio Killings - FG, KNSG Wants Wazobia FM Sanctioned
[This Day]The federal government has initiated action to get the owners of Cool FM/Wazobia that broadcast an inciting programme critical of the polio programme that allegedly instigated the gruesome murder of seven polio immunization workers and three others earlier this month in Kano State.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Living in Fear
[This Day]Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the vandalised Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline in Iju area of Lagos State recently has raised serious adverse health concern in communities with oil pipelines running through them
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Noise Pollution Causing Health Hazards
[The Star]Surveillance and enforcement efforts will be increased in order to enable commuters to enjoy peaceful transportation services. Director General of NEMA Geoffrey Kahungu says noise pollution causes many health hazards to human beings.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mozambique: Seventeen People Arrested for Cholera Riots in Nampula
[AIM]Maputo -The Mozambican police have arrested 17 people accused of promoting disinformation campaigns about the origins of cholera, and of leading mobs which destroyed the homes of local officials in the Namicopo and Namutequeliua neighbourhoods in the northern city of Nampula.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Dangers of Anti-Polio Campaign (II)
[Leadership]Exploiting the ignorance of the majority is wickedly selfish and sadistic. If truly the West or America has any plan to reduce Muslim population by inducing infertility through immunization, why do they need to achieve this objective only through vaccines?
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Uduaghan Frowns At Infighting in Health Sector
[Leadership]Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed worry over the intrigues and infighting going on among stakeholders in the health sector.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Major Event to Highlight Women’s Health and Development in Africa - 27 January 2013
The African Union Commission, UNFPA, and other partners will convene a special high-level event on the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) on the sidelines of the African Union Summit.
Source: UNFPA News - February 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths - 28 January 2013
ADDIS ABABA —Meeting at the African Union Summit, Heads of State and Government made new commitments to speed-up the reduction of maternal death and disability in the continent.
Source: UNFPA News - February 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
The Role of Personality Traits, Attachment Style, and Satisfaction With Relationships in the Subjective Well-Being of Americans, Portuguese, and Mozambicans
This article addresses the unique contribution of extroversion, neuroticism, attachment security, and satisfaction with relationships to SWB across three samples of 1,574 university students: 497 from North Carolina (United States of America), 544 from Maputo (Mozambique), and 533 from Lisbon (Portugal). Structural equation modeling analysis showed that in the American sample, emotional stability was a more important predictor of global SWB than satisfaction with relationships. In the Mozambican sample, satisfaction with relationships was far more important as a predictor of SWB than emotional stability. In the Portuguese ...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology - February 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Galinha, I. C., Oishi, S., Pereira, C., Wirtz, D., Esteves, F. Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research
Similarities and Differences in Implicit Personality Concepts across Ethnocultural Groups in South Africa
Using a combined emic–etic approach, the present study investigates similarities and differences in the indigenous personality concepts of ethnocultural groups in South Africa. Semistructured interviews asking for self- and other-descriptions were conducted with 1,027 Blacks, 58 Indians, and 105 Whites, speakers of the country’s 11 official languages. A model with 9 broad personality clusters subsuming the Big Five—Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Extraversion, Facilitating, Integrity, Intellect, Openness, Relationship Harmony, and Soft-Heartedness (Nel et al., 2012)—was examined. The 9 clust...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology - February 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Valchev, V. H., Nel, J. A., van de Vijver, F. J. R., Meiring, D., de Bruin, G. P., Rothmann, S. Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research
Epilepsy treatment gap: prevalence and associated factors in Southeast Nigeria
ConclusionsEpilepsy treatment gap in Southeast Nigeria is comparable to that in many developing countries. Fifty percent of the overall treatment gap was caused by patients discontinuing AED treatment of their own volition despite continuing fits. This result may indicate that perhaps with appropriate education on the need to adhere to therapy, the treatment gap in the community may be narrowed.
Source: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - February 21, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: P. O. Nwani, M. C. Nwosu, K. O. Enwereji, A. L. Asomugha, E. O. Arinzechi, A. O. Ogunniyi Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
International recommendations for outpatient palliative care and prehospital palliative emergencies - a prospective questionnaire-based investigation
Conclusions:
This study detected structurally and nationally differences in outpatient palliative care regarding the treatment of palliative emergencies. Accordingly, these differences should be discussed and adapted to the respective specifications of individual single countries. A single established outpatient palliative emergency medical care concept may be the basis for an overall out-of-hospital palliative care system.
