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Africa: UNHCR, WHO Raise Alarm as 1,200 Children Die of Suspected Measles, Malnutrition
[WHO] UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization (WHO) are again sounding the alarm on the worsening health situation caused by the Sudan crisis.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news

Nigeria: We'll Make Nutrition Top Priority in Our New Development Plan - Govt
[Vanguard] The Federal government says it will make nutrition a priority in the new development plan of the nation.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Nutrition West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: UHC - Billions Left Behind As 96 Countries Remain Off-Track - WHO, World Bank
[Vanguard] A new report by the World Health Organisation, WHO, and the World Bank has revealed an alarming stagnation in the progress towards providing people everywhere with quality, affordable, and accessible healthcare, stating that billions of people have been left behind on the path to achieving Universal Health Coverage.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Africa: FCTC No Longer Relevant in Tobacco Harm Reduction Efforts - Experts
[AllAfrica InfoWire] Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts have warned that the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), in its current form, is not capable of influencing change as far as Tobacco Harm Reduction is concerned.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news

Tanzania: Ministry to Raise Awareness on Rabies Disease
[Daily News] THE Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries plans to conduct countrywide awareness education about rabies disease ahead of the 17th World Rabies Day to be marked on September 28.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news

South Africa: Appointment of Power Utility CEO Delayed Again - South African News Briefs - September 20, 2023
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Coronavirus Energy Governance Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news

South Africa: Foreign-Qualified Medical Doctors to Finally Sit for Board Exams
[SAnews.gov.za] The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) announced on Monday the appointment a new service provider for foreign-qualified medical doctors to sit for their board exams.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news

Takeda Announces FDA Acceptance of NDA Resubmission of TAK-721 (budesonide oral suspension) for the Short-Term Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
OSAKA, Japan and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, September 20, 2023– Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review its New Drug Application (NDA) resubmission for TAK-721...
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications - September 20, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

First-Time CPR: Two Med Students Jump in to Save a Friend First-Time CPR: Two Med Students Jump in to Save a Friend
A pick-up basketball game takes a terrifying turn when a player experiences cardiac arrest and collapses. His fellow med students get a CPR trial by fire.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - September 20, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

New gene markers detect Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer, Mayo Clinic study
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Researchers from Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine have discovered new genetic markers to identify Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer with high accuracy. Studies are underway to determine if these genetic markers are in stool samp les and, if so, how this could lead to a non-invasive screening option for patients with Lynch syndrome. Their research was published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association…
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 20, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

European Commission Approves Ritlecitinib for Severe AA European Commission Approves Ritlecitinib for Severe AA
This makes ritlecitinib the first medicine authorized by the EC to treat individuals with severe alopecia areata as young as 12 years of age.MDedge News
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Alert Source Type: news

Primary Care Can Lead Way to HIV Prevention Primary Care Can Lead Way to HIV Prevention
Primary care clinicians can provide optimal preventive care for patients at risk of contracting HIV.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Annals of Government-Run Medicine
One of the world’s most celebrated socialized medical systems is doing what socialized medical systems do: limiting patient care. Pending work stoppages could mean that the worst is yet to come for patients of England’s National Health Service.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Diabetes in Night Owls; 'Paradigm-Shifting' Drugs; Transgender Trials Unethical?
(MedPage Today) -- Compared with women who are early birds, night owls had a 19% higher risk of developing diabetes, after taking into account lifestyle and sociodemographic factors. (Annals of Internal Medicine) "Although numerous public health...
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - September 19, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Fatal Drug Overdoses Quadrupled From 1999 to 2020
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 -- Drug overdose deaths increased 4.3-fold in the United States from 1999 to 2020, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in the American Journal of Medicine. Tarek Ghaddar, M.P.H., from Florida Atlantic University in...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news