2014年12月21日 星期日

2014-12-22 South Africa Health


Times LIVE
   
SA life expectancy drops: study   
East Coast Radio
18 December 2014 at 15:40 by Sapa - A study has found that life expectancy in South Africa has declined on average 4.3 years since 1990. The average life expectancy for women was 63 years in 2013, with men living on average 57.7 years. By contrast, in ...

Zuma says 2014 a landmark year to celebrate: iLIVE   Times LIVE
SA to reach UN millennium target by 2015   Citizen
We have good reason to celebrate - Jacob Zuma   Politicsweb

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The Citizen
   
Mozambique decriminalises abortion to stem maternal death rate   
BizNews
It took 10 years of lobbying, but Mozambique has quietly joined Cape Verde, South Africa and Tunisia as one of few African countries that allows therapeutic abortion. Most have strict laws prohibiting it, creating conditions under which women who are ...

Mozambique decrimanalises abortion to curb maternal deaths   Mail & Guardian Online
Mozambique oks abortion   StarAfrica.com
Mozambique legalises abortion   Peninsula On-line
MENAFN.COM   
AllAfrica.com   
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Mail & Guardian Online
   
After drastic drop SA life expectancy rises   
Mail & Guardian Online
The average life expectancy for South African men decreased from 60.5 years in 1990 to 57.7 years in 2013, according to a study published in the medial journal The Lancet on Thursday. The University of Washington study, which analysed trend data from ...

Major shift: Mortality rate decreases in infectious diseases   The Express Tribune
New analysis finds global improvements in life expectancy   News-Medical.net
Life expectancy increased in Pakistan: Report   The Nation
Fox News   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
Press TV   
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South China Morning Post (subscription)
   
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon tours Ebola-hit states as toll soars over 7000   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
The worst Ebola outbreak on record has now killed more than 7,000 people, with many of the latest deaths reported in Sierra Leone, the World Health Organisation said as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon continued his tour of Ebola-affected ...

Sierra Leone peacekeepers to leave Somalia mission   Businessweek
Ebola Deaths Top 7000, WHO Says   Wall Street Journal
Ebola outbreak: First UK reservists fly to Sierra Leone   BBC News
Daily Mail   
Reuters Africa   
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Independent Online
   
Where does the fat go when you lose it?   
Independent Online
Washington - You've lost a pound of fat. Congrats, that's not easy to do during the holidays. But where exactly does it go when you manage to get rid of it? First, some possible answers: A. The fat fairy came and took it. That's why you always weigh less in the ...

Where does the fat go when you lose it? (Hint: The fat fairy is not involved.)   Columbia Daily Tribune
Simple question: When you lose weight, where does it go?   The Star Online
This is where body fat ends up when you lose weight   International Natural Bodybuilding Association
Sudan Vision   
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Voice of America
   
Sierra Leone Educates on Safe Ebola Burials   
Voice of America
With Ebola having killed more than 2,000 people in Sierra Leone, and unsafe burials possibly being responsible for up to 70 percent of new infections, officials said they are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to clamp down on traditional burials in ...

Sierra Leone urges safe burials to stem Ebola   Times of India
Chinese Ebola experts leave for Sierra Leone   WantChinaTimes
Ebola response in rural Sierra Leone not yet rapid enough   Reuters
The Daily Courier (subscription)   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
Women more empathetic toward their partner than men   
Daily News & Analysis
Women are more empathetic toward their partners than men, a new large-scale study has found. Dr Cindy Mervin from Griffith Health Institute's Centre for Applied Health Economics and Professor Paul Frijters from the University of Queensland found that ...

No more a stereotype, it's official: Women more empathetic than men   Hindustan Times
Study says women are more empathetic compared to men   Malay Mail Online
Women have greater partner empathy than men   Free Malaysia Today

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BBC News
   
Ebola crisis: Vote count under way in Liberia senate election   
BBC News
Votes are being counted in Liberia's senate election held on Saturday despite a deadly Ebola outbreak. Turnout in the poll - which had been planned for October - was low as many people decided to stay away. Those who came to polling stations had their ...

Few Liberians Turn Out for Vote Delayed by Ebola   New York Times
Liberian voter turnout low as Ebola overshadows senate election   Reuters
Liberia Holds Senate Vote Amid Ebola Fears   ABC News

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Mason City Globe Gazette
   
Where are Ebola fear-mongers?   
Mason City Globe Gazette
Only two months ago, many Americans were gripped by fear of the uncontrollable spread of an apparently incurable disease that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projected could strike 1.4 million people in West Africa before it came under ...

Diane Dimond: Ominous Predictions of Worldwide Ebola Epidemic Prove Untrue   Noozhawk
In the line of duty – a tribute to those helping fight Ebola   Eleven Myanmar
Vote: What Was the Most Important Story of the Year?   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Tadias Magazine   
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Baby rhino rescued   
The New Age Online
A dehydrated baby rhino has been rescued a week after its mother died after she was dehorned and killed, paramedics said on Friday. Care for Wild Africa, based in Mpumalanga, called paramedics to help revive the weak eight-month-old black rhino named ...


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