Nigeria: Lucky to Be Alive Amid Hunger in Nigeria
[MSF] Although the annual peak in malnutrition cases should now be over in Nigeria, dozens of severely malnourished children continue to occupy beds in M édecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) intensive therapeutic feeding centre in Katsina City, in the country's northwest. Some doctors, like Dr Alibaba Nurudeen, who works in the centre, say that this is only the tip of the iceberg in a region that is also facing a wave of severe violence.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Documentary - Lucky to Be Alive Amid Hunger in Nigeria
[MSF] Although the annual peak in malnutrition cases should now be over in Nigeria, dozens of severely malnourished children continue to occupy beds in M édecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) intensive therapeutic feeding centre in Katsina City, in the country's northwest. Some doctors, like Dr Alibaba Nurudeen, who works in the centre, say that this is only the tip of the iceberg in a region that is also facing a wave of severe violence.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Centre places purchase order for 5 cr doses of Corbevax Covid vaccine each costing Rs 145 sans tax
The government is yet to decide on which segment of beneficiaries this new vaccine would be administered.
Source: The Economic Times - February 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

West Africa: Working With The Community - Three Ways That Alleviate Hospitals in Niger
[MSF] In September 2018, nurse Awa Abou Amadou was working at the M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) paediatric unit in Magaria in southern Niger. It was her most challenging experience as a nurse. "We used to admit around 140 children a day. It wasn't easy," she says. Among other nurses and medical personnel, she worked for long hours straight -- sometimes from dusk till dawn and beyond.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 4, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Covax, the Developing World ’ s Hope against COVID, Has Made It Only Halfway
Delivery of syringes for the vaccination campaign in El Salvador. Latin American countries have made steady progress in immunizing their populations, partly through direct negotiations between their governments and suppliers and partly through international cooperation. CREDIT: PAHO By Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Jan 20 2022 (IPS) The Covax initiative, the hope of the countries of the developing South to immunize their populations against COVID-19, only met half of its goals in 2021. And as 2022 begins, and the omicron variant of the virus is spreading fast, the scheme still depends on the decisions of pharmaceutical compani...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations COVAX COVID-19 vaccines Source Type: news

Mozambique: People Continue to Flee Insecurity and Violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
[MSF] Paulo Milanesio is a project coordinator for M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Mueda, a town in the north of the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, where hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge from ongoing conflict.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 22, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Paul Rudd hosts 'SNL' sans audience, Charli XCX amid omicron
NEW YORK — People's Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 was indeed inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on “Saturday Night Live,” but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus meant there was... #charlixcx #paulrudd #snl #fivetimersclub
Source: Reuters: Health - December 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Improving mass casualty planning in low resource settings: M édecins Sans Frontières and International Committee of the Red Cross perspective - Chu E, Lubis N, Alcock R.
Mass casualty events occur on a regular although unpredictable basis within the contexts of both M èdecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) activities. The frequency of both natural disasters and other mass cas...
Source: SafetyLit - December 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC, Ituri - Insecurity Leaves People Deprived of Basic Medical Care
[MSF] On 28 October, unknown attackers targeted a M édecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) convoy leaving two aid workers injured on the road of Bambou, in Ituri. The attack took place as the MSF vehicle was returning from an area where our teams had been responding to people's needs. Currently, the perpetrators and their motives are still unknown.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 26, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Burkina Faso: Healthcare Centre Burnt Down Amid Violent Surge in Burkina Faso
[MSF] On 21 November 2021, a healthcare centre supported by M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Foube, Barsalogho department, in the Centre-North region of Burkina Faso, was burnt down. A member of the MSF team was injured during an attack by unidentified armed men, probably targeting the Foube police post, a few hundred metres away. Our colleague, as well as other wounded patients, have been quickly treated and evacuated to Ouagadougou, and are now in a stable condition.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 24, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Sudan: Lacklustre Response Leaves People Dangerously Exposed in South Sudan Floods
[MSF] People in Bentiu, northern South Sudan, are facing outbreaks of infectious and waterborne diseases, increased food insecurity and malnutrition, due to some of the most severe floods in decades. A failure of humanitarian organisations and authorities to scale up the response quickly enough has left at least 152,000 displaced people in horrific living conditions. M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on other humanitarian organisations in Bentiu, as well as the United Nations, the Ministry of He
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 24, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Burkina Faso: Health Post Completely Burned Down - MSF
[MSF] On 21 November 2021, a healthcare centre supported by M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Foube, Barsalogho department, in the Centre-North region of Burkina Faso, was burnt down. A member of the MSF team was injured during an attack by unidentified armed men, most probably targeting the Foube gendarmerie post, a few hundred metres away. Our colleague, as well as other wounded patients have been quickly treated and evacuated to Ouagadougou, and are now in a stable condition.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 23, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Association between triage level and outcomes at M édecins Sans Frontières trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 2015 - Daebes HL, Tounsi LL, Nerlander M, Gerdin Wärnberg M, Jaweed M, Mamozai BA, Nasim M, Trelles M, von Schreeb J.
BACKGROUND: Five million people die annually due to injuries; an increasing part is due to armed conflict in low-income and middle-income countries, demanding resolute emergency trauma care. In Afghanistan, a low-income country that has experienced conflic...
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Can the 'Learn in peace, educate without violence' intervention in Cote d'Ivoire reduce teacher violence? Development of a theory of change and formative evaluation results - Devries K, Balliet M, Thornhill K, Knight L, Procureur F, N'Djor é YAB, N'Guessan DGF, Merrill KG, Dally M, Allen E, Hossain M, Cislaghi B, Tanton C, Quintero L.
OBJECTIVES: To gather evidence on whether a brief intervention (Apprendre en paix et éduquer sans violence, developed by the Ivorian Ministry of Education and Graines de Paix) to promote peace in primary schools by reducing teacher violence perpetration a...
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

onDiem ’s Digital ID Service Helps Practices and Employees Maintain Compliance With New State COVID-19 Mandates
 PORTLAND, Oregon — As the federal government debates COVID-19 vaccination mandates on a national level, six states have forged ahead with their own complex mandates, leaving health care facility owners, employers, and workers scrambling to understand how to both verify and track necessary documents to maintain com pliance. onDiem, a national dental staffing platform known for its automated staffing compliance innovations, has introduced a solution. Starting this month, onDiem is offering dental practices free access to its new COVID-19 records tracking service for a limited period of time. Practices will be ab...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 12, 2021 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

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