Source: BMC Palliative Care - Latest articles - February 21, 2013 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Christoph WieseChristoph LassenUtz BartelsMahmoud TaghaviSaleem ElhabashBernhard GrafGerd Hanekop Source Type: research
Measuring health workers' motivation in rural health facilities: baseline results from three study districts in Zambia
Conclusions:
This study evaluated motivation among rural health workers using a simple adapted tool to measure the concept of motivation. Results showed variation in motivation score by sex, type of health worker, training and time in post. Further research is needed to establish why these health worker attributes were associated with motivation and whether health system interventions targeting health workers, such as the current intervention, could influence health worker motivation.
Source: Human Resources for Health - February 21, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Wilbroad MutaleHelen AylesVirginia BondMargaret MwanamwengeDina Balabanova Source Type: research
Improving community development by linking agriculture, nutrition and education: design of a randomised trial of "home-grown" school feeding in Mali
This study aims to evaluate the impact of school feeding programmes sourced from small-holder farmers on small-holder food security, as well as on school children's education, health and nutrition in Mali. In addition, this study will examine the links between social accountability and programme performance.DesignThis is a field experiment planned around the scale-up of the national school feeding programme, involving 116 primary schools in 58 communities in food insecure areas of Mali. The randomly assigned interventions are: 1) a school feeding programme group, including schools and villages where the standard government...
Source: Trials - February 21, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Edoardo MassetAulo Gelli Source Type: research
Scale-up of HIV treatment in rural South Africa dramatically increases adult life expectancy
(Harvard School of Public Health) The large antiretroviral treatment scale-up in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has led to a rapid and dramatic increase in population adult life expectancy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 21, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Same-sex attracted men neglected in Africa
(The Research Council of Norway) HIV-related research and programming has excluded same-sex attracted men in Africa for three decades. Their exclusion cannot be accounted for by the assertion that they are unreachable, says Norwegian researcher.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
High prevalence of obesity among women who enrolled in HIV prevention trials in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: healthy diet and life style messages should be integrated into HIV prevention programs
Background:
In South Africa, poverty and the dual epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis underscore the need for prevention efforts for obesity. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of obesity in a cohort of South African women and discuss the implications for public health practices.
Methods:
A total of 5,495 HIV-negative women from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa enrolled in three microbicide trials during the period of 2002--2008 were categorised as normal weight (body mass index (BMI: 18.6-
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - February 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Handan WandGita Ramjee Source Type: research
Major Audit Urges Devolution of U.S. AIDS Programme
A major audit of the United States’ flagship global anti-HIV/AIDS programme, prepared for the U.S. Congress, notes “remarkable progress” over the past decade. However, it is also warning of insufficient monitoring and urging a stepped-up process of handing over greater control to partner countries.
Known as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the initiative is the largest such programme in the world, credited with saving millions of lives, particularly in Africa. Since its authorisation in 2003, at the behest of then-president George W. Bush, PEPFAR has disbursed more than 30 billion dollars th...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Carey L. Biron Tags: Aid Civil Society Development & Aid Headlines Health LGBTQ North America Poverty & MDGs Women's Health World Antiretrovirals HIV/AIDS PEPFAR United States Source Type: news
Africa: Mobile Masts Could Help Measure Rain and Chill Vaccines
[SciDev.Net]Mobile-phone masts in Africa could be used for other development initiatives, such as filling gaps in rainfall data and providing electricity to refrigerate vaccines, experts say.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: New Global Forum Connects TB Advocates
[PATH]PATH helps launch online community of practice for those working to fight TB
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - February 20, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
When to Start ART in Africa — An Urgent Research Priority
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 0, Issue 0, Ahead of Print.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: article Source Type: research
Africa: U.S. Effort Created 'Remarkable Expansion' in Aids Treatment
[State Department]Washington -The 10-year U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has led to a "remarkable expansion" in services for people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, according to a report released February 20.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 20, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Moi Referral Specialists Tackle Urinary Disorders
[The Star]More than two million adult Kenyans wet themselves due to free passage of urine caused by Urinary incontinence disease which affects the bladder.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Rid Schools of Asbestos Roofs, Govt Told
[New Vision]Parliament has ordered the government to phase out the use of Asbestos sheets as roofing materials in all schools and technical colleges to avert the health and safety hazards associated with its usage.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mobile masts could help measure rain and chill vaccines
Mobile-phone towers could help fill the gaps in African rainfall data and provide the power needed to keep vaccines refrigerated.
