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  • Published on Dec 1, 2021

    Fickling: Only winning over skeptics can avoid shocks like omicron

    One disturbingly common response to calls from the World Health Organization and others to increase the availability of doses in emerging economies is to suggest supply isn’t really the problem, but demand. South Africa, where omicron was first identified, …

    Source: Pine Journal - Minnesota - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 23, 2021

    Technical Advisor (Consultancy) for The Carter Center-South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program

    Technical Advisors (TAs) provide technical and managerial support (on behalf of The Carter Center) to the Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan, Guinea Worm Eradication Program (SSGWEP) within a specific coverage area (county or district). TAs are …

    Source: The Africa News.net - Neutral
  • Published on Nov 25, 2021

    Asarekrom Residents Cry For Potable Water

    The Residents of Asarekrom, a farming community in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region are appealing to corporate entities, and the government to as a matter of urgency, provide them with good drinking water to safeguard their health. According to …

    Source: Ghana MMA - Neutral
  • Published on Nov 15, 2021

    Antimicrobial resistance calls for brainpower of a space agency and campaigning zeal of an NGO

    The cost of infectious diseases is somewhere between staggering and incalculable. Around $8 trillion and 156 million life years were lost in 2016 alone. Throughout human history, pestilences have wiped out more lives than famine and violence. Then, in 1941 …

    Source: The Conversation - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 24, 2021

    A Mystery Worm Infection in Vietnam Shows a New Species Can Live in Humans

    The man sought treatment for his illness at a hospital in Hanoi. Photo: Linh Pham (Getty Images) The mystery over a worm infestation found in a Vietnamese man last year has been solved, though not without adding another creepy wrinkle to the tale. The …

    Source: Gizmodo - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 14, 2021

    Duk County records over 17 cases of Guinea worm

    Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 11 hours ago Guinea worm life cycle More than 17 cases of suspected Guinea worm have been recorded in Duk County of Jonglei State, heath officials have said. The suspected cases were detected in areas where floods have …

    Source: Eye Radio - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 10, 2021

    New landmark towards the elimination of Guinea Worm Disease

    While the global healthcare focus has been on addressing the coronavirus pandemic, and to lesser extent the remembrance of Ebola, there are some positive steps being taken towards the eradication of dracunculiasis. According to an update issued by The …

    Source: Digital Journal - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 25, 2021

    Ghana launches new master plan for Neglected Tropical Diseases

    On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, the government through the Ghana Health Service and other stakeholders launched a new master plan to deal with Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in the country. Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Master Plan Launch and Ascend …

    Source: Ghana MMA - Neutral
  • Published on May 17, 2021

    COVID-19 Sets Back Progress in Effort to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

    GENEVA - The World Health Organization reports the COVID-19 pandemic has set back years of gains made in efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, a diverse group of 20 illnesses that disproportionately affect impoverished communities in tropical …

    Source: Voice of America - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Nov 14, 2021

    We shall continue to celebrate Rawlings

    The Leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper East Region says the Party shall continue to celebrate the late President Jerry John Rawlings as the beacon of democracy in Ghana and Africa. It said Ghana had lost one of its most …

    Source: Ghana MMA - Neutral
  • Published on May 10, 2021

    Fear Grips North Tongu As Guinea Worm Returns

    Residents living within the Ayiwate Electoral Area of the North Tongu District of the Volta Region are in fear after news broke of Guinea worm infection in the area. The news came to light last week when a 54-year-old farmer of Agorkpoe reported having …

    Source: Ghana MMA - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 28, 2021

    Will Smallpox Remain the Only Disease to Be Eradicated from the World? | Syndication Bureau

    (MENAFN - Syndication Bureau) AFP Photo: Tony Karumba This month in Abu Dhabi health experts gathered for the second biennial Reaching The Last Mile Forum, an initiative launched in 2017 with the ambitious aim of ridding the world of the diseases that …

    Source: MENAFN - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 28, 2021

    Report- Guinea Worm Disease Cases Drop Despite COVID-19 Restrictions

    Human Guinea worm cases in six African countries dropped to 27 in 2020, about 50% less than what was recorded the year before, despite COVID-19 challenges, the Carter Center announced Tuesday. Animal cases fell by 20% over the same period. “The numbers we …

    Source: The Africa News.net - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 20, 2021

    How Papua New Guinea Can Eliminate Vector-Borne Diseases

    AdvertisementFew may know that today – August 20 – marks the relatively obscure observance of World Mosquito Day, but mosquitoes (Spanish for “little flies”) are far from obscure. These insects have coexisted with humans for thousands of years in varying …

    Source: The Diplomat - Neutral
  • Published on Nov 5, 2021

    Fashola, Fayemi to Mobilise N10bn to Boost Medical Research Development

    Gilbert Nqugbe The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola who also doubles as the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Foundation, has announced plan to mobilise N10 billion to support medical research …

    Source: This Day - Uncategorized
  • Published on May 25, 2020

    Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) – Ethiopia, Disease Outbreak News 25 May 2020

    Between 2 and 8 April 2020, six suspected human cases of dracunculiasis in Duli village, Gog district, Gambella region, Ethiopia, were reported to WHO. As of 27 April 2020, the Ethiopian Dracunculiasis Eradication Program (EDEP) had detected one additional …

    Source: ReliefWeb - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 30, 2021

    Nigerians to lose 77.1m treatments as UK withdraws £150m tropical diseases funding

    By Robert Egbe Former Presidents Olusegun Osinbajo, Goodluck Jonathan, Yakubu Gowon, Abdulsalami Abubakar and 29 other ex-African Heads of State Wednesday lamented the United Kingdom’s proposed withdrawal of £150million for neglected tropical diseases ( …

    Source: The Nation (Nigeria) - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jan 29, 2021

    Guinea worm closer to eradication as cases halve in a year

    DAKAR, Senegal — Just over two dozen people in the world are infected with Guinea worm, according to a new report that says community programs are close to eradicating the disease in which a meter-long worm slowly emerges from a blister in a person’s skin. …

    Source: The Republic - Indiana - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 29, 2021

    Carter Center Nets $10 Million from United Arab Emirates to Help End Guinea Worm Atlanta

    Atlanta-based humanitarian organization The Carter Center has netted a renewed $10 million commitment from the government of the United Arab Emirates toward its efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease.  His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, …

    Source: Atlanta News - Neutral

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