‘I needed medicine… I had no other choice’ In the end it wasn’t her rape or her husband’s murder that drove Mvita Ngolo to trek through the jungle to find help – but a lack of the most basic painkiller for a cold. She was five-months pregnant when she made the arduous 25-kilometre journey fromContinue reading “The Global Health bulletin for October 2024”
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Sloth fever, mpox, bird flu, lead exposure and polio vaccinations
On the restaurant terraces of one of Mombasa’s most exclusive hotels, armed watchmen await the approaching marauders. But the guards posted at strategic points around the Voyager Hotel, or patrolling its restaurants and grounds, are armed not with rifles, but with catapults. Their mission is to protect guests from the flocks of audacious Indian houseContinue reading “Sloth fever, mpox, bird flu, lead exposure and polio vaccinations”
Vaccines, endemics, pandemics, rabies, vodoo and offers to deity Thron
A warehouse worker in the refrigerated store where H5N1 vaccines await shipment CREDIT: Simon Townsley In a vast warehouse just off the M62 huge quantities of an early vaccine to protect against the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus await shipment to continental Europe. The vaccine, made by the Australian-owned company CSL Seqirus at its mainContinue reading “Vaccines, endemics, pandemics, rabies, vodoo and offers to deity Thron”
Mosquito warning, water, fishing and other stories
Today’s top story Venique Swartz says she did not drink while pregnant, but many do CREDIT: Barry Christianson South Africa’s Western Cape is known for its dramatic coastlines and acres of wineland. But behind the blue skies and rolling hills, the province is grappling with a heartbreaking health crisis. The area has the highest rateContinue reading “Mosquito warning, water, fishing and other stories”
Firestorms, mutant coronavirus strains and other viruses,
Firefighters mobilise to tackle the blaze in Viña del Mar CREDIT: Cristobal Basaure/The Telegraph The Valparaíso region of Chile is wealthy and densely populated, but last Friday there was little to warn residents living in the green hills and valleys that a firestorm packing the power of several hydrogen bombs was to hit. Residents recalledContinue reading “Firestorms, mutant coronavirus strains and other viruses,”
Health issues for the last week of November 2023
Asian neighbours ‘put guard up’ amid fears China’s wave of disease will spread India, Nepal, Taiwan and Thailand ramp up surveillance and tell doctors to be on alert for pneumonia cases. Chinese paediatric hospital wards have been overwhelmed in recent weeks, as respiratory viruses and the bacteria mycoplasma pneumoniae surge following years of suppressed transmissionContinue reading “Health issues for the last week of November 2023”
Child pneumonia, malaria, super mosquito and war in Sudan
The war which first erupted in Sudan in mid-April between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) may have since slipped from the world’s attention, but out of sight it shows no sign of ending.
The spread of the dangerous Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite
A waiting room at the Mae Tao Clinic Credit: Sarah Newey Malaria has surged by more than 1,000 per cent in eastern Myanmar since 2020, a blow in a region pushing to eliminate the deadly parasitic disease by 2030. Across Kayin state – a mountainous, forested province also known as Karen – 4,510 casesContinue reading “The spread of the dangerous Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite”
Additional Health stories for July 2023
Bird flu gene may help scientists predict which strains pose a risk to humans Genetic quirk in virus may be a strong signal that it could cause a wider outbreak in people. ‘Malaria competent’ mosquitoes are on the move – where will they land next? Five people contracted malaria within the US for the firstContinue reading “Additional Health stories for July 2023”
The Jordan Times: Africa’s climate crisis is a health crisis
Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Yacine Djibo. The planet is losing its ability to support life as we know it, and nowhere is this clearer than in Africa — the continent that is most vulnerable to climate change despite having contributed the least to atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse-gas emissions. Beyond the increasingly frequent…
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