Microsoft founder, philanthropist Bill Gates calls for debt relief for burdened African countries
Progress towards reducing the number of children whose growth and potential are irrevocably harmed by malnutrition is not fast enough, nor is it happening equally around the world and within communities, said Habtamu Fekadu, managing director for nutrition for the nonprofit Save the Children. He said prevention efforts at scale are needed, and the most cost-effective intervention is to encourage mothers to exclusively breastfeed their children in the first six months of their lives.
Taking healthcare to the sick: South Africa’s travelling ‘health train’ is threatened by systemic corruption
When the train began in 1994, many Black people in South Africa still lived in rural villages with little access to health facilities. It was a period of change in the country. The train began as an eye clinic, but it soon became clear that needs were greater than that.
Presidential candidates in US skirt around medical marijuana fearing voter reprisal
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, signalled support for a Florida legalisation measure on Saturday, following earlier comments that he increasingly agrees that people shouldn’t be jailed for the drug now legal in multiple states, “whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.”
Despite free prevention South Africa still records one of highest HIV infection rates in the world
The data in Gauteng shows that many of the women who gave birth this year to children with HIV did so in government-run health clinics where the free HIV testing and treatment is available.
Americans’ willingness to vaccinate drops, distrust in vaccines grows among adults as does belief they alter DNA
Roughly a third (32 per cent) of US adults said they were unsure of the effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
Flowers of Good: Brazilian women spearhead campaign for medical marijuana for sick children
In drugstores, a 30 millilitre bottle (1 fluid ounce) of the CBD that Murillo’s paediatrician prescribed for his condition costs as much as 900 reais ($180) – more than half Silva’s monthly wages as an office assistant. Since June, she has spent zero on Murillo’s CBD medication. Twice a day, she drips the oil into the boy’s mouth and each bottle lasts about 45 days.
Dealing with stress, Nigerian way: Swinging a sledgehammer in ‘rage room’ is the latest fad in Lagos
Times are tough in Nigeria, a country of about 250 million people where growing frustration among youths led to recent mass protests in which several people were killed by security forces. The inflation rate has reached a 28-year-high of 33.4 per cent, while the naira currency has fallen to record lows against the dollar.
Aid teams in Sudan say heavy fighting, flooding and access obstacles makeg it hard to rein in new cholera outbreak
UN refugee agency’s Ms Hambrouck warned that cholera is spreading in areas hosting internally displaced people uprooted by the violence and those from other countries, in particular Kassala, Gedaref and Jazirah states.
New study reveals medical benefits of fasting that should thrill Muslims and Christians more besides spiritual revival
Researchers have been investigating the potential health benefits of fasting for decades, and there is evidence that the practice can help to delay certain diseases and lengthen lifespan in rodents. But the underlying biological mechanisms behind these benefits have been a mystery.
Former grocery reveals how meat US industry colludes to fix prices and people ‘need to go to jail…’
A former grocery executive told a progressive media outlet in a video released on Augus 20 that “people fucking need to go to jail” over a long-running scheme in which dominant US meat industry players have used information provided by a little-known data analytics company to increase prices and pad...
