2015年4月16日 星期四

2015-04-17 South Africa Health


News24
   
Liberia rebuilds devastated child healthcare system   
News24
People walk near a billboard reading 'Ebola most go' in the city of Monrovia, Liberia. (Abbas Dulleh, AP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories ...

'Liberia to Be Declared Ebola Free in 25 Days'   AllAfrica.com
Liberia Now 25 Days Without Ebola in 2nd Countdown   The Bush Chicken
Ebola-hit Liberia rebuilds devastated child healthcare system   The Guardian Nigeria

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CIDRAP
   
Multilateral groups to address Ebola economic recovery   
CIDRAP
With leaders of West African leaders from Ebola-hit nations in Washington, DC, this week for high-level talks on outbreak recovery, President Barack Obama yesterday urged international partners to stay committed to the fight against the disease and to stand ...

Ebola Survivors Should Practice Safe Sex Or Abstinence For More Than 3 ...   Huffington Post
Ebola survivors 'safe sex warning' issued by WHO   BBC News
Ebola virus found in semen six months after recovery: WHO   Times LIVE
AllAfrica.com   
Daily Mail   
iAfrica.com   
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The Conversation US
   
Stimulants in dietary supplements – when one is banned, another takes its place   
The Conversation US
In the ongoing game of regulatory Whack-A-Mole, the amphetamine isomer BMPEA is just the latest stimulant to pop up in the wake of another being banned. Author. Joseph Palamar. Assistant Professor of Population Health at New York University Langone ...

Speed shows up in products for weight loss   BDlive
State attorneys general ask Congress to probe supplement industry   Lexology (registration)
FDA Fails to Regulate Dangerous Health Supplement BMPEA   Legal Examiner

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University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
Simple sample: Federal grant advances pain-free blood tests from UW startup   
University of Wisconsin-Madison
A company with deep roots at UW-Madison wants to make blood sampling less painful and more convenient. Tasso Inc. is perfecting a device the size of a pingpong ball that extracts a small sample while held against the skin for two minutes. During this time ...

Painless blood tests coming soon   The New Age Online
New device to allow for pain-free blood tests   Economic Times

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Awoko
   
Welcoming Our Pupils and Students Back to School   
Sierra Leone Times
As any teacher and lecturer will tell you, creating a positive school reopening program is really, really hard especially against the backdrop of the Ebola outbreak in the country. Pupils and students have minds of their own, and you can't make them feel peppy ...

Sierra Leone News: Schools before Ebola Outbreak   Awoko

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Marketing
   
Dove's 'faux-inspirational' campaign renders the brand insincere and irrelevant   
Marketing
Brands continue to persist in reducing women to the sum of their appearance and Dove's latest Choose Beautiful campaign is no different, argues Tom Ellis-Jones, business director at Zak Media Group. There are many things wrong with Dove's new Choose ...

When Dove's 'Choose Beautiful' Campaign Gets Remade For Men, It's All About ...   Huffington Post (satire)
Dove's advertising messages are not worthy of women   Irish Times
Why Dove's 'Choose Beautiful' campaign sparked a backlash   Fortune
ColorLines magazine   
Sowetan Live (press release) (registration) (blog)   
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UB News Center
   
UB professor to serve on FDA's tobacco advisory committee   
UB News Center
“I am very honored to be joining such an esteemed group of professionals and researchers working to help the FDA make important scientific decisions. My experience in the field lends itself well to this role, and I am looking forward to the process.”.
Alcohol controls should match those on smoking   BDlive
Racial and ethnic minority groups face disproportionate rates of smoking, health ...   News-Medical.net
NYC Treats Tobacco Project Calls Attention to Higher Smoking Rates Among ...   Lung Disease News
Seven Days   
Amherst Bulletin   
The Daily Princetonian   
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South Africa and US Collaborate On Medical Research   
AllAfrica.com
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) are awarding 31 grants to American and South African scientists to support research targeting HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and HIV-related co- morbidities ...


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LTC Boss Opposes 'Dog-Eat-Dog' Internet Syndrome   
AllAfrica.com
The Managing Director of Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (LIBTELCO), Mr. Sabastin Muah, says because internet is driven largely by the private sector there is the need to strike a balance between sustainability and affordability rather than fostering ...


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Los Angeles Times
   
Teen use of e-cigarettes continues to soar, alarming many experts   
Los Angeles Times
The use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014 — a surprising boom that threatens to wipe out hard-won gains in the fight against teen smoking, a new government report says. The percentage of American high school ...

UPDATE 1-E-cig use soared, cigarette use fell among US youth in 2014-CDC   Reuters
Teenagers Pick Up E-Cigarettes, as Old-School Smoking Declines   NDTV
E-cigarette use triples in US teens   Daily Mail
KCRG   
Richmond.com   
San Bernardino County Sun   
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