Health
Cellphone apps fight Africa's sexual taboos
When Charles Immanuel Akhimien was a medical student he was shocked to learn that a former classmate had died from a back-alley abortion.
Mar 28, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Niger sounds alarm over 'fake' meningitis vaccine
Health authorities in Niger said Friday they had found a fake version of a meningitis vaccine after the country had launched a campaign to innoculate millions of children against the disease.
Mar 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola response in DR Congo 'failing' to contain outbreak: MSF
Efforts to curb the Democratic Republic of Congo's worst Ebola outbreak are stumbling, medical charity MSF warned Thursday, blaming the role of the security forces in the response and their "toxic" relations with local communities.
Mar 7, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Survivor antibody clears path for new Ebola vaccine
An antibody taken from an Ebola survivor has been found to target all three human strains of the virus and could eventually lead to an all-purpose vaccine against the killer disease, scientists said Monday.
Mar 4, 2019
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Pediatrics
Intervention can boost rates of exclusive breastfeeding
Interventions which educate and support new mothers in West Africa to exclusively breastfeed (where infants are only fed breast milk) can significantly increase the practice, according to new research published in The Lancet ...
Feb 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Congo Ebola outbreak claims nearly 100 children's lives
(HealthDay)—The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed the lives of nearly 100 children, and the number of cases are on the rise, according to the charity Save the Children.
Feb 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hunting Ebola's origins
The outbreak of Ebola that started in 2013 in West Africa, infecting nearly 30,000 people and killing 11,000 before it ended in 2016, has long left scientists puzzling over a key question: Where did the virus originate?
Jan 28, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists discover Ebola virus in West African bat
The government of Liberia, in partnership with the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and EcoHealth Alliance, announced the discovery of Ebola virus in a bat ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Communicating effectively in crises
To combat epidemics, the local population must be more involved and respected, says Ursula Jasper. This is one of the lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014.
Jan 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists develop universal Ebola treatment effective in single dose
There is a new medication that in one dose successfully protected nonhuman primates against a lethal infection of all strains of the deadly Ebola virus. The findings are now available in Cell Host & Microbe.
Jan 9, 2019
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