Source: SciDev.Net - February 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Ghana: Filth Engulfs Asamankese
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Residents of Asamankese, the capital of the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern region, are sitting on a time bomb of a possible massive and widespread outbreak of cholera, if the city authorities fail to act.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: MPs Call for Inclusion of Childhood Cancer in NHIs
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday called on government to consider the incorporation of childhood cancer in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Alert Over Fake Drug Sellers
[The Star]Wholesalers collude with fake pharmacists to illegally sell medicines to patients.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: 4,000 Medics Shun Jobs
[New Vision]Over 4,000 health workers have turned down their government appointments at health centre IIIs and IVs, citing poor remuneration, lack of accommodation and poor working conditions, state minister for general duties in the health ministry has said
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: Defilement Tops Gender-Based Crimes List
[Independent]Defilement cases topped Rwanda's gender based crime list in 2012 despite the reduction in the reported cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV), the Rwanda National Police has reported.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Man Brutalized, Handcuffed On Hospital Bed
[Inquirer]The County Attorney of Sinoe County, John A. Gabriel has been accused of ordering the illegal arrest and handcuffing of an unconscious man while on his hospital bed in Greenville. According to information gathered in the county by our correspondent, Mr. Christopher Ong, Operation Manager of Atlantic Resource was arrested and handcuffed upon the orders of the County Attorney at the Air port. Our information is that Mr. Ong fainted and was rushed to a local clinic in Greenville as a result of the brutal and
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: SWAT Brings Huge Consignment of Rice
[Heritage]A major Liberian rice importer, Supplying West Africa Trader (SWAT), has announced the arrival into the country of a huge consignment of superior quality rice: Bella Luna parboiled. According to the Administrative Manager of the company located in Sayon Town on Bushrod Island in Monrovia, Mrs. Musu Henries, the latest consignment of rice is part of the company's continued efforts to ensure the availability of the nation's staple food on the local market.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Clubfoot in Children, Rare, but Serious
[The Star]If your baby is born with his/her feet turning inwards at the ankle giving the foot a kidney bean shape, then they risk a lifetime of deformity and disability if not treated immediately.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: Nyaruguru District - Over 900 People With Hearing Impairments Get Treated Free of Charge
[News of Rwanda]The Munini Hospital in Nyaruguru district, Southern Rwanda, on Tuesday completed a four-day campaign to generously treat hearing impairments for over 992 people,from Nyaruguru's 14 sectors.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Maku Laments Poor Environmental Sanitation in Bayelsa
[Daily Trust]Information Minister Labaran Maku has expressed displeasure over what he described as the unhealthy environmental situation in Bayelsa State.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: A Lucrative Job in Natural Medicine
[New Era]Windhoek -On completion of their studies at the University of the Western Cape, where they specialised in natural medicine, Dr Penehafo Shindume and Dr Petrina Auino started a natural health centre that focuses on alternative and complementary medicine.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Number of Early and Interim Applicants Under the Nfm Could Exceed 60
[GFO]The Global Fund expects to invite between 50 and 60 "interim" applicants to access funding in 2013, through re-programming and top-ups for existing grants. This is in addition to the handful of "early" applicants that will able to submit a concept note leading to the creation of a new grant.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 20, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Fake Traditional Healers Threatening African Medicine
[Observer]Tucked away about 20 metres from the Kampala-Masaka highway at Busega is Kityo Herbal Research Project, a haven for those who want to rid themselves of dental cavities and halitosis (bad breath).
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 20, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Dangers of Anti-Polio Campaign (I)
[Leadership]The brutal murder of nine polio immunization officials in Kano State by yet to be identified gun men is not an isolated incident. It bears the hallmark of the negative campaign launched against the programme, led by Dr. Datti Ahmed, in 2003. Once you play on their emotions of the uncritical or gullible majority, it is hard to convince the people otherwise. Since 2003, there is a significant number of Muslims who still believe that polio immunization programme is a Western or American scheme to induce infer
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Exposure to occupational health hazards among Zambian workers
Conclusions
Results from this study indicate that Zambian workers are exposed to a broad range of occupational health hazards. This could be useful for the formulation of a multi-sector approach aimed at the prevention and control of hazard exposure.
Source: Occupational Medicine - February 20, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Siziya, S., Rudatsikira, E., Mweemba, A., Rachiotis, G., Mugala, D., Bowa, K., Muula, A. S. Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research
Erythrophagocytosis of desialylated red blood cells is responsible for anaemia during T. vivax infection
Summary
Trypanosomal infection‐induced anaemia is a devastating scourge for cattle in widespread regions. Although T. vivax is considered as one of the most important parasites regarding economic impact in Africa and South America, very few in‐depth studies have been conducted due to the difficulty of manipulating this parasite. Several hypotheses were proposed to explain trypanosome induced‐anaemia but mechanisms have not yet been elucidated. Here, we characterized a multigenic family of trans‐sialidases in T. vivax, some of which are released into the host serum during infection. These enzymes are able to trigger...
Source: Cellular Microbiology - February 20, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Fabien Guegan, Nicolas Plazolles, Théo Baltz, Virginie Coustou Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
