2015年2月1日 星期日

2015-02-02 South Africa Health


Eyewitness News
   
EC girl (3) in ICU after broken bottle attack   
Eyewitness News
It's believed the child who sustained a number of stab wounds was beaten with a broken glass bottle. The Eastern Cape Health Department's Sizwe Kupelo says, “It's alleged, the child was attacked in Butterworth by her grandfather who sustained multiple stab ...

Eight critical after drinking sour milk   Jacaranda FM

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S&P affirms Papua New Guinea at 'B+/B', outlook stable   
Reuters Africa
SYDNEY Feb 2 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Monday affirmed its foreign and local currency long-term ratings on Papua New Guinea (PNG) at 'B+', and the respective short-term ratings at 'B', adding the long-term rating outlooks remained stable.
HRW: 2015 World Report addresses gender inequality, police brutality, corruption   EMTV Online
Call for national response to "witch" killings in PNG   Radio New Zealand
Five pc insured in PNG   Solomon Star

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Independent Online
   
Quitting aids get the vapours   
Independent Online
NEW YORK - When Marty Weinstein decided to quit smoking, he took a friend's advice and tried electronic cigarettes rather than government-approved nicotine replacement products. Weinstein, 58, has gone from a pack a day nine months ago to the ...

Smokers prefer e-cigs to traditional quitting aids   Free Malaysia Today
As smokers spark up e-cigs to quit, traditional aids suffer   Bangladesh News 24 hours

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Kuwait News Agency
   
UN Shares Initial Ebola Recovery Aims for Most Affected Countries   
AllAfrica.com
New York — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), governments from the countries hardest hit by Ebola and the international community shared initial priorities to boost recovery efforts in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone today. Speaking at ...

Lindner - 'Ebola Crisis Is By No Means Over'   Deutsche Welle
Ebola stops development - UNDP   Kuwait News Agency

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Youth Health Magzine
   
Cholera Outbreak Hits Nigeria, Kills 29   
Youth Health Magzine
A cholera outbreak in Bayelsa, Nigeria has hit the state with 29 confirmed deaths on Friday. The initial count on Tuesday was 23 but after just a few days, six more people succumbed to the disease. The outbreak was claimed to have started during the ...

Bayelsa Cholera Outbreak Death Toll Now 29   AllAfrica.com

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International Business Times UK
   
UK charity calls for universal liver disease screening after deaths rise by 400%   
International Business Times UK
Deaths from liver disease in the UK have increased 400% in the last 40 years, according to the British Liver Trust. Now the health charity is calling on the government to support its universal screening Love Your Liver campaign, aimed at combatting the ...

Screening call as liver deaths soar   Western Telegraph
'Dramatic Rise' In Liver Disease Deaths   Orange UK News

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The Guardian Nigeria
   
Ministers want end to health workers' strike   
Nigerian Tribune
The Minister of Health, Dr Khaliru Alhassan and the Labour Minister, Kabiru Turaki, have appealed to striking health workers, under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to immediately call off the current strike action in the interest of the public, ...

JOHESU urges action from Jonathan on health workers strike   The Guardian Nigeria
Johesu May Suspend Strike This Week, Meets President   AllAfrica.com
NMA Alleges Attack By Health Workers Over Strike   The Guardian
News24 Nigeria   
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Reuters
   
In pursuit of next-generation Ebola stockpile vaccines   
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - As West Africa's devastating Ebola outbreak begins to dwindle, scientists are looking beyond the endgame at the kind of next-generation vaccines needed for a vital stockpile to hit another epidemic hard and fast. Determined not to lose ...

Early treatment is key in managing Ebola   Sierra Leone Times
Ebola vaccine – operational support crucial in preventing future epidemics   Sierra Leone Telegraph

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MicroCap Observer
   
Chimerix Scraps Testing of Experimental Ebola Drug in Liberia   
Wall Street Journal
Chimerix Inc. scrapped testing of its experimental antiviral in Ebola patients in Liberia, saying the number of infections had dropped in recent weeks, and that only a handful of patients had been enrolled in the Liberian study. The abrupt reversal in Chimerix's ...

Chimerix to stop participation in clinical studies of Ebola drug   Reuters
Chimerix To Cease Participation In Clinical Studies Of Ebola Drug   Nasdaq
Chimerix Focusing Efforts on CMV and Adenovirus Pivotal Trials   MarketWatch
Forbes   
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AsiaOne
   
Zimbabwean jailed 9 years for eating python meat   
AsiaOne
"Some brave men decided to help and managed to catch the python before it travelled any further!" Print. JOHANNESBURG - A Zimbabwean man has been jailed for nine years for eating python, a protected species, a Zimbabwean daily reported on Friday.

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