MSF moves Ebola preparedness training online
Medical aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday launched an online training programme aimed at helping aid workers involved in fighting the raging Ebola outbreak.
Nov 11, 2014
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Uganda declares itself free of Ebola-like Marburg virus
Ugandan health officials on Tuesday declared the country free of the Ebola-like Marburg virus after completing a 42-day surveillance period under World Health Organization (WHO) rules.
Nov 11, 2014
Prosthetic and orthotic service in developing countries
How well do prosthetic and orthotic services work in countries characterized by poverty and civil war? Lina Magnusson, who became the first female Swedish prosthetist/orthotist with a PhD, wrote her dissertation on this topic ...
Nov 11, 2014
Researchers publish 'landmark' results for curing hepatitis C in transplant patients
A new treatment regimen for hepatitis C, the most common cause of liver cancer and transplantation, has produced results that will transform treatment protocols for transplant patients, according to research published online ...
Nov 11, 2014
Toxic mix of fast-food outlets in inner city neighbourhoods fuelling diabetes and obesity epidemic
New study led by University of Leicester reveals that there is TWICE the number of fast-food outlets in inner city neighbourhoods with high density non-white ethnic minority groups and in socially deprived areas
Nov 11, 2014
